The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1909-11-14

Here he comes st last-GGorge M.
Cohan himself. He will present ''The
Yankee Prince one OF his own com
positions, surrounded by his royal fam
lily and big cast and chorus to the
number OF upwards OF one hundred peo-
pc. al the Salt Lake theater the last
half Of the coming week. beginning
Thursday night George NJ, Cohan s
fun and music have come TO stand rs
standard for excellence in this branch
Of the amusement world. \ Cohan play
is always n clean play. into which no
suggestion OF Nulgarity is ever allowed
10 creep. There is charm about them
that particularly appeals 10 theater-
goers. Al devisiug funny situations,
fascinating musical numbers, Cohan is
! past master, and through it all there
il absolute cleanliness. Perhaps this
is n secret Of Cohan S comet'like career.
From the moment the curtain goes
up on the first act of "The Yankee
Prince until its final drop at the end
Of the third act, there is something OF
ear aud to keep the audience amused
II tells in bright way a story of
Chicago man of wealth and ambition,
who aspired To n marriage between
his daughter and an English earl, whom
40 sensible girl would tolerate, much
less marry, The young woman
mother. American to most patriotic
degree. declares on every occasion tnat
Chicago is good enough for her. Mother
and daughter combine against the
father aud the earl in favor of a rich
young American.
OF course. no play of Mr.. Cohan 8
pen would be complete without music.
and in s'-rhe Yankee Prince there is
said to he n riot of IT.; in fact, tho musI-
cal numbers and ensembles follow each
other in such Kaleidoscope fashion. In
terspersed with flashes Of witty lines
and bright rcpartee. that the average
auditor is lost in amaZement IN con
templatin2 the fact that the entire per
Torrance in line, lyrics and dialogue.
all emanated from young Mr.. Cohan s
pen.
The complete east Of principals who
will surround George Nj, Cohan includes
Jerry j. Cohan, Helen +. Cohan, Lila
Rhodes, Tom Lewis. p. y. Pratt. Sam
r. Ryan. Robert Emmett Lennon, j.
.Ecqucl Lance, William Icylc, Donald
Crisp, Dore Rogers, Lola Hoffman and
Mildred Elaine. a special feature of
''The Yankee Prince" production Will
he an augmented orchestra. Seat sale
for Cohan begins TUESDAY
With career of ten months i'll New
u.
ing qualities. "Tho Spoilers" the most
intense, the most human, the most alb
sorbing Of dramas put upon the stage
in years, VIII he presented by Henry
McRae at he Colonial for one wcak,
commencing this Sunday night. Rex
Beach, who is Just now the vogue
among all American writer's. has been
made famous the world over by writ
ing this most exciting of all dramas.
"The Spoilers" The play was first
produced in New York, where it Gro
nted nothing short Of sensation; then
1t went TO Chicago. where it had an"
other lcno, successful run. The sue
cess Of S'The Spoilers" has not been
due to the excrtions Of any great ac-
Tor. The world wide interest shown i'll
this play is due TO the boldness of its
story and its fascinating character
jstics, TO people who live in the glor-
ious west; men like the play because
it's real manly, and depicts the un-
conquerable spirit of the typical
American; women like it because the
principal feminine characters in the
play show what the real American wo-
man can do when she is put to the
test. One cannot fail but like >HT Tho
Spailcrs, ~ and Salt Lake theatcrgoeTs
ha q treat i; store for them.
The stors IF the play is simple
enough il -. ~ is intense and COM