Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-12-07
THE ROUND OF THE THEATERS

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You'll Do" brought forth several re-
calls, and Love Nc. Dreamy Eyes. "
was also accorded q generous recep-
ton.
or course a feature was the work OF
many tuneful voices in the college
songs and there were any number or
catchy new things in this line. with
the old-time favoritcs given as encores.
| Thc Bullfrog Glide" Is redolent OF old
campus days, and while bearing a sus-
picion OF plagiarism, is sufficiently
pleasing to condone an apparent Of
| fense. The choruses throughout were
distinctly capable.
| Frederick V. Bowers is the topllncr
as Billy Douglas" n post graduate.
| There is younger son in disgrace
| who is saved by his big brother. "Lor-
raine Douglas" a sister. and "Kate
| Wells her chum, portrayed by Grace
Hopkins and Elizabeth Van Sell. have
| parts which give chances for some
| clever work and many handsome
| gowns. The company generally is
/ capable and particularly we'll dressed,
A feature of the evening was the
presence OF a box party of Is girl stu
dents from the University who 1aunt-
cd the rcd and white enthusiastically
and had one of the times of their lives.
The play continues throughout the
week With matinees Wednesday and
Thursday.
GRAND-For six long acts large
audience last evening sat through the
performance OF The Two Orphans" at
the Grand theater And while the au-
ditorium itself approached more nearly
the freezing temperature than was
absolutely comfortable and the car was
reGaled between acts with six sue
cessive two-step movements by the or
chestra, yet the performance was a
success. Notwithstanding the fact
that the play, which is us old as the
hills. and has maintained its popular
ity, perhaps more, by reason of It's
vcnerableness than it's appeal to the
sense of human justice. the players.
without exception! did we'll and some
OF them portrayed the characters as
sumed with life-like fidelity The de-
tails of the play arc horrible; the Sc
ries of misfortuncs, indignities and
brutal bcatings to which the unfor-
tunatc blind girl Is subjected, are re-
voting; and there Is no surcease of the
dolorousness of the piece. until just at
the close of the sixth act, when all is
suddenly transformed from the deep
est misery to the height of happiness.
the blind girl is rescued from her brutal
captors, the sister orphan marries the
chevalier, and all is merry as n we'd
ding bell.
Some Of the greatest stars on the
dramatic stage have es-ayed the role
of the blind orphan; some of the great
est successes of the age have been
achieved with the performance of this
play; but last evening there seemed
little to be wanting in the portrayal
of the part OF Louise, the blind girl,
by Irene Outrim: OF her sister orphan,
Henrietta, by Blanche Douglas: of
the chevalier. by Willard Mack; of the
Pierre, the cripple. by Walter Nc
Cullough, and OF the horrible excellence
of the acting of Elmer Booth, who took
the part of La Frouchard, the fiend-
mother. The agonies endured by the
unfortunate Louise time after time
brought forth ejaculations of sympathy
from the audience, and the climax of
the abuses heaped upon her when the
old hag dragged her by the hair into
the attic and returned with blood
stains and hair dangling on her hand
sent Il suppressed shudder through the
frame Of every person in the house.
1t was altogether too horrible in Its
realism.
Frederick Moore depicted the gay
| beau with his usual ease and abandon.
| Frederick Allen is always satisfactory,
| and never more so than IN the part OF
| the head of the Paris police; the only
enlivening portion of the play, per-
p, haps, were the lines OF Picard, the
| valet, which were agreeably read by
| Joe Kennedy: Arling Alcine as the
outlaw, filled the requirements of the
part; Pearl Either portrayed the In
| jured mothers part with true womanly
| instinct, while James Rennie. John AL
! den, Harry Bott, Earl Pingree. Bessie
| Dainty. Inez Baird and Natalie Fryer
acceptably presented the various minor
roles.
| PANTAGES VAUDEVILLE QUITS
Tomorrow night sees the end OF the
| attempt to plant opposition vaudeville
| at cheap prices, at least as far as the
Bungalow Is concerned. The Pantages
| have made an arduous endeavor to
| divert in their direction, part of the
! golden stream that flows in the direc-
ton of the Orpheum, but after SOW
eral endeavors they have given up
1 the ghost. This leaves a clear field
| for the combat between the Orpheum
| and the Sullivan & Consldinc people.
| who open at the Mission tomorrow
night. The future program OF the
| Bungalow is as yet unannounced, but
| Treasurer Carvalho says he is In hopes
| OF booking some attraction that viii
open the house again next week.
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THE TOP o. THE wORLD-A spec
| jal dispatch received from Denver this
morning states that Bailey & Austin
began their trans-contlnental tour at
the Broadway theater last night in
1.-The Top o. the World" The dispatch
says the piece scored heavily and that
the work of Bailey & Austin was com
pared favorably with that of Mont
| gomery & Stone.
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MRS. MACK COMING-Miss Maud
Leone. who opens next week at the
| Grand in Janice Meredith" Is the wife
of Willard Mack. They have been mar
ried for IL years, and this Is the first
season that Mr.. Mack ever inaugurated
4, in any city. without the assistance of
Mrs. Mack, generally considered TO be
a clever and handsome ingenue leading
| woman. Miss Leone will be renem-
bored as opening at the Colonial last
season, with Mr.. Mack in "On Parole. 20
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