Show FLORENCE ROBERTS perhaps beverin neverin never in the history of the brigham city opera house has sich a notable group of actors and actresses appealed before the footlights IB as floronce florence ts and her superb company which presented jim the penman tran on oil friday evening last for this attraction manager boord had bad to sign a cash guarantee ot of whether hether ho he made anything or not and then lie ho should receive the next forty dollars provided there was any more the ile surplus over and above that amount to be divided upon an agreed basis wel to make the story short there was just in the opera house friday evening so manager koford cleared himself or of the guarantee and his expenses leaving him a net balance of 30 cents profit rut but the production it 11 was splendid and it is a mighty hard bard thing to say which v alch of the three great stars waa the greatest they rhey each fit the part 1 go BO nicely and after seeing them together one feels that tho the play in any other hands would not be quite so good As an actress actress miss roberts has wre a reputation that reaches into every part of the united states and because she appeared in a small city like brigham some incline to the belief that she must have passed the heyday of her career and is now settling down cut but to see her work banishes that impression for site she is the same forceful intelligent and finished actress that she was ten years ago and her name 0 on the bill boards is sufficient to draw big houses all over the country her acting friday evening was a delight ht front from beginning to end the best of which was displayed in the third act when she discovered the true character of iier ter husband and anc trembling with rage and emotion charged him with forgery and living a lie for several minutes she did no not utter litter a word but as the truth dawned upon her tile the silent acting was wag superb tile the eyes dilated the face blanched blanch ed quivering in fit every limb and cho chocking eking with rage she tore the mask front from her ter husband the scene was gripping in its iii ii and the audience scarcely breathed so cosely dd it follow the acting of miss roberts such scenes bring out the greatness of an actress and no one will say that miss roberts was unequal to the task the masterful work of mr thurlow bergen was fully eit luel to that of A miss P roberts lo berts and lie easily won the audience even tho he be was a forger i ilia strong musical voice I 1 graceful poise hands handsome features immaculate dress lad and in fact every everything tIling about him seemed to be just right and his strong scenes with caron his evil genius were just about perfection fec tion ills death scene fr in tile the last let act was most naturally and splendidly done the part seemed to bo be just suited co to him and he got everything out of it that the author intended for a character sketch one would have to go a long way to find tile the equal to say nothing of the superior of the portrayal of the german earon daron as done by mr ir theodore roberts from thet the piercing squint of his small eyes to the sneering gurgle with which v aich lie he endeavored to make I 1 his i is victim at case lie he was master of the situation Smoot otho lic affe able yet withal deep and cold in ills his heart s determination lie he worked his influence over his hia victim until that individual finally saw the light and the separation came in the last act accompanied compa nied by the death ot or ralston mr roberts is in an actor of ab clity which enables him to be both comic and tragic with the comic predomination for in all the heavy passages between the partners lie managed always to say something wink ills eyes or make a face accompanied by that gurgle which made ev everybody laugh it 11 was undoubtedly the finest char character bleter work deigham theatre goers have ever witnessed the captain redwood tood of mr air denithorne was another splendid interpretation ills his drawling english maglish brogue and seeming suc mint sleepy proclivities made his biu detective v ork all the more forcible and lie could easily be classed aith ath the stars i all the other members of the company were vere up tip to the same high standard with wilh the possible exception of mr arper who essayed the part of louis percival parcival Por cival the wronged american friend lie could have had si a little more impetuosity without damaging the cliar character acter tiro tim production was the classiest thing thin ever offered this community for the company carried its own scenery and furniture which 5 showed bowed off elegantly in our modest opera house the only fault to find la is with the di mentions nylons of the stage 9 it was altogether er too small to make such a production the success that it otherwise would have been the musical program furnished by brooks CrooT ss on orchestra chestra was some class itself and the boys got a hand from the audience iatter lafter every number manager koford has received nothing but con congratulations patu lations for getting miss roberts to come to brigham Drig ham and lie he should feel very much encouraged in ills his determination to get more of the better class shows and fewer of the shady sort people as a rule would rather pay a good price for a i few shows than pay a small price tor for a great man many 7 cheap ones the best are none too good and theatre goers ul undoubtedly appreciate mr Ko fords efforts in this this direction |