Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-12-28
THE ROUND OF THE THEATERS

| THEATER-Th advance sale open:
tomorrow for the season of FRITZ Schen
| In The Prima Donna" which begins
| Friday night Nine Schen has bee,
having royal reception ever since snt
| left New York.
OIaPHEUM-For excellent numbers
and good variety. the bill at tho Or
| pheum this week is much better than
anything that has appeared there In
some time. Every act almost is head
liner In itself. There are of course some
weak points. but throughout there Is
more TO be said in favor OF the entire
bill than could possibly 'be said against
1t.
Tho Potter-Hartwell trio has some
interesting acrobatic stunts. AS the
agile three they can show considerable
cloverness in that limo of work Their
greatest hit is tho imam with two
heads"
One OF the best concertina soloists
that has ever appeared in Salt Lake Is
Constant Arkansas. who is able to pro-
duco some high clnss music with the
instrument. He " assisted by Miss
Valerie.
II 1t vera not for "Our Boys in Blue"
act. the sketch. "a Stormy Hour" IN
which Miss Lulu Mcconnell and Grant
Simpson work. would certainly be the
headllncr. AS for comedy. Miss Nc
Connell Is hard to beat. and she finds a
ready partner In the work OF Mr.. Simp-
son. In "A Stormy Hour they give a
description OF home difficulties that IL
more than amusing. To what extent
training can go Is demonstrated by the
company of II in Our Boys in Blue.
This band of men has been trained to
the minute. as the expression is. and
do some grand spectacular military
maneuvers. Their drilling is almost
phenomenal. They go through infan-
try drills with bayonets and also work
is not faltering step and everything is
done In a decided manner. The work of
this company closes with q spectacular
scene OF the sinking of a warship and
the scaling OF a wall by the soldiers
Dying to Act" is another lively little
sklt of considerable merit. This is tho
work of Mr.. Cross and Miss Josephine.
Bobby Pandur and his brother give a
creditable exhibition of strength. An
other feature on the bill Is the Tempest
and Sunshine Trio. while the kinodrome
and the orchestra come In for the usual
favors from the audience.
SHUBERT-The return Of Alfred
Swenson and his talented company to
the Salt Lake boards is marked by tho
production of the pleasing drama, THE
Vagabond King" at the Shubert. A fair
sized and withal critical audience wit
messed the performance last night and
enjoyed it we'll. Mr.. Swenson is always
welcome In his home city, and he car
rles with him q company. many of
whom are also idigenous to Utah soil
In the role of the vagabond and the
real king. Mr.. Swenson portrays the
double part with good taste and
power He is ably supported
by Miss Lorle Palmer, whose de-
lineation of the part of Princess Olivia.
who wished to be loved for herself
alone. was true to tho highest ideal of
womanly sweetness. Worthy of special
mention was the acting of George STAN
ley, who played the part of Count Sax
endorf, the prime minister of the little
Kingdom OF Hamburg. while James Ell
lis, as Baron Stanbach, Frank Jonasson
as Capt. Drummer, Luke Cosgrave as the
Miss Francis Hooper as
Julia, and Miss Dorothy Meeks as Bar
oness Stanbach, lent good support The
orchestra under the direction
of Prof ]. J. Mcclellan produced a
number of taking selections which were
frequently applauded and added large
ly to the enjoyment of the evening.
1.-THE Vagabond King" goes all week
at the Shubert.
THE GRAND-The Hazlett Stock