Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-10-30
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TTHE very pleasant engagement OF
"A Gentleman From Mississip-
OIL" ends at tho theatcr this eve
nug While the play win never
make as much money Tor Mossrs. Gris-
NOR and Brady as "Tho Man of the
Hour or Way Down East it can al
ways be relied ON to do 20 steadily pro-
ntable business. and viii please every
ono who likes tho cloan cut high class
drama which teaches o. moral while it
cutertains The artistic work of Mr.
James Iackayc alone makes the pres
ontation worth while.
il was last year at election time that
~The Man OF the Hour paid salt Lake
q visit. and the .uimitablo Haucy in his
character of phclan read the election
returns between acts. he viii do the
same thing next Tuesday evening, the
second night of the engagement, and
Manager Pypcr expects Co see the W.
ccipts jump 50 per cent. as they did on
election night last year.
Others in the cast are Arthur Matt
fand. John Moore Paul Byron, Made
line winthrop Annie Reader and
Florence Mack
whoever respects the dignity and de-
concy OF tho stage. or is DESTROYS that
tho drama maintain its high place
among the fine arts, VIII rejoice in the
continued success OF "'rhc Man of
the Hour which has now started In
upon the fourth year of ITS career. 10
opens for three nights with a Wednes-
day matinee at the Salt Lake thcator
Monday. Plays of the standard OF THE
Man of the Hour encourage the belief
that the American stage Us pressing into
new and sWectCr pastures upon which
the public taste win feed in tho years
o. come. ana Cts managers. VIM. A
Brady and Jos. r. Grismer are 10 be
congratulated upon their ability to APP
pcasc the theatrical appetite with such
high class material
Tho famous singer and actor Chaun-
coy OlcUtt comes back Co ms again next
week after an absence of several years.
His vehicle this year is Ragged Rob
in" n is written by the successful
playwright. Rida johnson Young. and
Mr.. Olcott himself has written the
songs which adOrn "a. The story Is
love tale Of Irish peasant life. and the
scenery, we are promised, especially
that which illustrates the fairy part of
thc story win bc unusually beautiful.
in fact the claim is made that the en-
tire production is somewhere near the
plane Of a fairy spectacle
Mrs Young is author OF Brown ~
Harvard ana other well known plays
The Olcott season opens Thursday
night, and viii run up 20 saturday with
tho customary matinee
"Circumstantla Evidence" an in-
tense dramatic playlet. VIII be- the
principal offering az the Orpheum next
week The one scene shows the interior
OF "a jury room Twelve men have been
selected 10 Try "a man Tor murder. Ant
er being out "a hours. n Of the r. vote
for "a conviction All this time the
twelfth juror has refused 10 be swayed
by the arguments advanced by the 9th
ers He insists that the defendant Ia
innocent though admitting that the
weight OF the evidence rs against the
prisoner. Finally the n settle down to
different diversions. including poker
game. asserting that the deadlock Will
continue until an are unanimous. The
twelfth sits aside FOR a time. then In
an impassioned appeal he tears 10
pieces the evidence that was produced
during the trial and finally convtnces
the If Of the prisoners innocence. There
are ~ men ia the company.
Ed Wynn and Al Leo will appear IN
'The Biliken Freshman" AIR Wynn
ilupersouates the swagger rakish col
lego chap with loose trousers, brilliant
vest and marvellous headgcar.
Charles Montreal the European Jug
Gler now appears I'm America the first
time for two years
Rosa Crouch and George WEIGH are
billed as that lively pair" and pre-
sent a sketch OF merit. fun OF action
Eva Nudge. "the military maid"
makes such remarkable changes that II
Is difficult for the audience To believe
that u II the guuls NOunr woman u. ho
appears In five different costumes. Miss