| OCR Text |
Show o f AMUSEMENTS SALT LAKE THEATRE B. H. &.thern and Julia Marlowe In -Much Ado About Nothing. " Wo love not tiro mlRhly Shakespeare lo-s. but threo almlehty dollars mnte. Shall wo Klvo thin iih the reason that theru waa not a larger houso last night ? When works of iho niantcr dramatist havo noon presented here by pKT plavers we havo been illnnosed to ho proud of ih llcht uitendance One could soy that no Sxdent WraS the worship of Shakespeare In th9 community that people Khraiik from hen ring his words mangled by upwortby i'ingue. Hut what may wo y now ? To s. c tho bent Beatrice ot the time, to p a Bern. Ildc Of mr. ulfl-. to see a SUmptUOUS production of the gre.it comedy In which IneSS charoctcrB oppear. lliuro wns an audience omaller that) sonm lhat have been k en w itnessing it-nessing tlio performances of mcdloortiy. T he ready suggestion that rises when tho cause of this In sought Is the one of Hollars WO havo mentioned. But people paid J to sen a sinid- .-.mr inst wt-ek in ordinary comeoies. ir ihev i..e Bhskespeare with ail their hearts would Ihey not pay S 10 see two utars of UC-CCPtlonal UC-CCPtlonal magnitude In one of the most brilliant bril-liant of tho world's plays? We seo where this Ittir. of reasoning Is hading, and as we lia0 no iigrn to qusnwii .-- thoee who say they do lovo Shakspeare. wo will not pursue It. And anyway. If a P r-ton r-ton does not want to pay 13 to see Muen Ado About Nothing." It is his or her own busl-nc busl-nc sa. . , Th" audience was not only not large, but u was not very ...thuslastle. This, however reflects re-flects neither on the audience nor ths piay- ers. Tho performance was a really great one and w-s without doubl hlfc-hly sajoj " n house full of people is necessary f"r PEi! of nthuelasm. Enthusisem l" a cntagi. s thing lhnl will not M.r.ad well unless It as plenty of material to work on. Tou cannot Imagine even ri most Impressionable liidlMl- lil setting very n h entht ' a play all alone. But put him With SBW a hundred other more or less susceptible people and he Will do hie share In crost ng a tumult tu-mult So people last night were con te n n h f ,.,. to take in. I. enjoym. n . 1 1 h ; Vnd vt belns r.-ni overs of Bhake:.ieare nn.i g. ,i acting rnoal of then. ..r they would n-.t L,, I..,-., there, their dramatic ptsssure must havo been of a degreo experience.! oni on ie occasions. And they applauded enough to 'len.g th.. Man, before tho curtail. vcral "'Much Is hope.l for from this "niblnstlon f Mr. Bothern and Miss Mnrlow-e for the drama m this country. And it Is belUvedr hat the hope will be In isrgo measure reallred XW both show growth. During the jears si ; M,.. v:, he,.. ln-t. Ml. Mallow-, nit r, , has developed intellectually and artistically In the classic drama t.. which she has r. -turned with strength and ambition, she will undoubtedly continue to advance Ur. BOta-ern BOta-ern s rightful plac- is believed raany tos higher lhan any position hS has ye fCVd, nnd his stall.,, elr-ady Is an '"''"V;" Mow well the talents of these two are rastched was seen last night In the raillery and biting arcasm Of the opening scenes. The exchange Of the subtle and caustic wit was such as 10 create n perfect dramatic Illusion, that rnaue you feel that hero were Iwo people really in conflict In th- powerful church scene It was revealed 'hat Sothern and Marlowe believe in making the affection of Benedick and Bealrlc.. demonstrative rller than Is customary. Their i il dentil I- that the tvo, being f verj ardent natures, would eelro early opporluni-llee opporluni-llee to fervently display their real feeling after their masks had b-en thrown awS?. And peril,,,,., per-il,,,,., ii,,x ilghi ihoiiKh authorities question ques-tion th propriety of ardor before the play le about to end. in the display of affection on the bench In the last a t. ihe lovers engage In a prettv Utile scene. In this affair, MlM