Show l I VARDE SPEAKS OF DRAMAS DRAMA'S FUTURE National Theatre Is Goal of Which Great Actor Dreams I WOULD RAISE STANDARD Actor l sl 11 igi ii I HI Be II by ii- iiA A till hili I I l 3 Ita Rather fl II liy by U Jinx Box Standard I 1 am that I shall give nip lecture In the Salt Snit Lake Italic theatre bo- bo cause such Ruh hallowed memories at ate ato connected with that lint old monument that when I step upon Its Us stage I hear heal tIme the VOI voices A now hushed In peaceful slumbers that seem Mem to breathe a n benediction lien hen whisperings that lint f set L my heartstrings s vibrating with lCt 8 sweetest t tl music ami for a n moment roll 1011 liP up before be lie- p- p fore Core my souls Fouls vision a glorious panorama pano pano- rama of the tho past These words were spoken last night by the by-the great exponent of the time drama I Frederick Frederick- Mr r. r Warde during his active career carter has so ao flO endeared 11 himself to th the Salt Lake public that lint It Is 1st safe Ear to say a no flo other player commands com cot man mands lIs greater reverence here It Is with regret that his time old friends anti and admirers learn of oC his decision to ho no no more mure appear In character upon Ilon th the LIme stage What hat a treat it was wa In days past to attend a J lecture In the time timet t art afternoon by Mr MI Warde Wattle arlle antI and then timen see l him him Interpret the character In tin tin- play ulay at nl night ht I I of or tin Drama Time brings many changes chans Mr r. r Warde continued anti and In itt his hla kaleidoscope scope the public views 11 l' l regarding tin tIlt drama ore are quick anti and shifting TIlt Thin public Ju seemed emed to tire of the time l legitimate productions Shakespeare has been u condemned to the shelves shelves shelves-I I mean as theatrical productions Hut But the lie of oC Avon Is u. u us fresh to the student Ol a as he ever el was ns anti and h he lie ever e will be I love him anti and in Iii order artier to tu satisfy my myon on longing to Interpret hl his works s I 1 r retired from om the lie stage antI and took up UI Thy my lecture course cOUlSe Will you OU give your you opinion regarding regarding re re- garding present Interpretations of ot the time drama was asked aske Yes In Iii tomorrow nl nights night's lecture I may In conjunction with Hamlets Hamlet's advice nd to the lh players What hat Is your o r opinion r regarding our future f drama You Vou should have ha said hope re replied rt i-c- plied Mr 11 Va Warde rd t My hope hOle f for r the future of the Amt American drama elrama is a national nat theatre When imez we ha have that established we ire have ha a a. goal gual to look lookup up UI to Then will th the public begin to ask What hat Is imi hl his standard of uC ability in instead tea of- of What is hl his standard of office box receipts Then will willye we ye strive for mI perfection in th lit art fl Instead i of nt sacrificing It for fOI the almighty dollar r anti and the time standard of or our omit drama will ill be lit resurrected Must t XII I I Yes wp 1 ea we must St 11 have und anti 1 I shall shail do ito all all' alIn In in atre atm my power Pt or orto to v ork with others wh where c my imy Influence lull lull- ence may avail to bring about the desired end And when this temple of art has been reared 1 I shall m feel contented anti and happy If II I shall have been a small factor it in its consummation I shall feel that my greatest life work has been accomplished Frederick ick Warde was tort born In Ward Ward- e England in IS 1 Something of III- III Career I began begaii to stud nudy law said mimI Mr Mu Ward P. P htmL but did tint not make time the headway headway head head- way I desired and dropped it In 1867 I 1 begat began my stage career by playIng play play- lug Ing time the second murderer in Macbeth SIaL at time the Lyceum theatre Sunderland Afterwards 1 I overheard an at auditor re remark re- re mark It was the worst murderer he lie hal had ever eer seen seem I remained In iti England Eng Bug land hautE until I. when I carrie came to this country My first appearance here was tas at Booths Booth's theatre New York In Iii Belle Lamare Ii In I 1870 I Joined Booth anti and played It hi his company subsequently playing n Lawrence Barrett E. E L. L Daven Davenport port t and John McCullough In 1 SS 1 1 I made my debut as a star and In that lint ca capacity pac I I played co continuously n t I n U u until im t II last April My career as an au actor is over and amid 11 if I have In lii a small degree beet been time the means of helping to keep up imp the the- standard of the legitimate drama and to 0 have pleased my audiences I feel satisfied Speaking aking of hi his professional associates associates asso asso- he lie paid high tribute to Booth Barrett Davenport anti and McCullough and of Louis James he lie said Of cr urse socially I was as more closely connected with t Mr tir Tames James and have learned to love him like a broth er em- He lie Is a congenial companion sympathetic and a true friend |