Show YOEICKS LOVE If ever serious doubts was entertained enter-tained regarding the appreciation of the Salt Lake public for the legitimate drama such doubts are now set at rest for ever We venture ven-ture the assertion that in no other town of equal population could such a series of classical dramatic performances given as Salt Lake has recently enjoyed in which financial encouragement would be manifested The engagement of none of the companies has been more profitable than that of Lawr rence Barret and this too in the face of the impending concerts by Theodore Thomas which will not only be the greatest musical event that has ever transpired in Utah but in the entire west In view of these circumstances the jammed houses which have attended at-tended the three performances of Mr Barrett are really phenomenal and show how deep and abiding is the appreciation the Salt Lake jub J lie entertains for the eminent trade gian There is a cause of actionif the expression is admissable wonderful won-derful similarity between Francesca Fran-cesca da Rimini and Yoricks Love The plot in each play hinges on the unwise bestowal of affection by the wife in Francesca Fran-cesca the wife loves her husbands brother and that love reciprocated tempts both beyond the verge of virtue with tragual results in Yoricks Love the wife loves the adopted son of her husband and the passion is returned but with the characteristic morality moral-ity of English authors the offense goes not beyond the injudicious in-judicious lpve the tragical termination termina-tion being brought about by the machinations of a designing villain and rival In the character of Yorick however while Mr Barrett has ample opportunity for the display dis-play of these contendingtormenting emotions born of jealousy and doubt on the one hand and the allurements al-lurements of hope on the other a wider scope is given than in that of Laneiotto As Yorick the action of the play opens in the home of the favorite of the Heywood Theatre the comedian bright happy loving honest full < of kind thoughts and words and confident in the affection of a young and beautiful wifehe seems picture ot living sunshine There is in his very hatred an honesty which is to be admired and the ingenuousness of a child in the way he receives the advances of friendship made by a man he thought at heart a rogue The contrast between this and the second act where he is torn by jealousy wracked by doubt and illyconcealed rage is so remarkable that only at broken intervals is there to be seen a semblance of the open and honest Yerick of the first act while all the bouyancy of spirit and confidence of love are entirely en-tirely wanting At times the tragedian trage-dian works the passion of jealousy to such a pinnacle that he seems on the verge of insanity This difficult portrayal is continued through the third act the climax being reached in the death of Edmund and the suicide of the poor Yorick Notwithstanding Not-withstanding the almost superhuman superhu-man powers the part demands Mr Barrett was yet equal to the most trying and seemed to hold in reserve re-serve a force still unexpended which could be drawn upon when the ecstacies of passion those bewildering bewilder-ing outbursts of momentary frenzy occurred The ease with which the transitions are made from the light hearted Yorick in the first act to the Yorick whose heart is seared and torn in the other acts is the consummation the acme of his rome attainments and it is the grace the grandeur with which Mr I Barrett realizes or materializes these evanescent possIbilitiesall I the whileretaining that eternal fitness fit-ness so indispensible to great achievementsthat has made him the peer of the greatest exponents of the dramatic art in a country which stands unrivalled in its his tronic geniuses The acting of Mr James was such as to win for him the admiration and the love of the entire audience and the character was one which by its difference from the others heretofore personated by him showed his protean talents as an artist to most gratifying advantage Miss Wainwright becomes more popular with each appearance as does Mr Skinner Mr Mosley as MasterWaltondid better than in any previous performance In fact the whole presentation was as finished I and perfect as the most fastidious could have desired and made an impression that will not be eradicated eradi-cated in a long time Tonight Julius Caesar will be given It is as Cassms that Mr Barrett is considered to show the absolute height of his dramatic powers and attainments This is the character personated by him at the Cincinnati dramatic festival and it is so seldom such a treat can be enjoyed that there is certain to be a large audience present |