The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1888-08-12
DRAMATIC AND LYRIC
Traits and Peculiarities OF 8
Gifted Singer.
Mr., NEIL WARMERS POWERS
aouc;cau,t and Palmer's schooi-
william Tel.- Death OF Will
lam Davidge.

gOOQ many peop'o 'o''"'
that the brilliant, erratlc, hery, yet
companionab!e Scappatura had been
abandoned to starvation on the desert
and there will be widespread relief at
the news published this morning thai
he has been found again. "Scap a.
his familiar friends are privileged 10
call him, is an instance of spirit living
ont of its century; he rightly belongs
to the period of tournaments an
Iances, of knight srrantry, troubadors
and mandolins. and in these days OF
trigoncmetry and electric light re AZ
more finds a place for himself Tia .
Amadis de Gaul could do if he Wore set
down in the Chicago & Northwestern
depot. Those who hsve referred to
him as showing traits Of insanity have
misiudgei him-shough pardonably SO
He is as nature made h:m-proud, SEN
sitive, educated, refined. poetlcai
| Jealous generous, everything that goe:
co make up your typical mus!clan-but
his madness" goes no further. With
| out any of the technical Knowledge oil
music. this man has by lutul-
ton those things that Others
acquire by weary training, soul,
feeling, and taste the most ex-
ouisite; and we have be lrd him render
| little songs, tender refrains, ana MS
characteristic Sicllian chansonettes TO
the accompaniment OF his guitar Wnen
1.-THE lark atsheayen's gates singing,
could give no more perfect Idea OF pure
ana soul-Wooing melody. On the con-
cert stage, weighted with the glare OF
Iights audience and formal dress. he
does not bring all these charms With
him, but given quiet parlor, or lawn
on a summer evening, with coDgenla'
listeners about him, and there is no one
who can so completely ''enchaut the
} hours" May We often have the gooo
fortune to hear him IN the future as We
have done in the past.
e
The form of instruction TO be followed
at Mr.. Palmer's dramatic school. to be
hereafter rnn in connection with the
Madison Square Theatre, will be nav
and exceedingly popular. Twelve
|, standard comedies Will be first Sc
lected, and the whole Ct the sixty pupils
put at work studying them. In each,
3 every male student Will have to prepare
4 himself in every male part, and every
8 female student in every female role
7 Then ct the assembly, H. the
c theatre Director BoUc cauit vii! each
/ day cal uH to the stage at random g
g complete cast for the piece II hand.
= They will proceed with certain scenes
and their errors corrected on the mo-
ment in the presence of the observers.
y Every correction Will be accom- panied
!. by the reason debating 1t. Then the
{ cast will be changed about, ROSailn0
IL plaving Celia or Juliet the Nurse, and
thus proficiency will be achieved IN al
= the roles.
l PAW. or rather four companies" say;
Mr.. Boucicault, ''Gu fat in dozeC
PLAYS, and an actor or actress can be
I, drawn at will who is qualified on occa
It sion to fill any character in any one o.
e them. OF what regularly organized
e STOCK company can the same thing D'
e said? AS rule you wouldn't draw
a the right card from such pack. Ih'
e current play at the Madison square
: will also be rehearsed, so that competen
Y unierstudies galore will be constantly
: ready to fill vacancies or give the entlr
l IL
dav matiDees will be devoted to tria
produc tons of new plays.
~.
: Among the important reviVais TO
= the next dramatic season already an
nounced is Schiiier's picturesque an
+ vitlle drama. William Tell, which Nh
4 Ffede rick Warde will produce at Bosto
n in November. The play adapted r
S james Sheridan Knowles, was orlglnall
e produced at the Drury Lane Theatre
London, May II, 1925, with MI
! MGeready In the title roe ana was II
Eva acts. The critics at that time Cen
a sured the author for the length of tn
play, he having introduced conf
q Il aderplot, which took up many scene
% ana had no immediate relation to tn
IL nam story. The play was atterWar
81 reduced to three acts, and in that torr
Ii nacame and until recent years was
/ ravori g piece with theatre-goeIs
II was produced in this country b
Mr.. Macready at the Park Theatre
?. New York, in 1913 with Miss Cushma
- in the part of Tells wife, Emma. Mi
=, Edwin Forrest played it in Boston i
"a 1886. and it at once became taYorlt
e part in his rep rt0ire. The Engllst
~ dramaust KIN, wles, IN representa-
y, Tell from the first as brooding over To
y wrongs of his country and watchln
" for the momens Ct retribution. ha
gained in dramatic effect what he ma
00 have lest in historical! accuracy.
" the version which Mr.. Warde is
le o -esent to the puhlio next season M
- Purdy, the author. is said to nave r.
Us tanned tie idea of the character OF TIE
as drawn by Knowles, and agai
enlightened the play into five act
Also to have appropriated many OF tt
Leading in cidents of Schiller's pla.
til weaving them into the work
tv Knowles, thus preserving ctn'inul'
y of action. The play offers opportuni,
for scenic display that will, it IS said. |
liberaly taken advantage OF by M
Warde's Management. she princlp
tab,eaux e:-"Tell's Home on II
shores OF Lake LuoerUe: "A cave
r. mooDIigbt on thu lake: :" The maj <
y Mace OF Aitdorf !" and The exterior
,s' he caste of -Altdorf. IN. 7. Herat
II
So Neil Warner is en- the San FRA
cisco turf again after an absence OF Nh
r:z.o rzec uhap no "