Show V Trilby V When Trilby sets her shapely foot upon the stage of the Salt Lake theatre thea-tre one of the most eagerly anticipated theatrical events will become realized There i no doubt but that it took n I playwright with some courage to prepare pre-pare Du Mauriers novel for the stage for the reading of the book did not readily suggest dramatization the plain almost conversational narrative seeming difficult to handle a dramatic material The playwright Mr Paul M Potter is therefore to be highly complimented com-plimented upon the excellent drama he has managed to construct under somewhat some-what forbidding conditions Mr Wil ton Lackaye who is heading the company com-pany we are soon to see here has add ed not a little to his fine reputation by the effort he is now putting forth as Svengall Such high enconiums have been passed upon this distinguished actors representation of the character that it would seem fitting t quote an eastern paper in reference to the same Svengali in poverty and unclean un-clean raggedness and Svengali in wealth and ornate luxury offers him no difficulties which he does not easily surmount and two or three of the intense in-tense scenes with Trilby he treats with a ferved simplicity that doss great credit to his good sense The opportunities opportun-ities for overacting are s mary and various the lines between the sublime shall we say and the ridiculous so numerous that the opportunity for a wreck of reputation as an actor stands out biddingly on every hand Mr Lackaye does not accept i but passes easily from scene to scene and enchains en-chains the audience toy his mere presence pres-ence on the stage Miss Edith Crane in the title role seems from all accounts ac-counts to realize every dramatic possibility pos-sibility of the oharacter of Du Mau riers heroine The cast comprises Messrs Carr Canfield Kent Marti netti Jennie Rufferth and others Tfhe engagement at the Salt Lake theatre is for Friday and Saturday with a Saturday matinee September 2728 |