OCR Text |
Show TRUTH. many friends here. We all wish, however, to see her in something more artistically strenuous than "Our New Minister. the actress of genius and dramatic appreciation, it affords the opportunities Salt Lake Theatre Nance O'Neil in for every Ijght and shade of which inCamille today, Hedda Gabler to- terpretation is capable. In the subtle touches of emotion and in the petulent night. moods of irritation, Miss ONeil often mat! Grand Theatre1 California" nee today, performance tonight. disappoints, but when it comes to fiery AMU8EMENTS. . JC Mr. George W. Thatcher, Jr., finds -- Coming Attractions. Salt Lake Theatre Minstrels, April Grand Theatre G. A1 Field's 13-1- 4. "Faust April 13-1-5. If you havent seen Miss O'Neil you have almost committed the unpardonable. If you have seen her twice or thrice you are entitled to indulge in Salt Lake has a personal interest in the career, of Nance O'Neil. It was not so very long after her discovery by McKee Rankin that she was introduced to local theatre-goerShe possessed then the promise of greatness and a splendid confidence in herself. To some of us she suggested magnificent possibilities which we hoped might be.. attained. To others she vras merely a clover actress. But to all of us, she appealed in a manner not soon to be forgotten. Since those days Nance O'Neil has been around the world, and she returns to us with the plaudits of many people still ringing in her ears. To the little band of enthusiasts who, when she first came here, .perceived her undeveloped genius, she ren. s. turns now a realization cf their proBetween the Nance phetic dreams. O'Neil of then and now, there has been crossed a field of great endeavor. We .the may never know the schooling and discipline under which she has struggled. But so masterful have been the results, so wonderful the ends accomplished, that our admiration does not concern itself with .the means by which they have been accomplished. We regard Miss ONeil as a dramatic realization as a splendid approach to an ideal. Magda, in which Miss ONeil opened her engagement, does not appeal to her temperament, nor does it afford those proud, imperious mcpients in which a queen of drama can compel the homage of an audience. There 16 a selfishness, a Magpetulence. a pevishness about da which removes her from the circle self-denia- l, ; of sympathy. In the scene between Magda and her father, in the last act, where the audi- ence rightly expects a stirring cliinax, with a beautiful reconciliation between a wayward daughter and a forgiving parent. Sunderman. the author, strikes a series of discordant notes. The auditorium feels as if its sensibilities had been outraged. There is no forgiving. no supplication no vibrations of the mystic chords which make hearts musical. The great disappointment about Magda is its unnaturalness, its utter denial that blood runs red in the veins of men and women. No wonder Magda was disappointing, and that Miss ONeil, even with her fiery genius, could nt give it proper warmth. In Elizabeth Nance ONeil was glorious! It gives, in every way, Since he went to the rescue angel. of Corianton a few weeks ago, George has been pouring money into a sieve. Something like twelve thousand dollars was checked out by the man from Logan, before the gong still had his Corianton sounded. hands .out reaching for more, when Mr. Thatcher turned the combination on his safe and ran the other way. . :r The concert by the First Regiment band last Sunday drew out a good house! The prices of admission were advanced, so that the popular organization realized a snug sum of money. Twcnty-five-ceconcerts may he considered a thing of the past in Salt Lake. ; If a concert is worth going to, it is .worth paying for you cant get from artistic logic. At today's matinee Miss ONeil will away J J present Ibsens emotional drama, Popular A1 G. Field and his famous Hedda Gabler. We of the west are at the Salt Lake not supposed to understand the prob- minstrels will be theatre next Monday and Tuesday. lems of an Ibsen play, at least this is There are in the aggregation the usual the opinion of the east, which always dancers, singers and funny comedians. regards our dramatic appreciation The first part represents a roof garwith grave suspicion. In Salt Lake, den scene overlooking New York and however, we flatter ourselves by as- admits of beautiful electrical effects. suming an attitude of curiosity, for we is Minstrelsy always popular in Salt have learned not to' accept without lake. 