Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-07-17
vwy yE are at length TO have an
X opportunity to see the fam
wv Gus play. THE Servant in
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w Gus play, THE Servant IN in
The House. which even the
conservative New York Evening Post
calls the greatest drama of the CEN
tury.'
The company was originally billed
here last August following its long
and successful run In New York, but
& at the last moment, in order to make
q the Los Angeles opening, IL was found
impossible to fill the Salt Lake date.
We gain by the change. however, az
we are TO have an entire weeks pro-
ducton, while last year we had but
one night.
AS most people know, who keep
posted on eastern dramatic produc-
lions. 1.-THE servant In The House"
Z Mas been widely criticized by some
us being too daring a conception. as 1t
was claimed that the title role was
meant 10 he a reincarnation Of the
Christ. Some critics were scandalized
by Mr., Kennedy's work, butsthe lead
inp magazines and the, most conser-s
yative papers hold the play 70 pc
dramatic masterpiece, and say it Is
entirely free from the faint of sacri-5
lege. AS to that we shall be our own
Judges the week after next Many
cergymen in New York and Chicago
made the play the text for sermons,
and they advised their congregations
to witness 1t. ri
The play viii be presented here by
the famous organization known as
Henry Miller's Associate Players.
Mr.. Miller, himself, does not take part,
but the company presents some es-
pecially strong names. including
Charles dalton, the English actor who
made a hit here some years ago In
the Sign of the Cross Others In the
ar XUilann WIZ
fred Roger, Lizzie Hudson Collier and
Milton SillS.
Admirers &c Arthur W. Pinero, the
great playwright. and Beerhohm Tree. 4
the English actor, will be gratifltd to
learn that they have been knghted by
King Edward. the kniEhtirg Of Conan
Doyle, the creator of Sherlock Holmes,
which took place some time ago. Was
an equally graceful net, and these hon
ors, with those bestowed on Arthur
Sullivan and Henry Irving show that
English royalty fully apnreciates the
dignity of the theatrical profession.
There has been some surprise. for
many years, that knghthood should
s not have come to w. S. Gilbert, who
wrote the llbrettos to the operas which
made Sullivan, famous; but perhaps
royai recognition was too much to ex-
poet in tho case of, one so renowned as
Il satirist as Gilbert. who has shot too
many arrows into the wind bags OF
.pomp and prerogatire to be entirely
persona srata with royalty liberal as
the present king Is known to be.
A nondscerning public is prone to
get tho babies badly mixed lnsthe mat
ter Of names OF several local music
houses. The, occasion of this lis the |
existence of the Clayton Daynes Music |
the Clayton Music company, |
the Daynes Music company. and the
Beebe Music company. It Is
not always easy to differentiate be-
tween these firms and get things
straight At the sarie time, the mem
this matter, and when nerchance |
luckless reporter gets any one OF these
names wrong, 1.-THE injured parties
have a grievance which can.yonly fbes
iHbated by aNdtle and proper explanation
In print.
9 Prof Mcclellan announces the fol-
lowing program for the coming week at
Saltaif. 1t includes numbers ranging |
dies:
Norwegian Dances, Nos. 2 and 5. .Grieg
La Naiala,. ...... Delibes
Melody In F...e.1 .TtubensteinsI
.LohengrinD selection. Wagnerfl
!, Fortune Teller selection. Herbert
spring Song ,.....5..., M endelssohn
= Magic Flute" overture. >. Mozart
To a Wild Rose, =. ...E..... 4. .NfacDowell
TO Thee, w;tltzes ..,:........ Strauss
Madam Butterfly selection. I. Puccinl
Z Held's band will play the following
program at Liberty park tomorrow aft
srnoon:
Overture Jolly Robbers .suppe
3 Cap1ices 49, .fsg.5 .s..
Evening Bells ...5...,....., Robinson
-Darkies Ja1nbooree'.. ........ y. Puerner
Popular selection, Three Mns"...
.,......i..;,.. .g............3...5. Hoschna
Grand selection, I,ohengrin'' Wagner
Medly poplar songs. Somewhere"
Observation-Disclosures. Harris )