The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1888-12-30

EOTRlVeu is western drama Dy
western author, Clay M. Green, who
| wrote the Golden Giant; it has been
one OF Fred Bryton's strong successes.
OF the other play, The World Against
| Her, the New York papers all speak in
warm terms. A good recommendation
is the fact that it is by the author of
The Wages of Sin, and another is the
send off, which that severe critic. M.
Byrne, gives it in the columns of the
New York Journal. He says:
"a. M. Palmer produced his new
play, The World Against Her, for the
first time in America last night at the
/ Peoples Theater. It is the best play
which. Frank HarTeyshas disposed of to
American actors, and far superior to
Woman Against Woman and The
Wages of Sin, which have attained
more or less success in the States.
'We will probably never get a play
quite equal to the Two Orphans, be-
cause such plays are not written more
than once in twenty-five years, but The
World Against Her has abundant
grounds for favorable comparison.
There are numerous domestic scenes of
| moving pethos, well constructed and
| dramatic. and the whole movement of
the play suggests the hand of a master
| dramatist."
There Is absolutely nothing fresh to
be said of the coming revival of the 30.
hemian Girl by the Woodworking Ste
phens and his indeiatigable company,
except that they are ali in trim for
their work, and that they will be ready
to give warm New Years reception
to their friends Tuesday. The per-
| Torrance for the benefit of the Old
Folks tomorrow afternoon will form
| most pleasant way of seeing the old
year out for the aged ones, and it will
| give the company a valuable stage re-
hearsal preparatory to the next DAYS
productions. The sale begins to,mor-
row.
Looking over an old volume of the
great Macready's Memoirs the other
night, we unexpectedly came across
| this headline. First Night of Richie
! lieu" What g. train of reflection that
| title started Howimmeasurably small
| the literary and histrionic achievements
Of to-day appear, compared with that
| event, and with what emphasis is the
| thought forced upon Us that genius is
the sense of appreciation of genius was
never so marked or widespread as to-
day. When we think of the furore oc
casioned by the opening Of some puerile
piece during one of our winter seasons.
we can not but reflect what would be the
scenes could We have a BuIwer to write
play and Macready to assist in Its
production! What would DE the recep-
ton that q Byron. Scott or Burns
would be accorded if they were writing
at this Christmas time-1S88? If Dick
ems were welding his pen to- day il
stead Of forty years ago, how would
those scenes of excitement around pub
fishing houses be discounted and
thrown into the shaded
The first production of Richelieu took
place on March Z, 1889, at ths Oovent
Garden Theatre; it followed close upon
the production of Bulwer's Lady of
Lyons, which ran long time before
anyone except Macready knew of the
identity of its author. 1t is probable
that although Rlchelieu made strong
success, it ocoasioned no great furore
at first, since Macready devotes much
more attention in his diary to the re-
hearsals and the events leading up to
the production than to the production
itself. Some excerpt from his diary, not
seen in print of late years, will prove
interesting:
January 9Th. 1S89-London-Read B1lwer's
play of Rtchelieu to the actors, and was |
most agreeably surprised to find it excite |
them IN very extraordinary manner. The |
expression of delight was universal and |
enthusiastic
February sth-Directad the rehearsal OF |
Richelieu, which occupied me the whole
morning.
February 18th Went over his part of Mat
pratt with Mr.. Anderson; afterwards the
part of srannois with Mr. Howe.
February 20th-Gave my attention to the |
conduction of the character of Richelieu,
which Bulwer has made particularly diff
cult by its inconsistency; he has made him
resort to low jest, which outrages ones
notions of the ideal of Cardinal Richelieu
with all his vanity and suppleness and craft.
From this date to March 7th there
are frequent entries regarding his study
OF the character of Richeiieu, long talks
with the Comte de Vigpy over the pre-
sentation of Louis XIII. conversations
with Bulwer, who convinced him that I
he had drawn Richelieu according to
the best lights left by history, and a
note that Bulwer had sent around
changes two days before the perfor-
which were not i'm proyements },