The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1891-06-28
have inherited all his fathers singing and
dancing qualities.

dancing qualities.
We gather from the San. Francisco pa
pers that the "Men and Women" company
fell somewhat short of the public expecta
ton in their delineation Of Diplomacy" 1t
drew immense business, but San Francisco
had had Jeffreys Lewis, Montague and
others of the great original cast, and play
Ing against their memory could hard iy be
anything else but uphill work Music and
Drama says of the performance
Charles FrohEans company has not yet
proved itself entirely equal TO the occasion that
diplomacy" makes. VI all modern plays this
is the most nearly perfect piece Of doyetailng
OH OF japanese cabinet making Is not more
exact In the fitting OF its parts and yet the
actual lonery is no more in evidence than is
the articulation of the bones in the
body OF beautiful woman. TO iou,a give
must be as carefully fitted to the roles, as the
roles are TO each other and 10 the purpose Of
the play This ideal the Froham company is
lar from satisfying, although the performances
given this week al the california have been in
teresting, Intelligent, clever 10 a certain de-
gree, and admirable IN a lew particulars. There
Is so much more room IN Diplomacy than
there is IN Men and Momen" that Charles
trohman's players, coming directly from
series of perfectly successful representations
OF the latter. have not been Immediately able
10 MI II up. There Is good reason 10 believe
thai some OF them never Will be able, because OF
natural or acquired incompatioility with the
characters assigned them, and among these,
unfortunately, are two OF the most important in
the play-Sidney Armstrong as Zeika and frank
MorCannt as Baron stein. Against these may
be placed Frederic de Belleville, who needs
only touch OF English gravity and dignity, IN
place OF the touch OF French levIty n mis- way
OF managing his scenes with Zieka in The last
act TO De just what Henry Beauclerc ought TO
be- and Maud Adams, VINO, with only little
more force and ie.voi in the telling scene be-
tween Dora and Julian in the third act. can be
a rarely good, as she is already rare
more modestly and sincerely and prettily
glrliSh than her management of her
scenes with Orion, ner mother and Julian in he
1irst act, and after she had recovered from ner
Monday night nervousness she did the trying
third act scene with Julian very well indeed, in
spite OF her immaturity. William Morris was
very much IN earnest ana was mJdestly sue
cesSfuI as Julian, although he did not NIL out all
the outlines OF the character. Orrin johnson,
with a shade less Intensity OF speech and man
ner. VIII De an admirable orion john Buck
stone IS the very pink OF Alg.es, ana Annie
Adams is sufficiently good Marquise. Ziela,
however. who was so vividly represented by
Jenreys Lewis In her prime that the memory OF
IL makes most other actresses seem pale IN the
part, IS not for Miss Armstrong, whose person.
atty, ability and mannerisms are ali opposed
10 the cnarac er. She overacts. and the elao
Grafton is Ineffective. She makes 4 charming
appearance; but she cannot iooA wicked enough
for Zleka, nor seem sufficiently passionate
enough Tor any such nature. Mr.. Mordaunt
has done so much tine and forclo.e
work on the stage that he can afford failure or
two, and he ma, as well set stem down for one.
be might make partial success OF II II he
could acquire an accent more ike the German
and could be persuaded oQI OF his slowness and
his tendency 10 repeat effects. man like Stein
IS always on the alert. and Is accustomed 10
think quickly and to observe closely but rapid
ly. Sucn a man would not have been in hurry,
but he would not have taken up so much time
IN the interview with the BeAuc ere brothers,
and he would not nave given them more than
one opportunity TO reject his profered hand
sentation of the play, and the California thea
tire has been crowded every night with people
who did enjoy it; but IN an artistic sense II is
hardly comparable with the best that San
Francisco has seen