The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1909-05-23

Miss Ethel Barrymore, who is 10 APP
pear MT the Salt Lake theater the last
half of this week, beginning Thursday
"Lady Frederick by W. Somerset
Maugham. was born in Philadelphia.
and through her blood flows the bluest
blood of stageland She is the fourth,
generation, upon her maternal sldes TO
follow g stage career; her great grand
parents, Of British extraction, having
been Thomas Frederick and Eliza (kn-
]ock) Lane. She is the granddaughter
of Mrs. john Drew, the daughter of
Maurice and George Drew Barry
more, the niece of John Drew, Is first
cousin to Louise Drew and George Men
dunn, and is a sister OF Lionel and John
Barrymore. After passing her baby
hood in England, Miss Barrymore was
brought to this country by her parents
when child of seven, and was edu-
Gated at the convent of Notre Dame,
Philadelphia. She made her first ap-
pcarance behind the footlights January
"a, 1894, playing Julia IN 1.-The
Rivals in support of Mrs. John Drew,
Beginning with the season OF 1894 and
1895, and for three years altogether,
she appeared in the support of her un-
Gle, John Drew, with whom she played
Kate Fennel in "Bauble Shop Kath"
crime in ''That Impudent Young Goa:
ple, - Nellie Colt in christopher. Jr, ,,
Zoe Suggeston in esquire of Danes, "
and Priscilla in Rosemary
In the spring of 1897, Miss Barry.
more went TO London as member of
William Gillette s company, opening at
the Adelphi theater on May - as Miss
Kittredge in 'fSecret Service While
on the other side she was engaged by
Sir Henry Irving, and appeared in his
support for a season, being Antoinctte
in ''The Bells aud Euphrosine in
''Peter the Great Returning TO this
country, she divided the season of 1895
pany as Madeline in ''Catherine' and
with John Drew as Beatrice Ebernoe III
"Tbe Liars" and the season follow
ing this she was feature on tour
as Stella De Gex in His EXcclleney
the Governor, She was then engaged
by Charles Frohman TO create the role
of Nine. TrentoDi In Captain ,Jinks, "
appearing in this part for the first time
at the Walnut street theater, Philadel
New York at the Gsrrck theater the
month following, receiving her first
intimation of her advancement TO
stellar honors by seeing her name IN
electric letters IN front OF the Garrick.
After season and half IN this piece,
she was seen in Carrots a one-act
play. ard ga Country Mouse fol
lowed by season in "Cousin Kate p"
In the spring of 1904, Miss Barrymore
played a brief season i'll London in
HCynthia" The season OF 1904-5 she
was seen in "Sunday' and as Nora in
GA Dolls House.; in 1866 in
"Alice-Sit by -tbe-Fire': 1867 in
1.-The Silver Box and the revival Of
'Captain Jinks, - "His Excellency the
Governor" and "Cousin. Kate; in
1908 In Her Sister, and she is now
appearing in the title role of "Lady
Frederick" Z" her greatest success.
Ralph Stuart offers as his bill at
the Colonial for the coming week a
new play, entitled ''At the Rainbow S
End by Franklin F'yles- In SO doing,
Mr.. Stuart assures the public that he
believes this to be one Of the great
EST plays dealing with the west ever
staged. 1t will be given its New
ork production next fall and is pretty
certain TO be n success. The play is
of the spectacular type and calls for
heavy stage effects. There are twepty-
five people in the cast, to say onthing
OF cowboys, frontersmen. Indians.