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Show T RU T H. amusements l?fn Mr AVD Jay rising-reverybo- Forget Lady Barter,'1 today, Over the Sea Theatee- .-' Helds Military and tonight. . tomorrow evening. Band COMING ATTRACTIONS, Sign of the March 17th, and Saturday matinees. Theatre. t Lake week beginning a Cross WGrand Parish Priest , Theatre. March i7i8. Human Hearts,March 23. Helds Military Band, 22. panelled as a jury a verdict could have dy been given without was completely carried away by that fiery, impassioned appeal. For the moment, at least, every man and woman in the audience placed the halo of the saint above the head of Stephanie, the adventuress. It is the emotional climax of the drama, to which Miss Coghlan rose with all the confidence of enius. The one defect, however, in iss Coghlans artistic rendition of Stephanie is the undue prominence which she is inclined to give, at the last, to fear and the complete mastery which she allows it to assert over other passions. Fear, of course, is a power- - by Miss Coghlan arc gorgeous examples of what a dressmaker can do when to proceed regardless of expense. fnl factor, but in the last act of Steph anie Miss Coghlan gives to it an almost exaggerated importance. Dramatically; Stephanie should, up to the end of the play, still be the adventuress too bold and audacious to be terrified, though properly fearful. The characters of Sir Horace Weeby by Mr. King and Prince Wolcotte by Mr. Elmer were strong, clear cut pieces of acting. Barratto, the Corsican, by Mr. Bostwick was a strongly drawn character, free from exaggeration. Miss McEwan as Alice and Miss Weston as Miss Foley found special favor with the audience for careful and convincing action. The gowns worn al-ow- Not a female heart last evening that did not ilutter with envy at seeing hose costly dreams of dressy finery as hey clung about tho graceful form of beautiful Hose Coghlan. At today's matineo Lady Barter," a jright little A A The lovers of good, robust melodrama have been having a feast this week at the Grand. One may find all the fault he wants to with melodrama, abuse its dramatic situations with all the fever and excitement of outraged propriety, sneer at the big bluff hero an added the rounded grace in- Forher dramatic work. The in which Miss get Me Not drama last night is not new Coghlan appeared of its presentatto us yet the manner an introduction ion was as enjoyable as Forget Me to a dramatic stranger. with a problNot is one of those plays em which ethics can reach only and uncertaintthrough mists of doubt Measured .by standards of right vests , of course and wron" a conclusion could value would he easily reached, but what a drama it there be in the effort? As and incidents gives scope to situations the force of suggestto ion and the strength of holding up which appeal with foibles of: men .and women, who view ere either F- - a or fanciful, according to thei$aUt'aA which ally we are person- wnpssed. .There runs through and restless Forget Me Not a wild strain of womans worse nature. But, ineyery act of the play, the. question woman always comes up, is not the much as is she what Stephanie as of others through through the faults faults of her own? Stephanie is a bold woman, a reckless adventuress, not because she makes her own opportunities to become such as that she finds them ready made by others and flung across her path by design rather only dramatic construction which can draw out the possibilities of ihe part in its natural development and striking it it aa Talt Lake Theatre All Next Week, f a situations. a There is one refreshing element of it' dramatic fidelity which Miss Coghlan throws into her rendition of Steph- it anie and thereby reveals the highest & impulse of the actress in the evident sincerity with which she speaks the words and adds further conviction in her physical expression a blending of voice and gesture, unhappily rare among emotional actresses, but so truly natural as to compel a warmth of symwhich otherpathy for Stephanie, wise the andience would be reluctant to bestow. Vho, last night, but felt with Stephanie a kind of outraged injustice in her denunciation of the social law which distinguishes between the woman who falls when she errs and the man who errs without falling didn't it make you feel, just as Steph anie felt, although coming from an adventuress? I verily believe, if at moment, the audience that particular had-been- ' im and his impossible heroics, withhold his sympathy from the little storm-tosse- d girl with the homespun frock and golden gives, swear that tho villiun is nothing but an empty volcano of smokeless threats, but whenever the melodrama comes to town our friend who does not care for that kind of play is always in the line at the box office. He was there the first night at The Denver Express, just to see that the train came in on time. He was there last night and saw Across the Sea. Oh, no, he doesn't care for melodrama! The truth of the matter is we all enjoy a good, healthy, robust melodrama, though our tastes vary for it in degree, just as in every other form of amusement The' Holaen Brothers company have done a splendid business at the Grand this week and will leave the town with plenty of Salt Lake coins jingling in their pockets. All melodramas have, of course, lurid atmospheric effects they wouldnt be meloThe Denver dramas without them. to a be rather senExpress proved sational play, with its Indian lights, gun plays, and attempted train wrecking, but it proved a winning card with the gallery and the parquet went with the enthusiasm, which at times carried Miss Crego as the entire house. Denver The in Express Poppy captured the town with her bright, sprightly acting, and in Across the Sea Bhe more than ever makes good her favorable impression created early in the week. Mr. Holden seems to be an easy actor, and the more one sees of him the better is his work Over the Sea depicts appreciated. a in graphic and startling manner Eomsof the cruelties which, it is said, we e practiced in some of the prisons across the water. Running through the play are delightful touches of comedy and humor which, just at the right moments, relieve the heavy all-roun- than by accident. If the incentives to do wrong were removed, the main actions would spring of Stephanie's disappear such creatures are more receptive than imitiative in their wrong it doing.. This is the construction which it Miss Coghlan places upon the interpretation of the role it is, in fact, the CEO. 9. vyvE' R. Manager. Wednesday and Saturday Bargain Matinees. William Greet present the powerful younj heroicaclor & aa 9 s$ & SJ it it it & it it a s ft s it it DOLLAR PRICES. situations of the drama. Realistic scenic effects and stage pictures are Over the presented at every turn. aw Sea will be given again today and to- SignCross & d, night. A A The usual large audience greeted Held's Military Band last Sunday even8 8 ing. It was another program of excel-in Supoorted by a strong com- anv of well known players, $ lent musical numbers, proportioned n Wilson Barretts remarkaw such a way as to demonstrate that Mr. able drama Held appreciates the varied tastes 8 of his fully audience. Anybody can now go THE 8 to these cencerts and be certain of a hearing at least one selection which aa will appeal to him as if Mr. Held had A Magnificent Scenic ro him specially in mind when making up Production. 8 the program. It is a rare thing, this etting in touch with an audience, but a fIr. NEW SCENERY. Held by some process has made the NEW COSTUMES. discovery. The band excelled CAST. the beautiful Flower Song THE IN 40 3 3 by Lange a light, running, musical ro conceit fairly bursting with sweetness. a General Shermans Last March was Mattnees 25c and 50c w a splendid rendition of grandly solemn and impressive music. Mr. Sims in his Charles Dalton, $ by Forget-- is have made in Miss Coghlan, less evident in face charm of maturity, y. comedy Me-Not . figure than in which she and finished ease with three-ac- t Charles Coghlan, will be given, preceded by the comediette Between Matinee and Night. This evening will be repeated. since Miss It has been many years seen upon the local Rose Coghlan was dealt gently with the 8tae Time has believe she has actress and we might whose auaffed at the fabulous spring and defy age. The waters retain youth which ten years only noticeable effect, and ed |