The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1910-09-18

Arcadians." has been playing in New
York since February. The original
company. with its complete prOduc-
ton. moved to Boston today to begin
its long road tour. while an entirely
new company. many Of the principals
being from the London company.
takes its place at the New York thea
tire. What. if any. viii be the effect
on the fortunes Of the piece In this
city time alone can tell.
The great American public has new
cr exhibited a very keen interest In
the art Of pantomime. and hence II IS
not surprising that they almost unan-
imously declined the invitation of
Nine. Pillar NORM last week TO deposit
their good money i'm the box Office of
the Liberty Cor the privilege Of seeing
her i'm "L'Enfant Prologue" play
without words. which she first showed
I'm this city some fifteen years ago,
then. as now. with great artistic sue
cess. but meagre returns at the box
Office
The house. however. was well filed
with an audience OF players, critics
and artists. who found the perform
ance 50 satisfying and noteworthy that
the star was called before the curtain
at least twenty times. The simple story
was conveyed across the footlights as
enectually as If il had been spoken
and indeed. there are few actors on
the stage today who could not find
great profit i'm a study of this charm
/ ing French woman and her methods.
{ 10 is a genuine pity that there is no
public for her here and. indeed. re-
grettable that pecuniary support is not
/ forthcoming for so admirable a per-
| Torrance.
Next week all records will be
| broken. for eight new productions are
| announced for that period, as well as
an important revival It remains %
/ be seen how the busy first-nighters
| ard patient reviewers will survive the
ordeal
Indications are that the coming. sea-
| son win be one Of the most success
I ful I'm the history Of grand opera In
this city. The opening date OF the
Metropolitan opera house is still two
I months of. but already the Subscrip-
tions total more than they did last
year when the books closed. Includ-
ing the partiere boxes. the amount
subscribed to date is nearly $500. 600
This means that. with the exception
OF Thursday nights. the house is prac-
tically sold out for every regular sub
scription performance.
I'm Innovation Planned.
An innovation will be made thi.
season enecting the Saturday nigh
! performance. The last ten Saturda!
nights Of the season will constitute
series of subscription performances a
fun prices. SO there will be no 'popu
lar price" opera at the metropolitan
this winter Another novelty will b.
that the new operas will be produced
on extra nights: that is. outside of tn
{ subscription nights. The premier @
? Mr.. PuccinTs Girl of the Colder
: West will be on December s, and tn
6 price Of the orchestra seats will b
doubled. MIR. Humperdincker's new
oIera. "Konignkinder." will prObabl
be similarly honored later in the sea
= son. Both composers are expected Z
be present when the operas are pro
duced.
: In the scene lofts men are at worl
5 painting the scenery for The Girl o
% the Golden West" under the super
vision Of James Fox, scenic artist 70
: the Metropolitan company This Is
J departure from custom. as scenery 70
= new operas has usually been imported
The artistic forces will begin to as
semble about the first OF October. or
chestra rehearsals viii begin on Octo
e Der Is. a month earlier than usual
What Is generally accepted as
threat OF war in the theatrical circle
OF the west and northwest. was tn
departure Of Mare Klaw Of klaw
Granger on Saturday OF this wee
Z for tour covering the entire north
west. the theatrical territory that
now the battle-ground of the syndicai
and the Independents headed by job
Cort.
Il It will be recalled that Mr.. Co
j. signed contracts this week whereby
Z. obtained control OF the Broadway thu
gtre and the Tabor house in DenyJ
n fo~ nariod ~ ton wears This p