Salt Lake Herald-Republican | 1911-10-22 | Page 6 | Chings Doing in Gotham

things Doing in Gotham New York Oct 21 The 21 The most Interesting Interesting In In- In and disappointing feature o othe of ot tho the past week weel was the appearance oi of Mme SImone a as Marie In The Tho Thief Ther In fact tact so well had her publicity men mer tolled that the other Monday Monda night premieres were quite thrown into tho thc shade blade b by the tho announcement that she would perform Aside from The Thief at Dal Daly's Dalys the week afforded quite juite a number of or r verdant plays Among those re reviewed reviewed re- re viewed ved are The tiThe Only Son at the thc Gaiety Tho The Duchess at the thc Lyric Bunty Pulls the Strings at William Colliers Collier's and the Sign of or the Rose at the Garrick Much interest was manifested in the thi production this afternoon of or The Th Garden of ot Allah at the Century This Thi play is a dramatized production o of or Robert Hobert novel of ot that namand name nam and Is Js the thc most elaborately teJ sta staged stage ed piece that has been shown In Ne New NewYork NewYork York In years cars Unfortunately th the matinee will close too late for criticism criticism cism in this letter Jetter and a review must mus be reserved for these columns nex next 1 week weck Among other plays that appeared this week but must be reviewed rc nex next Sund Sunday because of or lack of ot space are uThe Return of or Peter Grimm a play in three acts b by David Davk Belasco Belasco- at af Belasco's theatre Weiner Welner Blut an opera b by Johann Strauss at atthe atthe atthe the IrvIng Ir Place The Enchantress a pew Herbert opera starring Kitty Gordon Gordon Gordon Gor Gor- don at the tho New York and G Gypsy p Love with Marguerite Sylva at the Globe c Tho The Thief The fact that Mme Is performing performing per pcr forming In a language other than her het native French may bo be to blame for forthe forthe forthe the shade of ot disappointment that her characterization of ot Mario Marie Vo in inThe The Thle Thief casts over tho the audiences at Dab Dalys s After the fanfare of or press notices with which this brilliant star was as heralded and the columns of newspaper space devoted to her past successes In the tho very role she Is now playing New v York theatre patrons rather expected a a. performance not only unique but startling In iii its Intensity in intensity intensity In- In of ot dramatic exposition Instead thc they receive a characterization tion that in the eyes ees of ot man many falls far below tho the performances of or Margaret Margaret Mar Mar- garet I in the tho same Bame role There Is ts no doubt of or madame's technique of or her innate skill ski and wonderful presence presence pres pres- ence but her acting her scenes of or pas- pas fion sian of at love Jo and pouting a all seem rather to fall Call below the mark set b by Miss Illington than above it Madame used Haddon Chambers' Chambers translation of or M M. I Henri HenrJ Bernsteins Bernstein's