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Show I'm A Heart to Heart Talk With Haworth. ffi f. Jj The Leading Man of "Corianton" Gives an Exclu- H J, i' I 5 sive Interview .to Goodwin's Weekly. HU khil Josepli Haworth, who will soon be introduced HL2 II i I to the Salt Lake public as loading man in the new Ifjfl I I spectacular play "Corianton," which will make its lit ill initial bid for public approval on the boards of the WHm. I Salt Lake Theater, was rounded up in his den in n 1 1 I the headquarters of the Dramatic Bureau in the BUf fit I Deseret News building, and kindly gave free ex- ffjf;il J I pression to his opinion of the prospective outcome HP !;I i of the unique production in which he is to play HEf I; : ' jj ! so prominent a part. Bill 'Hi I Mr Havortli resembles strongly Chai'les Mil- Kiiii !? ' er Frol11111111 management, and so thoroughly Href hj, believes in the merits of "Corianton" as to impress Kfilli )l one with the unusual excellence of the newly- HE! -jV ' fledged production. mew ; H-V "If 'Corianton' fails to prove itself the equal, if BJB.jfjt nt the superior of Quo Vadis, Ben Hur, or any HKqJ similar production, I shall never again pose as a iPlft PI ' prophet in lines dramatic," said the clever actor. M'4J "We wi am satisfied, show the public some-lltil some-lltil thing in spectacular drama which has never had a ral!j(i superior on the American or foreign stage. Be-ff Be-ff ti ,( sides that, it is a clean production, and will do Ik m "i I more toward elevating the stage than has any pro-Ill pro-Ill if t f i duction in the history of the drama. "We shall l II 1 have twelve professional people in the cast, among IS h I whom are Agnes Rose Lane, our leading lady, who IS Hi I !! is a woman culture and refinement with a grand 19 He I ' stage appearance and has only been associate " in Bi yji f ' professional life with such artists as Clara Morris Wm HiV and Richard Mansfield besides having had two HP I1 Ijr years' study with the finest masters in Paris and Kfj-ft .1 London. Mr. St. Clair is an old New York fa-m?i,'' fa-m?i,'' vorite, formerly with Wallack's theater. Mr. Cole-li!ViO Cole-li!ViO man was ormery leading heavy with Maud An-mff An-mff vM derson and Miss Marlow. Miss Mograne, an in-MWv in-MWv $ genue of great promise, will certainly ably sus- llr J1M tain ber part in tlie cast C B Rers formerly Hi 'u ' of ew York 5 a Positive genius in designing cos- Iwliiji'i tumes, which in this play will be unparalleled. SM They are simply superb and will rival anything Ml ever placed on the stage. As for myself, well, I if will only say that I will try to make my presence U felt on the opening night of 'Corianton.' I wish ii you not to forget our director, Mr. Lewis, whom Hfflli we have a11 adopted as 'Daddy,' and while I have IMI-I j& been associated with my managers in my profes- Kiiiii mt sional work, I feel that I am not overreaching the BBJhL IE mark when I say that without doubt he is the fjjL's! most capable and painstaking director with whom IMF ''! kave ever associated. His courteous treatment fill f towards those associated with him and his high Hjlt I ideal respecting his work have gained for him the High; 1 ' lovo and respect of every artist with whom he has Bf ' i 1 come in touch. N 1 1 "The play was written by one of your own Utah III I boys' U Bean aDout tue flrst of October, 1897, Ujrf I" since which date he has made several material H ;f f1: changes in its construction, improving and devol- W x J! oping its plot. He brought it before the critics w ' . , first about three years ago. He tells me he had H. . very uphill work as, while the critics would pro- Hj ' nounce it a great production, they were loath to Hm ; take hold of it, owing partly to the obscurity of HlHi th- yunS playwright and partly to its untried ori- Hi II gin. Mr. Bean is but 28 years old, and has the rare Hi T faculty of accepting suggestions without taking H1 1 J umbrage. He once read his play to a member of BRiL If a barn-storming company, who unhesitatingly pro- ! : I ! nounced it 'rot' The author immediately dis- Ij . Mi ployed his familiarity with the manly art by HIj M knocking the B. S. artist down. I am staking my HUlf reputation on the ultimate success of this first ef- jBBHI fort of the bright young Western writer. The BBlpMM play has no forerunner, no novel like Quo Vadis $ffllmlB and Ben IIur to announce its greatness, but makes WKMSSSKt its initial appearance solely on its merits. The play will have many decidedly novel features, which will immediately appeal tn an intelligent public, its choruses, which are unsurpassed, will be conducted by the Utah choir, while its magnificent magnifi-cent ballets will be led by the best talent in the country. One of the points on which we pride our-, our-, selves in this production is the clean personnel of our people. Aside from the dozen professional artists who will take leading parts the entire company will be composed of the best element of Utah young people. It has strong heart interests which weave into the production the loves of sorrows sor-rows of men and women of the days antedating the birth of Christ, while its plot is laid in the wierd land of sunshine and fable, among the Aztecs Az-tecs of the Western world. Its great religious features will appeal to all sects, as the play is really founded on Jewish tradition. Its plot is woven around an Aztec romance dating seventy-five seventy-five years before Christ. The Nephites who figure in the personnel of the cast were a band of religious reli-gious people who held forth the hope and belief of the coming of a Messiah, Their lives were holy and God was the anchor upon which rested their faith. "The costumes will be a blending of Oriental and Aztec as taken from plates and writings by standard authors on that comparatively unknown land and peopl. One of the unique features of the production of 'Corianton' is that the chorus and ballet will be under the cbaperonage of a matron, who will have full charge of the department of the young ladies connected with the play. When we close in Salt Lake we anticipate touring .the United States and then make the round of European Euro-pean theatrical stands. Another unusual feature (In the production of 'Corianton' is this: We will never, under any circumstances, produce this play on the Sabbath, and are hoping and believing that 'Corianton' will be an active means toward the end of elevating the drama in more senses than one. I wish to add one word about Salt Lake. I have never in my life, professionally or off the boards, met with so clean, upright and out and out religious living people as those I have met in Salt Lake, and I do not feel that I am drawing a 'long bow' when I say that people living in Eastern East-ern and Western States might learn a lesson which would last throughout eternity by coming in close touch with the good people of the city of the Mormons, Mor-mons, as I have been accustomed to hearing Salt Lake termed. "The characters and their names you will understand un-derstand are taken from many of those to be found in the Mormon Bible, and while the play is religious reli-gious in its lines, there is a grandeur, dash and romantic situations and climaxes throughout its reading that will hold the auditors' attention throughout its production. There is not a 'drag' throughout its entire recital, and I for one am willing will-ing to stake my life on its ultimate success and indorsement alike by press and public." The modesty of the subject of the interview precluded the possibility of getting him to enlarge on his own experience in professional lines, but a heart to heart talk with him developed the fact that he is steeped and dyed in the wool with the certainty that the coming dramatic event of the American stage is the Utah boy's production, "Corianton." |