| Show THE STAGE F THEATRES THE SCREEN F John Ferguson Great Triumph At Salt a Lake A masterpiece of ot dramatic art a pose page from the book of ot life lite John Ferguson a drama of life ute In the tho north of Ireland by St. St John G G. ErvIne won n lit a great triumph triumph tri trl last night at the tho Salt Lake Lako theatre Though the blase first had gathered gathered gath gath- ered In more or len legs pleasing anticipation of ot a dramatic treat John 1 Ferguson erguson swept them oft off their feet with its Iti strength and realism Those Thole who had come to 1 remained to be entertained enter enter- Not In recent years has hu any play been produced with the strength and simplicity of ot this little play of or life Ufo In the tho province of ot Ulster The Tho characters are drawn very skillfully drawn from real life lICe anc and the plot and situations are handled with that deft touch of tho the master Seldom has a play been cast with I the tho tory r ar resin result t that has John J nth Ferguson e Each and ever every one Is a star and fills tills his or her role In a manner that Is de deserving deserving deserving de- de serving of ot no little commendation It Is la Impossible to pick any one ono star from the constellation Probably the heaviest and most difficult part falls to Joseph All Allenton as John the half halt witted beggar who roams the country and begs his bread playing all the while I on a little tin whistle The character 01 ot of John has been skillfully drawn and Allanton's Allenton's Interpretation of ot the part Is without flaw He lives the life of ot the poor beggar upon P whom h everyone Is ready y to bellow bestow a kick lc and a curse rather th than a penny A Allenton's Allenton on s b best work k Is shown n g however ir when his s devotion o l to Hannah Ferguson who has befriended him causes him to work with the power of suggestion U tI upon her r brother to kill the theman theman XV tt kl man a who has s injured her With Insane cunning he ha conveys the thought apparently apparently apparently without design and never putting the thought thou into words Edward Favor as aa James Caesar the fills ls his role with the greatest greatest greatest great great- est skill Ills His boasts and threats to kill his enemy and his lack of nerve to carryout carry carryout carryout out these threats when his enemy confronts confronts confronts con con- fronts him him Is a hit bit of ot acting excellently done Ills His ranting and his whining his cringing and his crawling make him the character to 10 the life Favor received considerable con con- b applause s showing that his clever work was appreciated appreciate pp Angela as Hannah Fer Ferguson son also was seen to excellent advantage as the spirited high-spirited girl rebelling against a age marriage er of t Tier her eer to trat father a er though o ft It will almost save savo to the theold theold the old home Then when her great trial and sorrow come her disposition changes and she becomes more quiet even brooding I and spends her time visiting the man who Is In Jail charged with the murder of ot the man who has injured her lien Her work places her In the front rank of the emotional actresses In America Robert Forsyth as John Ferguson Ierg the stalwart old Puritan who has been visIted visited visited vis vis- vis- vis by so many trials and crosses until he does not know whether his name Is John or Job won the audience over by his quiet dignified acting Ferguson believes be- be believes believes be be- in ute teachings of or Christ to re return return return re- re turn good for tor evil and not even when he heIs heIs heis Is about to be turned out of or the home he was as born in or still l when his daughter is assaulted by Henry VI Withrow throw the mort mortgagee agee of the home does he give way and invoke the lex Instead he warns Withrow that Caesar Intends to kill l him Only when Andrew his son announces that he and not Caesar killed Withrow does the old man break breakdown breakdown breakdown down from his Ironclad religious views that demand that the murderer should be brought to Justice and urge his son sonto sonto sonto to to flee the country His Has Interpretation of or the role won Forsyth many friends in Salt Lake Alice Chapin as all Sarah Fer Ferguson son Johns John's wife and Warner Varner Richmond as Andrew his son both were well cast and I their work is deserving of ot the highest I praise Their parts were difficult but they handled them fearlessly and skillfully skill skill- fully with the deft touch of the experienced experienced experienced stage star John Fer Ferguson son cannot be too highly recommended If It one Is looking for a play from real life and not the pamby stuff that some of or the present day dramatists are putting across It Is strong meat and will make even the most bla blase sit up and take notice But If It you want to see life Ufe In the raw with the average a poor POOl family In the north of Ireland Ireland Ireland Ire Ire- land the most prosperous part of ot the country at that tree John Fer Ferguson son You will see a remarkable play with a cast of ot stars sta staged ed with an attention to details that makes It flawless To see John Ferguson Is like stepping Into one of f the old cottages In County Down nine kCf John h Ferguson g n nulls back the veil VINCENT VICENT J J. 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