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Show TRUTH. 12 does the most effectively emotional l.he third act he does some melodra-uati- c acting in the play. Angel Clare, her blustering and degenerates into Salt Lake Theatre. Florence Rob- iu3band, confesses to her that his life he villain of lurid drama, but happily erts in Martha of the Lowlands," las net been blameless and begs her ihis ends with the dropping of the matinee today; Tess of the DUr- 'orgiveness. Here she is the artist, curtain. During the following act Mr. he actress, the woman. She mingles Bosworth makes a glorious redempbervilies, performance tonight. mati- hysterical laughter and tears the cry tion. He simulates a drunken brute Grand Theatre. Arizona; of a woman who feels that she is with such circumstantial fidelity as to nee today, performance tonight. saved. In a loud, quiet voice she for- leave no doubt of its artistic merit. Coming Attractions. and makes her own confes- The Angel Clare of Lucius HenderSalt Lake Theatre. Haverlys Min- gives him I also have sinned. It was, as son is too effeminate in the early parts sion, County Chairman,' she strels, Oct. thought, tbe time for mutual con- of the play. In the third act, when Oct. fidence and forgiveness. It revealed Tess makes to him her confession, Mr. Grand Theatre. Finnegans Ball," the rustic simplicity of the country Henderson becomes a shouting megaweek beginning Oct. 10th. to whom natures heart phone and gesticulates wildly, rushing girl the girl was known with all its secrets, open about the stage like an emotional as to the loving sky, but who knew so rough rider. Some of the minor parts Tess of the DTJrbervilies, Thomas Hardy wrote the story, gives ittle of the social code which meas- in the play are well taken, though 1 with different standards the mor- do not understand how such cargoes one many impressions different from ures al of men and women. In the of English accents got past the custhe authorized version by Lorii&er lastlapses act, however, in which she kills tom house authorities without an offiis which The Stoddard. Alec DUrberville, Miss Roberts is cial reprimand. sensualism, so is surprisingly disappointing. She fails Miss Roberts will close her engagethe keynote of the written story, to convince us with the force and ment with Tess of the DUrbervilies garnished by the literary refinements, of her tense resolve to kill, tonight and Martha of the Lowlands so hedged about by the beauties of meaning nor does she impress us with her at todays matinee. description, both of fandscape and sense of dreadful horror afterward. J character, that much of the offensive The glitter of the knife caught up Martha of the Lowlands is a coarseness lies hidden beneath the from the table and the red spot upon drama abounding in depth of feeling the blade look like a theatrical trick The of poetic expression. draperies instead of dignified tragedy. Hobart and emotional intensity. The role of novel gives ample opportunities to Boswcrth, as Alec DUrberville the Martha gives us another insight into understand the dsvelopment of Tesss libertine, is generally convincing. In the dramatic abilities of Miss Rob- AMUSEMENTS. 11-1- 13-1- 2; 5. character. The secret workings of her heart are revealed. We understand the reason for her actions, because behind them we can see the motives, and impulses which make her what she is In the pages of the book we see the soft and sensuous beauty and understand something of those fatal charms whose natural dowry drove Alec DUr bervills mad with the desire of pos session. The note of doom, which Hardy sounds in the novel and which we understand and feel, adds sol emnity and dignity to the downward path which Tess follows in response to fate and destiny. But in the play these elements are missing. They are too elusive for the footlights to reveal; at best they can only be suggested in the dramatic action and theatric display of the actress and her art. The mirror may be held up against the printed page, but the reflected image is blurred and This is, however, not a one the fault of Lorimer Stoddard, who dramatized Tess of the DUrber-villebut the same objection can be urged against every dramatized novel. If this were more generally understood, or rather put more into practice, there would be a healthier condition existing among playwriters. For without the higher incentive, of originality among authors of the theatre, tho drama must continue its serville weakness to the popular novel regardless of its adaptability to stage requirements. In Tess of the Miss Roberts makes a brave and artistic struggle against tbe conditions I have named. The book is true in pictorial effect and reflective surroundings. The play is ungloomy melodramatically naturally lurid and tragically disagreeable. Lorimer Stodiard. in his attempt to dramatize Tess and her surrounings, has succeeded wonderfully well in Stoddardizing the entire atmosphere Florof the play. However, ence Roberts, wonderful actress that she is, reads the role of Tess with her own dramatic ideals as to the temperamental requirements of the part. In the early parts of the drama she excels. The homelier virtues of family tendernebS and kindly regard for her associates as shown by Tess are sincerely reflected by Miss Roberts in a voice caressingly tender and plaintive. Also in the second act she To be Seen in Ihe County Chairman' at the Salt Lake Theatre. erts. Hobart Bosworth is more satisfying as Manelech, the strong and shepherd of the mounin the tains, than brassy role of Alec DUrberville. Indeed there is more satisfaction in the drama of Martha of the Lowlands and the company is more effectively cast than in Tess of the DUrbervilies. The matinee today affords the last opportunity to see the simple-minde- d play. 11-1- i dispro-portione- GBO.BFYPER d! HANAGRR mmm s, TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY WEDNESDAY . MATINEE 2. fun-mak- er . THE ONLY BIG SHOW OF ITS KIND THAT WILL VISIT HERE THIS SEASON a, W. E. NANKEVILLES DTJr-berville- s, . dt dt Haverlys Minstrels are always welcome in Salt Lake. This capable organization appears at the Salt Lake Mr. theatre two nights, Oct. Xankeville has, it is said, spared neither time nor expense in getting together a company of comedians, singers and artists. The famous first part vv'fll witness a new departure a watermelon scene with the company sitting inside the luscicus fruit The chief is Billy Van, the assassin of sorrow. He will be assisted by such men as Jimmy Wail, Eddie Mazier, Andy Jenkins and others. dt dt Following Haverlys Minstrels and appearing for three nights and Saturday matinee, beginning Oct. 13th, is The George Ades comedy-dramCounty Chairman. This is the play of which former President Cleveland is said to have expressed himself that it is one of the best and most wholesome plays he had ever seen, and added that George Ade was cne of the few really great American dramatists. The play deals with politics and is especially interesting at this time. It telis the love story of Tillford Wheeler, the young candidate for states attorney, and Lucy Rigby, a gentle, pretty school-maaOf course, the auditorium roars with laughter at the peculiar doings of Sassafras Livingston, the darky political heeler, who is ready to vote for anybody if there is anythin in it. Of course there are many other laughable types of George Ades creation, but, after all, it is the sweet consistent love story between the young people and the romance In the life of Jim Hackler, the bluff, biff Haverlys Minstrels THE GRANDEST ORGANIZATION OR MODERN TIMES NUMBERING NEARLY m. Presenting Minstrelsy on a scale of Electrical and Scenic Splendor Never Attempted by any Similar Organization. MAGNIFICENCE The Evolution of the Watermelon fraWE"T!' The Great Company Includes BILLY VAN, Highest Salaried Comedian In Minstrelsy. |