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Show "THE SERVANT IN THE ROUSE" PLEASES "The Servant in the House," Charles Rami Kennedy's noted morality moral-ity play, was presented last .night at the Tabernacle, by William Owen & Co., as the third number of tho Weber We-ber academy lecture course. It was witnessed by an audienco that nearly filled the large auditorium and proved one of the most interesting lyceum at tractions that has visited Ogden In a number of years. Aside from the religious atmosphere atmos-phere created in the character of Manson, which predominates in the play, tho atmosphere of hypocrisy, weakness of character and ambition love are created with almost equal force in tho characters of tho Bishop of Lancashire. The Reverend William Smyth and Mrs. William Smyth and the clash makes a drama of remarkable remark-able interest. It was presented yesterday evening in a single stage setting, excellently devised to meet the exigencies of the time and place, and it was a fine compliment to the playerB that the audience seemed almost equally interested in-terested as though the play had been presented In a regular stage environment. environ-ment. William Owen, who essayed the role of Robert Smith, is one of the finest character actors that local playgoers have yet had the pleasure of seeing. Ho is a master of the art of makeup and facial expression and a gifted and thoroughly experienced reader. William Llndquist handled the role of Manson admirably, proving prov-ing himself a cultured reader with a fine appreciation of the power in repression re-pression aB well as the value of dramatic dra-matic situations. George Byron gave nn artistic characterization of the Bishop of , Lancashire, an unpopular role, and Earl McBath did commendable commend-able work as Rogers, a page boy. Miss Margaret Ulrich, as Mary, completely won the audience by a pleasingly natural interpretation of her role. Though small and slight of stature, she has an unusually strong and well developed voice and much histrionic ability. Miss Sarah Willey, with the exception of a lack of clearness clear-ness in enunciation at times, handled the role of Mrs. Smyth effectively. |