The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1909-04-12
THE SALT LAKE HERALD: MONDAY APRIL H. 1909
ADJUSTMENTS

It has been a long time since the peo-
PIE OF Salt Lake saw that beautiful Irish
drama. Shaun Rhue." IL is time for
thehl 10 see u again. for at the Colonial
IL Is being presented by d company as
capable as any that ever attempted the
play In saying this, exception Is not
even made Of the company with which
Joe Murphy surrounded himself. 1t is pos
slple that Mr.. Murphy himself was bet
Ter IN the part than Arthur Cunningham.
out cunningham is so good that he ranks
Wen with the man VINO made the role
famous throughout the world.
, ne singing of Cunningham IS a de
hght So is his brOgue He does not
smear II on, which Is an agreeable sur
prise Tor most actors when they play
hisn parts seem TO believe that they
ought 10 talk like impossible hodcarriers
ne great song of the play. a Hand
Ill OF Earth. is splendidly done. Gun
nlngham voice was at its best in this
last night 1t may be said in this con-
nection that the stage setting of the
graveyard, where the song is sung, was
Impressive to the last degree
Killarney is another song In which
Cunnlnghams voice is heard to advan-
tage- The Home Of Donovan" the jolly
song of the play, is handled well.
80 Iar as his acting is concerned, Mr..
Cunningham presents a strong Red John
MISS Lillian Raymond as Kate Donovan
is excellent. At times the part is diff
cult especially in the scene wherein the
attack IS made by the villain. but she
carries the lines and action with credit
Miss Alice Condor as Dora CaVanaugh
and Miss Clara COyne as Tim are charm
ing.
The parts of Peter CaIligan and Bryan
CalliSan. the villains, are well taken by
Edgar Sinclair and Robert r Leonard
W. T. Sheehan, in the comedy role OF
Lawyer Naddy. is really funny.
Shaun Rhue' is worth seeing. and Ar
thur Cunningham's singing is worth hear
ing. The company viii present the piece
during the entire week, with matnees
Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday.
Two or three acts on. the bill at the Or
pheum this week save il from being one
of the poorest vaudeville productions ever
put on IN that house. OF the seven num-
bers on the Orpheum bill this week four
are musical acts. and only one of these Is
good OF the other three numbers. one
bad.
The bill closes with its best act, the
wonderful feats of Jwan Tschernoffs
trained ponies. dogs and pigeons Il is
an act that should not be missed Mr.
Ischernoffs animal actors and actresses
are better trained than many a troupe of
human thesDians. They have vaude-
vile performance all of their own, and
the acts of the dogs and ponies are SUI
peTior TO most Of the other acts on the
The only really good musical number
lS the violin playing of NOnette. The
young lady appears in a winsOme gypsy
costume and plays her way Immediately
into the hearts Of her audience. Her
singing. too. is very pretty.
Thomas IT. Ince. Blanche Alexander
and Ed Gillespie appear in a lively faTci-
cal sketch that is out Of the ordinary. IT
Is CleVeTly written and as CleVeTly acted.
Three Salt Lake boys filled In as ''The
Piano Trinity Considering the handi-
caps Of ineXpeTience and stage fright
their work was good. The act was SUI
periOr TO the standard of some of the
other acts on the bill
The comedy Of Frobel and Ruge. billed
as eccentric aerialists. was painful. Their
acrobatlc feats would rank poorly with
those of amateurs. Goldsmith and Hoppe
have hackneyed musical turn. the elm
nation of which would improve the bill
Miss Cheridah Simpson struggled bravely
through another bad musical act.
Though the name Of Willard Mack an
pears on the Bungalow program for the
week in the part of Count Mario Caviar
dOssi, in La TOsca, the role is taken by
George Baldwin, jr-, and is handled ex-
cellently.
Miss Mary Hall as FIoria Tosca is at
last given an opportunity TO display her
talents, and though it was predicted that
she would not be equal to the require
ments Of the part. her Interpretation dis
played a reserve power with which she
has not heretofore been credited. Her
eInOIlOnal WOTk IN the torture scene in the
third act was little short of perfect. and
was equalied in several other heavy
scenes in the remaining acts. eliminating
in the death scene at the close of the
play.
Anna Cleveland. as Maria Carolina.
queen of Naples. was charming in a
somewhat cOlOSlesS role as were Callie
Gates and Bessie Hunter. none Of the
parts outside of Miss Halls demanding
much from the actress.
T. y. HeffrOn as Baron Scarpia. though
suffering from d. severe cold, was effec-
tive in the strong scenes. and was ably
seconded by Clay Clement, jr.. James
Rennie and Walter Robinson. The atten-
ton paid to scenic effects and cOstuming,
together with the happy choice of parts
for the various principals makes the
weeks production the best yet attempted
by the company.
"On the Stroke of Twelve was present
ed to fair house at the Grand last night.
The play is one Of the Old-style English
melOdramas. in which retribution is dealt
out in the last act, much to the satisfac-
ton OF the spectators and the chagrin of
the villain The story OF the drama is
one wherein there are two brothers. one
the idol of the father, the other sort of
sCapegOat. who through circumstances is
made to bear the guilt Of the favorite son
in an attempt TO rob the father of the
two boys The unjust accusation con-
victs the hero of the crime. and he lands
in jail. along with the Hebrew comedian.
where he receives all sorts of rough treat
resignation. knowing that in the end all
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