'and A1 G. Fields bouquet of question everything wearing metropol- black carnations should do a good busiitan approval. To those who love the ness. ' of the HARRY LE GRANDE. metaphysics stage. Ibsen's "Hedda Gabler should present an ino terest iug study, and besides it. affords All Star Romeo and Juliet. the last opoprtnnity of seeing Nance ' O'Neil. The. star cast which- - Liebler and C'ompauy, in the last week of April, .i1' Actor Ethier, during the engagement, will send on tour in Romeo and Juliet of Corianton" last week, appeared be- has been completed. Kyrle Bellew fore the curtain and made a five thou- will be Romeo; Eben Plympton, W. H. Thompson. Friar Lausand dollar speech. At least that is rence; John E. Kellard, Tybault; the value a jury will be asked to place Arden, Paris; Forrest Robinson, upon Mr. Ethiers oratorical effort. The Benvolio; Gieorge Clarke, Capulet; five thousand, however, will form no W. J. Ferguson, Peter; F. C. Bangs. part of Mr. Ethier's commercial assets. Montagiie; Edmund Breese, Escalus: There is an old saying that speech is Ada Dwyer, Lady Capulet; Mrs. W. silver and silence is gold, but Mr. G. Jones. Nurse, and Eleanor Robson. Ethier is inclined to the opinion that Juliet: The production will be elaba revision may be necessary in order orately staged and will be produced . to properly express his position in the under the direction of Eugene . The matter. From a pecuniary standpoint first performance will take Mr. Ethiers voice is a good thing but place In Albany on April 27. and after not to himself. visiting nearly all the large cities In the east and the middle west the comEthel Ferguson in Our New Minis pany will return to New York for the ter was ian agreeable surprise to her week of May 25. Philadelphia at an early date. The collection of art treasures of the late Emile Zola are on exhibition In Paris ai d will ' soon be sold a4 auction. Louie Maurice, musical director, ha been engaged for next season for th starring tout of Blanche Bates witi the Darling of the Gods. Mrs. Brown Potter has been servei with a writ of injunction by a Londoi firm to restrain her from reciting lilt watha with Coleridge-Taylor- s mus - . o Charles Majors Plans. Charles Major, author of When In a Knighthood Was in Flower, nt . '' Mer-..cuti- ; o; Ed-wi- n Pres-?ury- GQULFYHl MANAGER. Charles Major. dramatization of which Miss Juna Marlowe won so much success, is said to be at work on a play for that actress which he expects will be even more popular than his great story of the Tudor princess. The Darlings Cloak. There was a small celebration at the Belasco theater in New York when The Darling of the Gods passed its first and entered its second century in the number of performances. Mr. Belasco was presented with two large vases of Satsuma, while Miss Blanche Bates, the darling herself, received an embroidered exquisitely Japanese cloak, accompanied by the following unsigned note: To Miss Blanche Bates, The Darling of the Gods Belasco Theater. Most Gracious Princess: Honorably pardon the presumption of one who is miserably unknown to you. Deign con- siderately to wear this token of Old Japan, where the writer loved a Miko , who, like danced in the temple before the gods. So like is Yo-san- Yo-sa- n to Niji-samy Mlko, that I have net thoughtfully failed to look upon her. lo! these hundred nights. Accept humbly my thanks, and, for the sake of remembrance, let the fair should ars of augustly wear the mantle of Morimoto and Niji-saAnd the guessing in the company as to whom Miss ..Bates is indebted is still going on. n, CURTAIN MONDAY "AND TU ESDAY, the fullest opportunities to her perament, to her artistic feelings,; and, tical experience as a jurist hasja Jutem- dicial mind which is the first requlsit of a judge. above all. appeals with the force of inspiration to a proud and imperious nais a ture. Historically Elizabeth mingling of impossible extremes her virtues have been unduly praised by flattery end her faults magnified by defamation. Out of the mists and legends which clouded the Elizabeth of. history, the dramatist found every opportunity to paint a personality the colors of which none could deny. To that it costs money to be a theatrical denunciation, imperiohs action and declamation, she can make her audience believe that there is an awful sacreduess in queenly majesty. It is the flight of an eagle with the glint of fire upon its wings. If an audience ever becomes lost and completely forgetful of itself, it is in those glorious moments when Nance ONeil wraps herself in the folds of haughty and lustrous royalty! Miss ONeil as an actress possesses the charm of individuality and nothing so strongly appeals to her dramatic temperament as the force and fire required in the portrayal of tragic roles. She could not, in my opinion, play Zaza with the reckless abandon and suggestiveness displayed by Miss Roberts. But, if comparisons are to be made, Miss Roberts would he as impossible in Macbeth as Nance ONeil would be glorious. Grqenroom Gossip. Mrs. I angtry will appear In Paul Kesters new play, Mile. Mars, in I. APRIL 13 and AL G. FIELDS Great Mirvst ...... rels f Finest Minstrel Aggregation in the World. ;: Up4oDateJn Every Respect. , . . .. SALE OF SEATS NOW ON. Yo-sa- n n. Stoddarts Remarkable Record.' While playing at .Wilkesbarre, Pa. on March 4, J. H,. Stoddart was.takei ill and was obliged to cancel his per formance of "Betlide the Bonnie Briei Bush. it is stated that,' In alt 'his long career on the stage, this is tin first performance Mr. Stoddart ha had to cancel because of illness. |