Salt Lake Herald-Republican | 1913-05-08 | Page 16 | A New Theme in Stagecraft

f 1 I A New e Theme in Stagecraft ec r I It t to D DAVID AVID BELASCO'S wizardry In stage l production Is of the same char character as ns the mosaic Workers work cr's ers witchcraft witchcraft-a a wealth of oC patient effort cHort and at t no time Hmo in his successful care career r has tails tW craft been more efficaciously evidenced than In his won wonderful erful embellishing embellishing- of ot The Case of Becky tho the vehicle used this season to Introduce Francos Starr to tho the Salt Lake Lak public at the tho Salt Snit Lake theatre tonight Based Baaed upon the Curs cut so Y f r f u of or dual personality and tJ E i the power of h hypnotism I jt i y 4 5 Edward ard Locke allied h by h x u k Mr 11 Bolasco Blasco has built n a pIa Play that for profound profound rn t y absorbing absorbing- Interest stands v t without a n. parallel In tho the 6 annals o of or Amer can 5 stage literature with R v the tho possible exception of ot Dr Jekyll und and 1 Mr Ir lr Ih e. e Miss Mlis Starr's Starrs success In inthe tho the dual hial role rolo of Beck Becky and Dorothy Doroth has l Icon en S Sono ono of or the seasons season's dramatic dra dra- s matic matie sensations revealing reveal reveal- ing log In this talon talented tOil lit Ili- Ht- Ht tic woman a d depth of histrionic force that f. f places her today as one s- s of the foremost actresses xA b. b 5 before lh the public Ml U a s v a fi Starr will toile b bo supported 4 by her New eW York compan company com corn pan pany an including Charles Charlos t Dalton Alb Albeit Pruning Harry C. C Bron Browne Eugene Lugene Eu Lu- r in i gene n OBrien O'Brien label Mabel 1 Nor or Norton orton orton or- or ton etc and tho the orl original inal Ina production Intact 4 from the tho Bela Belasco co theatre f 5 t The Case of or Bec Becky y s p. p J I Is 3 C an and d n n. In marvel ar e I f y v F. F of oC histrionic Ionic technique an and d stage sage t c detail J 0 ta II I both 1 to h of n YoI Y d u which Miss Hiss Starr and aud Mt Mr n tr y t B Belasco e I I have o a ta taken k en a advantage ad ad- d V rt j. i r I fc an vantage t a c 0 of t t to 0 th the flit mos most t tan w minute degree Briefly Brien JJ f the story lOr of oC the pIa play la is isas f 9 t Sas S- S as follows s Doro Dorothy y v y YAS t SV A Stone ot t. t a sweet clever cr c charming young girl r. r ir ri r f Jt ii whose hoso parentage Is unknown un- un un unknown 1 r d known to all all has de developed r ga t othy tho ity sweet is Without a changed dual g winsome personal warning Into Dorothy Dor Dor- n a U t z 4 J 5 i vulgar cunning shrewish shrew s t n r t. t 4 t tIsh ish isle person e son Wh who knows ri l Jh s if j J i j Yd pf Z r i w Y l 1 1 herself v elC as Beck Becky J. J tier Her d. d v 4 i a case has come under tho the notice of or Dr Emerson Einerson PIL S1 ono one of oC the foremost ts and Who ho In The CliNe Case of or Rt at the Salt inke Theatre In the countr country coun coun- try tr- who has turned to the benefit of or humanity the great power of or h hypnotism I which lra had years before ruined his life when a traveling charlatan pos possessed essed of unusual hypnotic powers had used them to lure away the scientists scientist's wife The case of Becky Deck to him Is a different one for tor without warning the tho young young oung girls girl's personality changes cs and do what he will the scientist cann cannot ot drive back to whence It came the interloping personality and bring Doroth Dorothy back hack to mental health At length Dr Emerson discovers ers In Professor ProCessor Professor Pro Pro- fessor Cessor a traveling exhibiting hypnotist the real cause of Dorothys Dorothy's mental Illness and In Ina Ina ina a powerful scene he not only drives Deck Becky back to the shadows from which she came camo but breaks forever the power for tor evil which possesses