Show we vc attended the theatre it ere on oil saturday S to cosce sec coul dock play richelieu we ave have seen it performed in many places in the united states but never saw it so completely butchered as aa it was on tho boards baic the savior of francc lo 10 the ibe cardinal statesman the astute the sagacious the wily devout richelieu name will live with the existence of P france was so shockingly portrayed on the occasion that a failure to condemn it will only bu be to bay that the citizens of salt lake city know nothing about the thespian ait and arc ready to gobble down everything in the drama that may be up to them thu voice the tragic the general demeanor of Coul dock wag avas to so crit critchely hely at war with the historical idea of that lie till should never attempt it again unless he leartis learns to play it if be does doea play it any wore more we suggest that the embracing of a female waid by a cardinal and them passing her over to be affectionately tiona tely and tenderly hugged bugged bya by a priest may be Coul docks notion of things but bitt it aint the popular notion of what cardinals cardin als and priests ought to do b by y a very long ways and the lamentable men table ignorance that attaches any such representation to richelieu is dong doing violence to the memory of the man mail in ill this line respect Coul docks richelieu elien is ie dit lerent from any that we ever witnessed and about as distant froin the reality as aa study and years of experience could get it he does docs well in things but lie is a imar sorry y failure in tac red hat character we inte dont want any more such Ric helicus in our en j if we ive should kil we ive will bal for waldron lie 11 cin can play it t |