| Show Guy Bates Post C Coming ming Here in inThe inThe The Masquerader Mr Posts Post's dual role in The Masquerader Masquerader Masque- Masque rader coming to the Salt Lake theatre soon of ot John Chicote and John Loder is portrayed with a sharpness of ot contrast contrast con con- which is a notable and artistic achievement for the subtle similarities between the member of parliament whose career and life are wrecked by morphia and th cousin whom the long lone Ion I arm of coincidence puts in his place to redeem his name and career are so intimate Intimate in intimate In- In that they impart a Jekyll and Hyde suggestion to his performance The Masquerader soon to be seen here is a most impressive play one that haunts with many and varied memories long af after r the performance has been witnessed witnessed witnessed wit wit- the memories that flit through ones one's bra brain n are kaleidoscopic ever varied varied varied va va- ried changing color countless angels yet et with it all the one big bis dominating fact predominates predominates Post rost his wonderful acting noting his musical voice that haunts at times in a most pleasing but always in ina a a. most persistent way now it is the soft melodious voice of the ardent lover then of ot the declaimer in parliament parliament- the wretched of ot the drug stricken strick strick- en slave as he fights tights more morphia and with death death In In the same ame spasmodic ua- ua That awe inspiring peculiar tone that penetrates the hearers hearer's soul as ashe ashe ashe he fights the man many and hideous shadows that appear real devils to his befogged brain lower and lower Into the chasm so gruesomely described in Pilgrims Progress Progress Frog Frog- ress this wretched wreck of humanity I descends n u until I. I at the sound of the death i fl rattle In his I t throat o one feels relieved in the realization that such a creature I has passed beyond the grip of ot that terrible terrible ter ter- drug The wonder of ot it all is that an actor ter-I ter can so t train his voice change hISm his personality personality per per- 1 and with a seeming g magic thought transform his hla facial expression from the ardent high minded Loder Ioder to the degenerate Chilcote Is it a gift IsIt is isit isit it concentration of thought Is it a trick or is it a sort of hypnotism he wields over his audience This man Post ismore Ismore is ismore more than an actor more than an orator more than a trickster his wonderful performance performance performance per per- convinces one one after after seeing the play pia several times times times-he he has developed a a. psychology that is an additional sense a something we average mortals do not noth which even h h hai attempt ai attempt permits rt to Post develop to l bank blank n a the something minds A of his audience and when those minds are blanked he tells us black is white and we believe it That is the wonderful part of his performance personality personality-or or what you are minded to call It |