Mar-lone Mar-lone i a most sweet and amiable Beatrice, her pluv of expression showing her complete surrender In his comedy scenes. Mr Sothern was of course gnyly effective, but lie did no better acting at anv lime than In the serlone business .if the challenge to Claudlo. Here. In voice and manner, nnd expressiveness of feature fea-ture hi was most admirable and Impros-K. i in Id feel that here real genius dashed from his eye, and that tho expression of bis strong face was lhat of greatness. The support was excellent. Norman Hackett. seen her- with W'ar.le and James, had the part rd ClSUdlO Mr Hackett shows Improvement. The Sothern-Marlowe engagement ends tonight to-night with a iierformanee of Romeo and Juliet." The sale assures a larger audlenco than that of last evening - e John Drew, In tho "Huko of Kllll- rankle," appears as a witty. Intellectual British nobleman. noble-man. This fane upon modern English society, so-ciety, tinge. I with pathos of romance, will begin be-gin an engagement at the Salt Lak Tbe-Htro Tbe-Htro next Thursday. The seat sale opens this morning. . GRAND THE ATER: "The Belle of New York." u musical comedy In two acts and six Bollard' s Lilliputian Opera company, com-p.ie com-p.ie of as clever a lot of youngster as prob-obly prob-obly wero ever brought together, presented "Tho Belle of New York" at the firund Theater The-ater last evening before a large and delighted audience. Were it not for ihe diminutive size and childish voices of these young people, one might Imagine that he was watching .n i.f til- tlrst -. lus.-i opera companies of lb. cun- t.v with ruch grac and ease do the principals take their imrt and with such precision and accuracy are the special features of the chorus chor-us furib-d out Th-n there Is an utl.-r luck Of the boldness which Often I haracterln-s ag-gregatlons ag-gregatlons or old. r people engaged In '.he some w..rk. and lb" pretty, youthful face of tho children aro .bildedly leTie-blng Many who w , pie", nt IhsI night had seen "The Bll of New York" before, but It la doubtful If It was half as much enjoyed when pn . -rit-d b an old. r eompuny. It Is a catchy musical comedy. In which a number Of new songs and Jokes are Intnwluced. Tho singing Of several of the principals last night nu is-peetally is-peetally good and tho youngsters were recalled re-called In some Instances as many as three, times Fred Pollard, who, as Kenneth Mugg. th low comedian, sang tho fetc-hlng "Klssen for You. Sweetheart." hus a rarely pleasing Si and his solo was the musical hit of the o onlng. Another song which caught the fancy, fan-cy, or rather the singer caught ihe fancy of the audience, wus "That's How i Love You, Mayme," given in most dramatic stylo by Muster Te.l.lv M. Naiii.ir.i as Bllnky Bill Mr-Quirk Mr-Quirk to his swetheart. Mamie Clancy, a winsome win-some bit of humanity. Merle Bollard by name, WhO Won I h.- hearts ..f the audience by her Interpretation of the Bowery type, one of the Cleverest of the llttlu urtlsts Is Miss Olive Mo. r.. who takes the part Of FMfl Frlcot. a dainty I'arlslenne, whose singing of "When We Are Married" was a feature Of the evening even-ing The lun of the evening was furnish.- ! by Mnst. r Willie Thompson as Karl von Bumper-nick. Bumper-nick. Muster Jack I'ollnr.l as Ichnb.-I Bmn-"'ii Bmn-"'ii and Masters Bred and Jack IIcJ.ni: :t- the Counts Ilat.it I o. Miss Lvan Mnorv made a charming Violet Oray. a Solvation Armv lassie las-sie and the belle Of New York. She Is pretty and graceful and has a sweet voice. There wero In addition a number of pretty girls In the chorus. Attractive scenery and pleasing c.-luiiier. nre other features of thjs altogether g.-orf1 prrulurtb.n. which will he repeated tonight. to-night. Tho company will bo at tho i.rnn.l f..r the ramaindei of the we.-k. preeenflng "Plna- I at the Wednesday matinee and "A Runaway Run-away Girl" Wednesday and Thursday nights. I |
