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Show Hll :, Dramatic. Hk Corianton. HljfMjIjj Ono daily paper said: "A fashionable first night RMjjIll audience bowed down at the shrine of a Utah au- MiHlrl thor," If it did, that audience bowed down to Hiliili i Mr B- H. Roberts, for everything of worth in the RjBRfjfe!1! I wording of "Corianton" came from his pen, and Hpf&fPJ i; without clever people, beautiful costumes, gor- I l I geous scenery and the spectacular features, the ! j production of the play would be a dismal failure bj i instead of a notable success. There is strength HVP I' i nnd power and interest in "Corianton," but there "IjI! i I would be no crowding if put in three acts, and IfjL1 I if numerous boring dialogues were eliminated. Ifl!" ;l In fact, they must be stricken out entirely if it PISH! jjt',j is the intention to try the Mormon play on a city Eail'lih ' audience. t!j:i Clumsy, long sentences, without a breathing Hjjjjl spell and void of a single line that is worth re- Biv ' r membering, tedious waits with an empty stage lilr ik ' when maddening songs are interpolated, old ideas, Hfi H II some not even redressed; these are some of the HKgjjJl'fjr , many things to be sacrified upon the altar of Hm f lij hlue lead. Hff ra 1 But not by the vealy Bean, he from that lite- flU no i rary center- Richfield, Sevier. Ill llil ' From a literary standpoint, the play is unpar- MjV jflij " donable, and the old ideas and late rehashings li4 ' 'I ill t from modern productions should not be gone over Hi lull ' lightly. Think of having to listen again to the Bfli viWi shopworn cry, "It cuts no ice what a gent does, H.T li'li ' ' but wnen a lartv trifles it'8 a11 off-" Bj ytl I "Corianton" is well acted it is distinctly a Btjf flf 1 1 1 Utah production, and when it is trimmed to the lijjl jp! proper size, we will be proud to send it out to I iylwl i i I ask for tno criticsm of tne play-going public in $ filial I other cities. The asinine trick of Bean's in his I LMl childish criticism has done no harm except to H;W;'r You Bean, and if he wants to turn against the ji,,l hands that feed him, what's the difference? He I', wi 1 writes like a baby, but without the dignity of IH 'f III 1 one' and every memer of the company is justly I" , li ! treating him like a stepchild. Poor young fool, Hi' 1 1 I tllc neonl m'en't at fault, they have made some-l&fl some-l&fl I 'I thing out of frail foundation, and to them he owes Ifcr Ifll a11 gratitude rather than condemnation. nl' i ' ' Mr Hawortn is splendid. His work is artistic, p' ll'i! magnetic and intellectual, and his only fault is Bin4! J ' ln tho first act in IlIs mannerlsra of shaking his H)' 1 j w shoulders as he leaves the stage. Miss Lane has Hi lv 1 not tlie barmen eve mit ne Zoan ze Isabel is Hraj'' ,Jj ( very acceptable. The Korihor of Mr. Lewis was fir' 'Jl in great, and the climax of the first act, where he Hfi jU 1 defies God, is one of the best scenes in the play. HE' W jj Thomas Coleman's work as Seantum was striking Hr' ! 1 1 and finished. He was forceful in his interpreta- Hi I'll I tions, and strong in every scene. Walter St. Clair m L I jf 1 as Bastol, the jester, made a great deal of the M I?" b j. part, and some of the keenest lines in the play H ; j i ' were his. Bowers did not make enough of Shib- H y jj 1 Ion; he was too calmly beautiful and not earnest H lliilil enough, but his work was acceptable. Miss Ma- B ilP'li L.ane, Miss Draci and Messrs. Lindsay, Young, B I uHiBl Swenson and the others were conscientious and II i hIJIi . no serious fault can be found with any member Bi fill I ie comPany' BCi itlf g To Mr' Lewis and Ir- Haworth and every one Hl y J 1 connected with the production, with the exception Hal lira w W1 of Bean ls due tlie credit that hard work is en- IKlMCill titled to. SBBiHfj? W BIB u! 1 ' The intimation of Bean in his brilliant criti- HDf m cIsm on the music shows what an ass he is. He sHl lis takes one line and writes, "Music? ? ?" It could Ml Jwf not nave oeen in hetter taste, and Mr. Shepherd Bf Jii s e congratulated. sBkhhI' M Waal I Jones & Hammer, the popular publishers, have BBKBBil. a niost attractive programme this season. HBBni! Tno 0rand is a heautiful little house this sea- HIBk son' Tlie Pau Hammers, Sr. and Jr., have been afaaBBaH at work all summer, and have made the interior of the play-house a gem. |