The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1888-09-28
ADJUSTMENTS.
SAINTS AND SINNERS.

Another great audience filed the
theater last evening, drawn out by the
still warm memory of Stoddart's fine
acting in Saints and Sinners, Iwhen that
play was done here two years ago. A
great many of the audience knew the
piece well, but their interest could not
have been more intense, their emotion
more profound or their enthusiasm
wilder-had every situation been seen
for the first time. Saints and Sinners Is
the sort Of play which furnishes a
standing argument of the power
OF the stage as an educa.
tor, and could those who preach
about the wickedness of everything
connected with the theatre once behold
it, they would he apt to stand dumb
founded at the grossness of their iudg-
ment and illiberality. Saints and
Sinners could be employed as an effect
i've missionary among the hundred
pulpits which so frequently ring with
anathemas.againstIthe evil tendency of
the stage. 1t is a more eloquent,
powerful and affecting sermon than
many a Beecher or Talmage ever
uttered. MIR. Stoddart's delineation of
the grand old minister 10 the same NOV
seems to US he never acted the
part with so much fervor and
intensity as last evening; it may
have been the warm reception that
greeted him, or the fine appreciative
audience, or the partially he feels for
Salt Lake-for he never tires of sing
ing her praises-but whatever il was to
cause 1.-THE certainly gave rendition
of old Fletcher such as he never before
gave here, and such as he will never
excel. At the end of his great fourth
act, he had nearly all the ladies in the
house weeping, and the men applaud
ing unanimously. The curtain went
down and up again and again, but the
audience could not get enough of Stod-
dart, and again and again he had to re-
appear to bow his acknowledgements.
1t was the proudest of triumphs.
Miss Burroughs is loVlier in face, if
possible, than before; she has greatly
improved, too, as an actress. and a
good share of the nights triumphs fell
to her. Mr.. Massen, as the yeoman,
was at his very best, and he was &C
corded some great applause; Mrs.
Phillips and Mr.. Holland were most
was very fine Gelineation, and he, too,
was loudly applauded; but he was
pitted against the memory of Lemoyne,
and that was great disadvantage; Mr..
who Id the william in a
handsome, easy and polished man
ner, had to cope with Salt
Lakes very first experience of
Herbert Kelsey in the same part-an
unthankful one enough-aad he too
had to suffer.s Mr.. Flockton was
evenly artistic IS ever, and the oharse-
ter bits of Millward (wbo made con-
siderable out of the old tramp which
the lamented Davidge enriched with
nfs genius) Ramsey, Holiday, Virginia
Buchanan and Kate Maloney were most
exquisitely done.
Tonight the entirely new play CT
Partners. with the following cast;
Henry Borgfeldt. a wealthy manufac-
- barer ......-.....-.-... Alexander SalYini
Charles DerwentWater, his partner -.
Mr. Parr, their head clerk " '.J II. stoddsft
MIR. Algernon Bellair, retired actor
.........-... -...........E. N. Holland
Mrs. Harkaway's Husband. Harry Holiday
VI. Somerv1lIe ...-...-..A A. d. HillsdOre
Dickinson: Borgfeldt's butter c. P Flockton
smith, clerk ............ Harry Woodruff
j!aIre, Borgfeldt's wife Marie Burroughs
Alice BeIaiIe, her sister Annie Russell
31etchen, Borgfelt's child. ..Geltie Homan
Mary, Charles wife. Kate Moloney
lady Silverd ale. ....... Mrs. E. J. Phillips
Irs. HarkaWay, woman of fashion -.
May bTOOkyn