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Show TRUTH Amusements. ' Military Battdto- - TBMTKE-H- ews B0rr'cOMISO ATTRACTIONS. Morrison In SU.TLAKX TB.ATB.-I.a- wis April and Orions iPnnst rOT May- TBiI.-ae- - 29-3-0- THe Prim MUitary U'8 aad the Band, J beautiful comedy, Shrew, which ..The Taming of the in the week by wa8 presented early Miss Grantly, was Mr Hanford and altogether an enjoyable presentation. to contain a moral, The play is said this idea has been fosthough I believe of men than tered more by the vanity Shakespeares women. chio, seemed to enter into his conception of the madcap lover with domestic enthusiasm so earnest in fact, as to exaggerate the importance of virility and impetuosity. Hut iu the taming position of the play, he displayed to a charming degree a convincing artistic conception of the requirements of the character and gave a splendid example of firey impetuosity both in word and action. The supreme test of the actor n the intrepretation of Petruchio iB his ability to keep the simulated har shness of the character free from all taint and counterfeited bluster it was this wonderful power of magnifying art, which made Booth so great in Petruchio, just as it made him so in 3 comparable as Hamlet. Mr. Han-ro- rd convinced me of sincerity in his efforts to reach these magnificent opportunities. And though he failed to reach every dramatic possibility of the character, yet he revealed in every word and action, the splendid candor of an actor, who estimates his act as something beyond the purchase of mere tricks of elocution. Miss Grantly was, both in dialogue and action, an agreeable dramatic surprise. I had pictured her as a lady of charming personality, who would for a time, be sufficiently stormy as Katherine and then charmingly recede, not only because of the dramatic requirements of the play itself, but because of the TMWMORRISOJSii4SEg DEVI L. However, the concessions of female conthere is some color to the tention that there is no particular bemoral in Shakespeares comedy, with special moral precepts of vigor, denied the. The Tamer Tamed, in Fletchers which Petruchio, having married a second wife, was subjected to a treat- that bestowed upon adopted Katherine. Shakespeare the story of the comedy from another and by his woundrous touches of outlive the genius has made the copy for smoothing The Taming out matrimonial ruffles, of the Shrew is rich enough in the atrical suggestion, though barren of If a Salt practical encouragement. Lake man should follow the tactics of temporarily Petruchio, 'he might clear away the clouds, though they would gather again and burst in storm of divorce and alimony. Whether right or wrong, there is a sweet en couragement in the belief that the poet wrote his delightful comedy as an example of innocent1 and groundless that Petruchio and exaggeration Katherine are, after all, stormy only with poetic passion. In rounding out the circle of his many sided heroines of the stage, Shakespeare could not omit his fancy painted shrew and he hung her in the same glorious gallery with the impassioned Juliet, the trusting Desdemona, the playful Rosalind and the sweetly eloquent Portia. The Taming of the Shrew, perhaps more than any other of Shakespeares come dies, has its atmosphere charged and Pe surcharged with exaggeration. original. As a guide to to to to to to to truchio, from the first, we know is to almost reckless with assumption and to to revels iu tricks and impostures; a madman, like Hamlet, with method in his madness a madcap lover and still more a madcap husband, who wooed with an assumed ardor and who forced obedience to marital uu-re- al to to to u Hi to to to to authority by impetuosity and bluster. Kath- to to erine, too, is charmingly swayed by to to passions more fan2iful than real or her lather, true and better qualities are concealed at first, beneath the artificial drapery of false pride and an unnatural .love of With authority. .J'ffktful steps of passionate gradation, Shakespeare leads her from Alnse tbrone of maidenly author-- y. own the gently descending steps ?n,n rebellion. until she ! theanr08y f?low of the do- actually preaches a linmi?reSle UTn wfely obediemi Mr. Hanfordmodesty and as Petru staJf and domestic sweetness, that 1 found myself paying a double homage to the woman whose gentle qualities had captivated me and to the actress whose refined act had won my admiration. The supporting company was, on the whole, good, and despite the fact that none of them got into the full glare of importance, yet there was to each a distinct dramatic individuality which was, for the most part, well sustained. The costumes were rich and and dressy Miss Grantly, at times, was an animated dream of showy finery. Every act was a stage gallery of scenic, pictured detail, which charmingly atmosphered the play. ft ft came male critics have, ment similar to growing importance of Petruchio and the special stress attached to the ability of Mr. Hanford as an actor. Hut I think I am safe in saying that shefairly divided the honors. Hardly sufficiently impressive in the stormy shrewish bluster required early in the drama, yet she grew in importance and dramatic charms in proportion as the tumultuous Katherine subsided. And, at the end, she had so entirely invested herself with modest graces to to to to to to fait LaKe Theatre CEOifXre Tuesday and Wednesday Matinee . Aind Wednesday - S to to S ft - he tots Morrison ......Himself...... In the Original Famous 66FA to S Tositi'Ve Appearance of With Vcenic Troduction VST 99 its Wonderful Electric and Jcenic Effects. to cents $1.00. 25 Trices, The musical farce, When Reuben Comes to Town, was in violent contrast to the classical production which preceded it, It is a good thing that the weight of four centuries is holding Shakespeare beyond all possible manifestations of disapproval. The footlights which were turned out the night before, at the retreating forms of Katherine and Petruchio, were turned on again only to reveal a dazzling array of silken hosiery clinging with passionate embraces to girlish shapliness and well rounded femininity. If I lamented the absence of a moral in The Taming of the Shrew, I certainly made no discovery of a moral in When Reuben Comes to Town, despite the flattering possibilities suggested in the title. As a musical skit, it certainly has a skittish activity, both as to dialogue and action indeed poor Ileube seemed to possess a positive genius for undignified haste. It is difficult to imagine what prompted the writer of this musical absurdity I cannot believe it was inspired by ambition and yet it is almost too charitable to think of a less exalted motive. Perhaps the author Take two soliloquized as follows: of liquid gallons melody, mix well with a still larger quantity of musical froth, sweeten with girlish smiles, flavor with attenuated wit, shake the mixture well until it holds together of its own crudity, flavor with spices conducive to youthful digestion, and have it passed over the footlights by a bevy of shapely females rising from a rainbow cloudburst of polychromatic It is not the point, however, hosiery. whether this particular musical comedy was good or bad in fact, it was neither but the fault lies more in the class to which it belongs.. Salt Lake has had so much amusement in this particular ft line melodious farce and musical abwe that surdity actually yearn for the ft robust, healthy operatic productions of 8 home talent. And there is a world of delightful consolation in knowing that we are shortly to have some lyric offering by our own clever people. Know-m- g this, it is a matter of indifference ft When Reuben Comes to Town again, ft The longer it keeps away the better. ft ft Another large and enthusiastic audience greeted Held's band last Sunday evening. I have written this formula so many times that there is great danger in writing it sometime when there is a small audience; but, I believe, I am safe from falling into any such error, because there is little probability of Mr. Held ever having to face a small audience in Salt Lake. We were |