Salt Lake Tribune | 1905-02-19 | Page 30 | The Romantic Drama

The Romantic Drama. f To my notion, It Is a flno thing to re- f leaso tho minds of men and women, even 1-for 1-for a short spaco of tlmo that thoy aro T In tho theater, from the petty concerns of " every day exlstoncc. Tho romantic drama f nccompllshcH this, nnd awakens tho Blum-. bering emotions precious to overy maml? that In modern llfo aro seldom brought to 'J the Burface. w Tho realistic drama presenting modern fl! charactors In prcacnt-day situations more- ly emphasizes tho cold, barren, uncmo- fi tional llfo that we of this day and genera-i 1 tlon aro obliged to live. Moreover, each play of this sort must needs have Its own" audlonce, mado up of men and women K whoso personal experience In llfo havoY-quallllcd havoY-quallllcd them to understand and appro- elate tho complexities In which tho char-jaJ acters aro placed. Plays successful la t London or New York may seem stupid to audiences In other cities, and even to E persona of others classes In thoso very samo cities. Romance, on tho other hand, speaks to s all humankind. It awnkons hone, ambl- fj tion and courago in tho heart of tho youth, J and to old ago It comes as a grateful re- minder of old dreams. ti Two hundred or three hundred years 'if hcrce, when time has blotted out tho ugly f things which aro always tho llttlo thlnga ; from tho records of our generation, tho ' great romance of American llfo as It Is now may ho written. The romance of tho great emotions will enduro; the realism of potty things will fade away and bo for- , gotten James K. Hnckctt, in Chicago ; Record-Herald