Salt Lake Telegram | 1924-05-06 | Page 7 | Mantell Ideal in Classic "Richelieu"

M ant ell Ideal in Clastic "Richelieu" With aa artistry that left nothing to ba deal red. Robert & Mantel., vet- portinc aaat of tmoaMal excalVeaoe, portrayed Bulwer Lytton a "Richelieu" for amall but appreciative audience la tha Salt Laka theatra Monday weft we-ft In. Tbeatreoera who failed of at- l tendanco may well count their tosa, ; for. outalda a Mantel! production, they will aak far to flna ao excel lent aa In Urprelatloa of this masterpiece. i Mr. Mantall. aa the aed. eccentrlt cardinal. ,who dominated Franco ovor a considerable period of the e4htoentti century, portrayed the role with eucb realism aa la aeldont seen. Ha delved beneath tha surface of his II nee to ; atin out In every word and Keature a rooraatod Rich alien cardinal, statea-maa. statea-maa. man. Miaa (ienevleve Hamper aa Julie da Monlemar, Richelieu a ward, about whom the drama revolves, waa delicate, deli-cate, beautiful, wlneome, as lovely a wo ma a aa walks tha American etao. Tha emtr-a company la deaervtns; of appreciative comment for emceilent Werk. Na detail waa wer!ooked. each movement, each word, the moat trivial happeiitn found each member of the 1 cast In character. But, In the variable difficultlea encountered, a few mem- 1 bers of this emceilent company stood out. John Knight, as tha weak minded, mind-ed, vacillating monarch. Ixwia VI If brought an Innolent nicetv to tha role. Vaughn iverln aa "Rarsdas," Iouls Hall as "Adrian da Mauprat" and A. t Henderson aa "Josiph Capuchin" , were trulv artistic. Tha mechaaica of the product Ion were of the usual Mantel) standard I and emphasised tha paasages of tha drama. Tuesday night Mr. Mantel, and Mlaa Hamper will preaent "Macbeth' and Wednesday matinea and night "Aa Tou Like It" and "Julius CVesar," re-epecttraty. re-epecttraty. Thie will conclude their aeaaon's engagement bare.