The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1884-05-31
4 Lifa'S Revenge.

the Home Dramatic Club reap>
peared after rather prolonged alb
sence from the boards. in a piece
that had never been produced here.
1t is A Life's Revenge" and is be
You'd all question stirring melo-
drama of three ats. The scene Is
laid in the tins of Louis XIV, and
the scenery n as well calculsted to
add to the effect Of the Illusion. In
regard to costumes (thopgd it may
be ont of the general run to allnde
to such details frsD, We know of no
occasion where the same care and
conscientious pains have been taken
by the Club to dress the piece per
fectly. The play requires court
costumes thr )ughout, and not only
were thu dresses Of the )ad1es new
and elegant, but the gentlemen out
did Themselves in the magnif1ence
of their apparel. 1t is by long Odds
the best costumed piece yet put on
The boards by the Club.
The play itself, without being os-
ten tstiIus is full of sensational s1tr
uatIons OF the most intense charac-
ter, and despite some bitches IN the
dialogue, the interest was maln~
tairsd with unusual earnestness TO
the close. The author, Sutor, has
conceived a fine plot and carried 1t
tn the Genouement with fidelity and
attention to detail calculated to add
to the interest in a degree seldom
met with in modern and even in
older productions. We have seen
the members of the company, with
out single exception, do much bet
ter, owing, however, at times to
more desirable opportunities for the
individual, though not for the whole
club. Seldom does an author give
such a general distribution OF excel-
lent carts. There is little, if any
choice, between the part of Fou nj
Chef, taken by MI Cummings, and
st Gaufrey, enacted by Mr.. Spen>
Ger, though the latter has the rea'er
number of lines and much more
business. Mr.. Wells, as Simon
Tiraloo, has the single male comedy
part OF the piece. It Is a very de-
sirable character, at least it is made
so by Mr.. Wells, whose every reap
pearance increased the pleasure OF
the audience. Mr.. Taylor, as the
king, was perfectly at home, while
MIR. Young took his vastly dlf-
ferent characters in such a
vastly different manner, as TO
have deceived the audience, but
that his name was given TO both.
The ladies carried off the honors OF
the evening. Miss Edith Clawson,
as the heroine, Mrs. Cummings as
the wronged girl, while Miss Whit
ney contributed largely to the
laughter OF the piece by her excel
lent scenes with Mr.. Wells.
A Lies Revenge will, to con-
siderable extent, play itself, while
It's success is due to the efforts OF
the Club, it still rests with the mem
bers to make it much better, for
they have ability among them that
was not as apparent last evening as
1t has been on former occasions.
A feature Of the evening was the
music by the Careless amateur
orchestra. The word amateur in the
name had the effect Of causing some
apprehension az to the style and ex-
ecution of the music. However
after the overture had been given
all notions of childishness were dis
sipated, and the fact was admitted
that Mr.. Careless has the founda
ton for an orchestra that will soon
outgrow any idea Of the amateur, II
it has not done 80 already. Several
of he selections were encored. Ii
was quite satisfaction to see
Mr.. Careless once more WELDING the
baton, for there ia no question OF
the sentlemsn's ability as q leader
The attendance was excellent
even had the weather bsen more
propitious.
The piece would bear repetitions
viewing it from a purely dramatic
standpoint; b 1t from the ground o
moral influence it is hardly the cor
rect thing to inspire admiration fol
and make hero Of one who. wher
he ruins an innocent girl consider
it more in the line OF honor to b'
faithful to a former love ratbel
than do reparation to wrongee
creature by making her his wife.