Deseret Evening News | 1900-05-26 | Page 13 | The Function of the Theater

mE orlon O III TIlE T William Archer Arter Is the latest to lament the attitude ot of the cultivated mind the theater JIe e ex expresses presses again the regret that the Intel Intellectual man who goes roea to Ute the theater for foran an evenings enjoyment III fe very much more likely to select a or a comic combo opera than a play Grant Miens lIens investigations over ont the drama sumac IOme years ago led him to the same larne co and h he was wall to find that the Oxford professor who came to town and went to the play was wa usually more likely to select the Gaiety than the Ihl se al his goal gal This Idea of the function ot of its theater I is quite as aa firmly rooted hee ns as It is II In l England because e It seemS for tor Anglo Saxon minds to rell regard the as possessed of any ether purpose thin then to amuse Discussion of plays with persons thoughtful and learned In 01 other her particulars particular It leads ds usually to utter coo con confusion fusion when enlightened or lug opinion Is expected are re regarded as its Ita banal and discouraging features by those who latter themselves that they kno know most about n a play de delI dot lI light hL those whose taste never be bent beat nt at fault In any question ot of art artNo artNo No Such they are to be called mistakes would uld ever eer be made concerning the artistic value v 8 ot Of 1 a plo pie ture or a look book But the stage Is not deserving of the serious consideration that would be given slon by all cultivated thinkers to the two other renee rence Reamer namer In Week Weekly A