The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-01-31


mense audience in common accord, re-
mains hypnotcally silent, until the exit
march completely breaks the spell and
| the large army OF pleasure seekers realize
that they are yet OF this earth and pre-
pare to take their homeward way, de-
lighted with the entertainment Such is
| the feeling that took possession of those
who witnessed The Land OF Nod" at the
| Colonial Sunday evening. The principal
of the cast are stars. The women are
the most obscure of the chorus girls, The
costumes are marvels of the gorgeous and
beautiful; The scenery Is superb, and
THE Land Of Nod" has no plot. IT
doesn't need any when played as it is
transferred from the story-book to the
stage. The first scene is group of
children at play in n garden, One OF
the group nS 6; grows vs. weary NTH her Play
| her and she dreams The dream Is the
play, She visits in her dreams The
Land Of Nod" where she meets al! the
| heroes and herones in her story book,
| She visits the land OF the midnight sun.
the sandman,,s palace OF dreams and tho
| land of slumbcr.
| OF Hearts, Is beautiful woman. an ac-
complished actress, and is gifted with
| wonderful voice. Her scintilluting pres
cnce is keenly felt and enjoyed, and
when she is not before the footlights she
is missed Anna McNabb. as Bonnie,
the dreamer fits snugly into the part
WlNilpNt Il ldull ono is al charming YOUNG
lady who sings well and whose acting Is
perfect. Adelaide Harland. as tho viva
cious Chorus Girl, could not be dupli-
Gated She does world OF things that
Keep one guessing, and 10 her talent she
adds most appealing personality. The
April Fool Is taken care OF by Nell Nc
Nell, who IS a comedian OF the first
that's fair enough IL proves scream
E. D.. Coe is the Welsh Rarebit Mr.. Coe
Is an accomplished musician and his rem
I,.,
interposed in the right places. bring round
after round OF applause. William Nor,
gan is the Sand Man, His maniacal
bursts forth in way i that { causes causes a shud-
der to pass over one. George Fox Is the
Man in the Moon, Mr.. Fox Is just the
by Nelson Riley He makes a fine devil
and faithful servant To the Sand Man.
Marion Archer, as Bonnie's mother; Rich
ard Fulton, as The Telephone, Robert
Lyte, as Knockout Drops, and Douglas
Wright as the Alarm Clock, all do re-
markably clever work.
The entire cast is a strong one Every
body works hard and the chorus girls
work overtime. The Land OF Nod" is
one long scream from start TO finish. The
play continues through the week with the
usual matlnees,
"The Girl Engineer, is the offering at
the Grand this week. The first per-
audience pleased immensely, II the gem
erous applause which was manifested
throughout can be taken as a criterion,
Since the incorporation OF popular prices
at the Grand the playhouse has been
doing good business. The moving pic
tures, and illustrated songs help greatly
from the pen of Charles a. Taylor, and
is sensational tale OF life on the rail.
In fact, 1t Is combination of every
thing that make VI. melodrama OF THIS
cnri 10 of Ia nj
railroad!ne In the west. strike is de-
clared, the trouble having been brought
about by the seheming Of the superin-
clever young people OF the cast, por-
trayed the character OF the girl engineer
in most creditable manner. Miss Bar
ham plays one OF the leading roles in
her usual charming manner. Robert Haz-
lett. In the role OF the hero. succeeded
In getting everything out OF his part
that could be expected, Al t. Dickenson
Frederick Doty. who portrayed the char
actcr of the black man. The scenic ef-
fects OF the play are fine and the pro
good, There Is a vein OF comedy in
the play which runs rampant throughout
The play will run the week With a matt
nee Wednesday and Saturday.
The Bungalow theater was dark on
Sunday night although the opening per-
fSrmance & OF When I'm, knigh5hood ,,n was aso IN
sion, 1t was announced in the Sunday
papers that Mr.. Mack would not appear
in the piece. and that Arling Alcine, would
take his place, but 1t appears that in
making the change on short notice 1t
was impossible to prepare the perform
ancc in time. Those who had purchased
tickets received their money back and
the management announced that the
weeks bill. with the same play. would
open this (Monday) evening.
AZ he ho
thcater different" Is proving among the
most popular that the house has yet of
fered: The novelty musical act OF sgd
make a big hit with the audience. and
the same is true of w. c. Hoefier and
company in their bicycle act. The Rus
ing favorltes. as is Won Mitsel and May
nard in their prize playlet, "Cupid's Co
Incidence" Berry and Nelson in their
comedy acroabtic act, and Kathleen Du-
good bill
The recent signing OF contracts far
reaching and decisive In their scope has
enabled Frederic Belasco OF Belasco &
Mayer, owners OF the AIcazar theater OF
San Francisco. to positively announce
rese6 fSs oe2Ts TSe
OF these is est Elmo" the seasons dra-
matte success of the east. and slmultan
eously with the continuance Of the run
IL,
scnting It on the Pacific coast with his
special Alcazar touring company This
makes an epoch IN the theatrical stua-
ton of the west. and a date will be ar
ranged for this city.
Tonight is the night when Robert Man
tell will open his engagement of a week
at the Salt Lake theater. The advance
sale OF seats has been unusually large,
and II is expected that this distinguished
tragcdan will attract record breaking
houses during the engagement, Mac
beth" will be the opening bill and In
this great tragedy Mr. Mantell will be
seen as the sturdy misguided warrior.
and Miss Marie Booth Russell will I'm
personate the dominant character of
Lady Macbeth. Dir, Mnntell has won a
place at the very top OF his profession,
and iH addition he has surrounded him.
self with company OF artists skilled
and schooled In the Interpretation OF the
Shakespearesn drama. In addition to
the regular thcater-goers the MantelL
audiences will embrace many hundreds OF
educators and students, for a series OF
Mantell performances are a liberal edu-
cation In themselves. A repertoire en-
bracing the heaviest tragedies and the
lightest comedies has been selected for