The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1909-04-25

Special TO The Tribune.
NEW YORK, April PA farce
called ''Tbc GAY Life made by Roy
L. McCardcll, the "funny man. of a
New York newspaper, was performed
for the first time on Monday night at
Daly's theater The chief actors in
it were ConsueIo Bailey, pretty little
woman. and Thomas Thorne. The lat
ter gave Il ludicrous personatlon OF
visionary gentleman named Dopey Me
Knight Some persons IN this country
have succeeded in making the ''slang
drama tolernbly interesting by pre-
senting If with some show of skill but
Mr.. McCardell does not seem TO have
sorrow to the well intentioned audience.
which yawned despite heroic efforts,
was the genuine sympathy for an au
thor whom everybody likes.
Indeed, the general atmosphere Of
gloom was so thick in the historic
playhouse that Mr.. McCardel S hosts
of friends who went determined to APP
paud all night if it were necessary TO
compel him 10 make a speech. found
themselves physically unable to wade
through it, The familiar characters
were there, accurate in makeup aud
equipped with lines typical of the arti-
clcs in which they won fame, but Vt
was talk. talk. talk. from start 20 fin
ish and the action never begun. What
plot there is hinges around stage
struck Girl who comes from Altoona 10
New York to further her ambition
against the wishes of her wealthy faith.
er, Consuelo Bailey does this well, hut
probably the star part is Dopcy Nc.
knight, as portrayed by Thornc, who
smoked innumerablc cigarettes. hoard
ed the coupons and wrote songs with
''them sad words,' mostly about
mother.
William Morris. the vaudeville man.
ager, on Monday night opened his new
est playhouse. The theater itself.
which has been renamed the Plaza
Music Hall. Is unique among theatrrs
in this country. certainly vaudeville
houses. 1t was intended as tho home
of German drama liz New York. and
is constructed in true German style,
with features such as thc private boxes
behind the fourteen rows of orchestra
seats, the big "royal boxes AT the
sides, the open parquette and the alb
sence of the customary stage boxes,
all unfamiliar, giving the house for
eign appearance The Plaza Music Hall
is going to be a great vaudeville house
III has more the appearance of Il music
hall than any other American theater.
from the back around on each side OF
The orchestra. on all floors. with com
Portable lounges, certainly made good
IMPRESSION The seats. too. arc easy,
aud the rows are good distance aDari
This viii increase the effect for Wn!cn
Mr.. Morris has been striving since he
remodcled iho American. The opening
programme was composed entirely Of
star acts and with the exception o1
Rice and Cody. all went well Julian
Eltinge made his return to vaudeville (
IN this city. having finished the season
with the Cohan & Harris minStrels. lie
had modification OF his well known
snecialty IN act in which he has no
rival His makeup vvas 50 convincing
that MANY persons IN the audience who
had never seen Eltingc before were
positive hc was d woman until ne at
tho end, took of his wig and revealed !
his own short cropped hair. lie had
10 make q speech. too IN wDich he
thanked the audience, congra'Niated
expressed the hope that all It's audi !
enccs would be like the ono present.
The Shuberts announce that the pro
ducton 1T the Majestic theater, begin
ming on Monday. will he he Gil :
max, the play by Edward Locke
which has been received by crltlcal au- q
IubTIIltS "IiU uhli'l III 'I,'
Climax will bc presented a. the Ma
iestic MS the regular attraction under
the management Of Joe Weber
On MAY ? ''The Blue Mouse - pow
at the Lyric, will be transferred 10
Maxine Elliott's theater, where IT VIII
remain throughout the summer months.
1t has been at the Lyric SIX months
and it will be succeeded by George
Fawcett in play called The Great
John Canton dramatizaton of a
novel made by !. Hartley Manners.
The change that usually comes over
the complexion of theatrical affairs in
this city at this season Of the year
has begun to make itself manifest in
the presentmcnt of light plays and in
the announcement of closing perform
ances. a play called "The Candy
Shop" is announced for production Mt
the Knickerbocker theater ON Monday
when Miss Elsie Janis will convey
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