Salt Lake Telegram | 1923-07-18 | Page 15 | "Anna Christie" Thrills Old London

father loved th great irtrnt hi ker prim. eland up and cheer. Ho that what eomlna- ts Paulina Dsrd. aha will probably have good audience la Dandon aa lone; aa aha Uvea. . Joy and surprise rolling dowa asr cheeks. . That brings na ta the athar paint about London audiences. An Am.r-Icaa Am.r-Icaa audience la tick la. It will atlck to an actraaa for a year or so, but If aha doaan't kaap an thrilling; IU aha la nooa In tha discard. Not aa thaaa Britisher. 1 Tnsr form tha ssoet loyal audlancaa In tha world, ThT atlck to th.lr f-aaaDaaaaaBannaawaaawBMa vo rites through thick and thin. Thsy not only Ilka thsm. Tkay lava I ham, 9 Kraa today poor aid Elian Tarry, sight and hearing; going, stspe rse-ble rse-ble and thin ahadow of kar former aalf, evoke a wild recaption every tlma aha la brought on tha stage at noma great charity performance, kha doean t aay a word, aha aimnly eomee on and bowa and all theae gll.1?"! whe falhera and rr.nd. "Anna Christie" Thrills Old London Br nfiirow nnoFm, ABA aervtae Writer. DONDON. July la. Not lone ' aoma of ua Americana saw tha moat thrllUna; theatrical first night In our entire Urea. It waa tha kind of thine; yon often read about In novala but aeldom see. For really and truly an audience rose In tta aeata aad beat Us hand and wore out Ha combined voice In tribute to aa actraaa who captured Ita Imagination Imagina-tion and Ita heart by a supers piece of acting. Tha heroine of this little etery la Pauline lord, wha created the pari of "Anna tSirhyus" In New York and came over here with tha orl;-Inal orl;-Inal company. Everybody In the outfit waa nerveue, kecauae they bad heard thlaas about London audiences. au-diences. Klrat. a London audience differs vastly from an American one. w ken a British company, preeenttng a Urlllah play, eppsars 'n America we Sve It more than the benefit of e doubt. We are apt to think. e-cauae e-cauae It haa coma from tha Brltteh rnetrfmorts. that rr -mneT tm tns reel goods and wa at art out with a prejudice prej-udice In Ita favor." . Not ao a London audience. A company and a play from our aide of the water literally have to take them by storm. Well. Paulina Lord and her aseo-clatea aseo-clatea did exactly that. Nine curtain cur-tain calla la all she got. And aha scltlewlcosjfd them with JJ