Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-02-26

nrSt Visit III HNe S'aSo"c' ts'"
ert Edeson comes ON next
Thursday evening to the
Salt Lake theater. where he Will
present q new modern American play
entitled, IA Mans Man. in which
he has been attracting large audiences
and winning more applause even than
In the memorable Soldiers Of Fortune
in which he was last seen here. Lovers
of strong plays and realistic acting
viii welcome the announcement that
"a Mans q Man" will introduce Mr..
Edcson in an entirely new light but
one which affords him an exceptional
opportunity for one of those striking
portrayals of vigorous young American
manhood for which his career has been
notable Its scenes arc divided between
Now York City and Helena. Mont.
while the Legislature is in session. and
depict forcefully series of events that
transpires within three months. Mr.
EdeSon has the role of a young New
Yorker of fine birth and social position,
who. through being retained as legal
adviser to a newly rich western mine
owner become the central figure of an
intensely dramatic conflict that Will
make. or mar the lives of four persons.
The play differs radically from the
conventional theatrical offerings of the
period In that, instead OF picturinE Its
hero as a fearless youth overcoming
obstacles 10 win the usual stage hero
inc. it dscIoses Mr. Edeson in the far
more compelling situation OF a man
struggling desperately to win back his
own wife and at the same time shields
from Gishonor the wife OF his bittercSt
Manager Henry B. Harris has engaged
tho most competent company that has
yet appeared wfth-this star. the cast of
IA Mans Man" employing such
players as Menifee tombstone. jose
phine I4ovett Howard Hall. Helen
Macbeth. Lawrence Window. Cordelia
Macdonald. Joseph Rawlcy. Maggie |
Holloway Fisher. James Grady, Grace |
Henderson. Eleanor Sheldon and Elsa |
Lorimer. Mr. Edison will give mat |
incc on Saturday afternoon.
THE ROUND UP
Manager Pyper's next attraction fol-
lowing Robert Edeson will be 'The
Round Up a great western drama |
with the well known actor Maclyn
Arbuckle in the central part. This is
Klaw & Erlanger attraction. and ono
OF the biggest money makers on the
road
NEXT WEEK AT THE ORPHEUM.
With two headliners on the bill. sup
ported by number of the most sue
cessful acts on the circuit. the Or
pheum management feels quite con-
fldent of pleasing It's many friends dur
ing the coming week.
Arturo Bernardo and the Willy Pant
ger troupe are Jointly given tho places
of honor Bernardo is an Italian who
was brought over last year to become
the summer feature at Hammers tein's
In New York. He is regarded as the
greatest protean actor in Europe. He
plays all the characters In two
comedies The Escapade of Garalamo"
and Surprise
The great Willy Painter troupe Is
thoroughly we'll known to vaudeville
audiences the country over as II has
been in America for the last three
years Painter Is more ingenious than !
most foreign acrobatS and can always
be depended upon for something new
Mr.. and Mrs. Frederic Voelker will
present a musical interlude which they
term Twilight in the Studio" Mr.,
Voelker is viollnist and his wife is
his accompanist on the piano. Together
they introduce unique feature called
"A Musical Evolution"
Miss Una Clayton with a company
that includes Miss Mona D. Ryan and
Francis Morey will present His Local
Color" a sketch written by Miss Clay
ton that has been much commended by
newspapers over the circuit
The Garden City Trio, consisting of
the Messrs. O'Neal and Walmsley. will
give an Offering, that includes song,
dance and comedy.
William F1emen, styled "the ef-
fervesccnt. comedian" has an original
method as a monologlst and story
teller.
Risley and Reno in THE Effect of
Opium" will work In a typical hop joint