Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1908-09-25
AmUsEMEN

Theater--The evening Of NoNeIn VEN pei
18th la st. will always spe rene1nDeied oy3
our theater goers as q rcd slette NJ ~, =
rrbe occasion wa s the first presentall ].
here of Ned Royle's NAV sis .i,s
speech between the acts by NJ NY II2, ~
himself. and the a ppearance OF W.
liam Eaversham in the centrstt = io y -
The deep Impression that event g,le elL
was we'll evidenced last. nj hts NNher,g
Bin srite ar the doWnpour OF ram q
big and brilliant audience came o9l W
welcome the play back again. anu anu ~
scidentally to extend greetings 70 an u, o.u
favorite, Dustin Farnurr SO Wei re,8
1nembered for his work in '4Allzo'la Z
and 1.-THE ;V irgtnian.
Mr. Royle's beautiful play when, ,lll
since its Salt Lake production, mas u
been the sensation OF the sea soils, ~ !
London. has been fully Described py,
the IN eWs,' nd lit only needs 70 pc pc
added that its strength. tenderness. ana
beauty. impress as strongly as ever.
ana still ontitle 1t to the name Of the
greatest American play of fecen t2years'
AS long as the Lie lers keep the pro- :;
tluction gl1psto the present standard lailu
they and MIR. Royle are too keen to low
|ser it IN tho leasD here q $ no reason Ioli
why manager ard autho should ll 9,
go on drawing their q iyidends lndell-5
nitely. Is d55lt iS3f
The cast In the present company Is
thoroughly ca pabe. There may be two
or three spots in which he originals
are hardly equalcd. but there are sew
Feral others in which they are eXcelled,.
and the effect of the whole picture Is
as charming and fascina ting as Y ever
was. mum gave "a thoIoughly
artistic and most enjoyable rendit ton or
Btbs. title role. The sole respect in
which he does not measure Up with
| FstNersham, Is lin the fact Of his ma
lstionality, Faversham being q Britisher3
born, and as ultra Eng fish in his style,
as Mr., Fayersham5is ultraG American IN
his. In the first act, therefore, laid III
England, n FaVersham was more I'M
oughly ito the manner born, but IN.
the other three. Farnum was the cow
hoy toSthe$ life. 1T should be renenl-5
bered also, that this is his third week
I'm the role whereas Fsayersham had
played 1t three years. n r.5 Farnun m had
some tenpestuous recalls. af ter one of
which he essayed a brief speech, He
stated that his prolonged absence from
| 1.-The west had been due to the ia ct that
5ha had been hunting for a piece good
leDough to bring west of the MISSISSIPPI
| 5but had not found 1T. SO he had taken
up with another. play. w HIGH Salt Lake
had already seen. but the play was so
good. he added, that he did not feel
l&that he needed any excuse, though the
Isaut1ience might wonder at his nerve"
in following in the footsteps Of his pre-
lsdecessor. The speech wasEas heartily
applauded as his acting
Rig Billn Is still in the hands of
! George Deyo. who still makes IT the
second part of the piece. and a fine.
Mr.. Lewis was also most artistic, and
the Cash Hawkins of Mr.. Shaw was so
\ good as to call to mind the Trampas
\ of Campeau, and Mr., Shay would hard
lily ask for higher praise. Miss Convict
made a handsome Diana, and Miss
Fisher a pretty picture us the Indian
maid, though hardly investing 1t with
the Intensity that her redecessor did,
Logan Paul an old Salt Lake actor,
whose days date back to the palIny,
lEtimes in the seventies, when he was a
l$nember of the stock company. gave an
| excellent sketch in the part OF. the in-5
| terpreter.
| the Week and will surely do enormous
business.
Tho Berkloel Recital Tonight
This evening at the First NJ. u. church,
friends of Miss Agatha Berkhoel ought
to he out in force to hea: her in a
special program, and also to say fare
will to hers prior to her return to New
York. Miss Berkhoel's high attain
mei1ts as a vocalist and the recent i'm
preston she made with the Salt Lake
Opera company, ought to insure a
handsome audience,
OrpletIm-The excellent bill Of
this week is now drawing to a close,
Isbut the business keeps up undtmtn-
ished. Final presentations will be
given today and tomorrow, with both
afternoon and evening performances.
L -
stirring nclo drama next week, the at
! traction being THE Cowboy Ranger"
Under Two Flags will run out the
remainder of the week.
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| IyricA complete change Of bill
Twill be presented tomorrow afternoon,
| the cameraphone having an entirely
4 new set of subjects to present.