The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1886-09-14
ADJUSTMENTS.

SAINTS AND SIEKERs.-The gathering
at the Theatre last evening was one in
every way worthy Of the occasion. 1t
was such an audience IS only Mr.: Pal
mer's companies and a few other at
fractions that stand equally near the
top rounds, ever succeed in drawing
out-an audience like that which once
came to the same building night after
night in undiuinished numbers and
hung upon the utterances of Thorne
and Morant, and like those which lately
were drawn out to listen to Salvini and
Mary Anderson. l. money results, it
must have zone over $1,000, and in it
was included most of Lhe briIliance,
fashion and critical discernment of the
city.
It was vertically a feast of fat things
that was set before us last evening;
great and vivid play, throbbing with
humanity and warm with sympathetic
interest; a grea east; a great central
tigu e; the incompatible Stoddart for
that central figure, and among those
who surround, MIN. and whom even
The brightness of his shining could not
cast iniO lie shade-sUch actors as
Herbert Keleeyi lie Nj, yne, Massen,
Holland, UaSIuge, MRS. Ehalips, Marie
Burroughs, ETC.. a cOmpan. so perfect
that To our astonlShment even Walden
RAMSEY the Harold RI q t dye, and
the other accomplished heroes of the
past, is employ ed to Teuder a part
whose length would hardly cover two
"sides " With such material in the
smaller parts, somei Ga may be obtained
of the manner IN which the principals
were filed. Ever one knows what an
actor Mr.. Sto lda t ;, and It is useless
to employ adj5ctI'es IN an attempt 10
heighten his reputation. His Old An
drew, his Baobage, his seth Preene, his
DR.. BIdache are all bright III u,uIi-s.
and without being told everyone will
know the wealth of power, tenderness
and gentle feeling he would throw into
a part like that OF the angelic old min
lister in last night drama He had the
hanike chiefs of the audi, ne, IN un-
ceasing play. He reused the furores of
the night, and he won two most vocif-
erOus AMI unending recalls. Mr.. Kelley
is one of the chosen few stage villains
whom it is positive luxury to behold.
He gave us touches OF natural acting
which we may sometimes again D. nOi0,
but the occasions Will be rare. 1t is q
great thing to be nandSt me fellow like
Mr.. Kelley, aud to know how 10 play a
gentleman as he does, even though it be
the delneaIion of SO 0espicable a char
acter. Recalls are not given 10 villains
IN Salt Lake. however well they may be
done (more's the pity; our galleries go
IN TOO strongly for the virtuouS aud
heroic side. But if Mr.. Kelcey had re-
ceived his deserts, he would have APP
peared' TO bow again with Mr.. Stoddarr
and Mr.. Massen. LeMoyne as the
hypocritical specializing deacon, who,
ike the devil, could quote scripture for
his own purposes, was what LeMOyne
ever is, artistic TO the highest degree:
Tie whole American stage might have
been searched without finding al actor
SO capable Of poTtraying the contrast TO
Stoduart. MIR. MaSsen was another
who shared the triumphs of the evening,
and who shows the smooth and artistic
culture of the Palmer schooling in all
his methods. HIS ire aroused the trc-
mendous enthusiasm OF the fourth act,
and better exponent Of the rugged,
manly and handsome hero could hardly
have been selected. The high hopes
Mr. Palmer entertains of MIN, and
which have already been expressed III
this paptr, DO hot seem be exaggeI-
ated. Ii would be All endless task ~ 20
through the cast and oestoS al the
words Of praise to which each ARTIST IS
entitled. Marie Burroughs Is hand
somer than ever, and has taken heavy
jump upwards IN her profession since
We last saw her in The ajah. she
played the eIring and repentanL dalgu-
-er To perfection, and won many hearty
bursts of applause; there is but one
Mrs. Phillips, and she was last night
all ntrself; more need not be said.
Holland and DaYidge gave us some e1-
Cellent comedy CharaCteriZalionS, and
every part, down to the little deaf man
in the smock frock, was as clean cut as
a ame9. The perfection with which
every character was drawn and they
were quite hume rOus-re minded one Of
a novel by Dickens-and some of the
conceptions were not unworthy that
master. The whole performance was
one to hnger over as rare memory;
one to hit the ideal of the stage; one TO
make the ambitious amateur sense his
humble less; and one 10 impress
upon the mind with force greater
than ever, now great a teac2er
in disguise tie actor really 10.