Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1908-11-10
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| Thcatcr-A beautiful stage produce
| ton of a somewhat dreary theme--that
lis in it's dramatic fornl--was the pres
| entation of "Parsifal' last evening.
| The piece was on Its third appearance,
! hence 1t was not to be expected that
| 1t would draw heavily, and the turn
out was only fair. Those of q serious
bent of mind, who like to see a sue
cession of stage pictures illustrating
| story that is half psychological partly
biblical, and altogether mystical, found
In the entertainment romething that
suited their tastes; but frankness com
pels the statement that it is not likely
to appeal generally to the theater-goers
of today The somber declarations
With which the piece Is crowded, were.
fairly well delivered in the main.
though no one in the cast can be truly
said to come under the head Of the
brilliant in acting The music Incident
al to the piece was well done by the
by the chorus. The staging. costuming,
and the electrical effects remain the
principal features of the entire produc-
ton. 4.
| "Parsifal" is still owned by Messrs.
Martin and Emery, the latter being the
old Salt Lake actor. husband of Katie
Putnam; Mr.. Emery and his partner
are now in Chicago. bending oil their
energies to one of the latest sensations
entitled "Revelation'' with the we'll
known actress, Mary Shaw, in the lead
Ing part.
The Chorus Iady-The advance
sale started in with a rush today for
Rose stahl in "The Chorus Lady" The
New York fame Of the play insures
big turn-out$at the opening Thursday
night.
Orpbcuni-The assortment of yau-
deville studies at the Orpheum this
week might well stand as criterion
Of what Is meant by high class"
American vaudeville. Some of the art
lists have appeared before in Salt Lake.
ana the audience was enthusiastic III
renewing their acquaintance An on
tlrGly new departure was the plano
phfends. One plano Is commonplace
at best, in the hands OF the average
performer: five pianos, interpoatlng
"rannhauser" with the "Raymond"
overture, is at least new in conception
and novelty. The "Pianophiends"
scores SEQ, success and one particular
'Pianophiendess," attired in Quaker
walking dress OF blue. with her serio-
comic singing, scored a double sue
cess. The Seven Yuilians Gas thew
E appeared four years ago at the Apollo
theater In Nuremberg they spelled their
name Julians. Is this thrust at the
rustic American autlience?) exhibit
careless. skill In human jligglery ana
acrobatic feats only too rarely exhibited
upon any stage. Joe LeFleur, who
makes a 20-foot jump from a iaddai
extending into the flies, in his feats
OF strength IS not graceful, but he does
not stand for grace. He represents
tho acrobat who charms the audience
E , py ms brute daring. His tanned Chi
huahua dog, won the favor of the au-
dience at once. Miss Ethel MacDo-
nough In her "Girl Behind the Drum,''
has charming stage presence and an
equally firm hold of her drum and
cymbal studies, Each feature listed
on the program met with the appro-
baton Of the audience. general"
Edward Levine is d creation Ate,
the program an extra attraction was
given In which Bowman Johnson OF
salt Lake sang. He was in good voice
and pleased the audience.
Grali(lL--Thrillers of the cowboy
variety nave been numerous and va
ried at the Grand playhouse of late
weeks, but none of them seemed to
strike the same vein of popular APP
nroval as the particular one holding
the boards this week. The yistas Of
western wilds portrayed upon can
vas; the Jingle of cowboy spurs: the
flashing of new revolvers: the scintil-
mtion OF bright Indian head dresses in
me distance. the reverberation of gun
lights with imaginary. redskins. the red
shirts, the improvised bar, the hIph
class gold mine, and above all, the
petite nobility buckskin- beclad forest
walf, who afterwards becomes an Eng 4
llsh heiless-all these points cast all
former efforts into the shade: hence
"Bunco in Arizona" is the star SUI
pleme of Grand cowboy plays, with a
need Of merit in it's action, Mae st 4
Clair is naive and charming as "Bun-
co; Ralnh Moore as her, lover Dick 4
Gold. really came out" at tines Fl.
NJ, Holden, as Jim Blunt, Buncos dad
dy," filled the part; True Bordman as
Rlaellhitwk the Indian, was good Eu-
gene Bond as the English scliemer
aroused the Kisses of the audience:
Marie Clifford as the eastern school
teacher was acceptable while the cow
boys, ct al, were of the real rip-roar-
ing style There was also a vein of
run running through the piece. The
play goes all week.
New Lyrfc-With one execution
the cameraphone bill at the New Lyric
this week Is uniformly good, ana 1t is
all We'll worth visit. The pictures of
Miss Tanguay are excellent, showing
that eccentric favorite in several clever
dancing turns. but the photograph does
not take well with Miss rang,iay, or
Miss Tanguay does not take well with
the phonosraph. Her voice. u high
pitched soprano. sounds very shrilI on
the machine and the tone is not pleas 4
ing. l
But the Fluffy Rufnes'' song makes
up for what deficiency there might be
in the Miss Tanguay record The great
Dining OUT song hit is well sung and
Is one'of The best Of this character Vat
seen at the New Lyric.
ne laughing nit of the week and one
OF the real screams of months. is shown
In "Rttfferty's Raffles, y an Irish sketch
l-ackey and Deriin are a musical pair
%ho have two songs, the must success
tul of which is "A Is G of u S Az Moi.
lie Gerue, singer of Irish songs an
pears twice with good effect. The duet
When the Right Little Girl Comes
Along" from THE Earl and the Girl,
Is sung we'll by Thompson and Raw.
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