The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1892-03-31
ADJUSTMENTS.
"AMY RoBsARr.n

AAD-'S-lA-A'
The must unpropitious night thinned the
upper part of the theatre last evening. but
down stairs the crush was as great, the au-
dience as brilliant, and the colors flashed
as gaily from various theatre parties in the
stalls, as if the weather hau been the
balmiest June.
Miss Wainwright has the name of hav-
ing penchdnt for great productions. Prob
ably she imbibed it from her early school
ing with Barrett. She was his Francesca
in the greatest of his managerial achieve
ments, and when she decided TO enter on
the career of a star herself, her Twelfth
Night" showed that she was in full &C
cord with Barrett's aims Her Amy
Robsart is an equally ambitious
and notable achievement II is
marked by a display of scenery, costuming
and stage effect that may Justly be called
sumptuous, and one that Tor richness OF
historical accuracy and general com
pIetenses has only been exceeded by one
other attraction in many seasons -Daven-
ports CLEOPATRA Or Miss Wainwright
herself 1t can only be SAID that she por-
trayed ScotVs charming heroine with all
the grace, poetry and power of which she
IS the undouoted mistress Her strongest
work was in her terrible abhorence of
Narney; the scene before Queen Elizabeth
was also unusually well rendered. and
several stage calls-during one of which
she was handed a basket of flowers from
the stage boX-rewarded her efforts. Ex-
cellent as her work was we doubt If Miss
Wainwright was at her best. Her voice
sounded at times as If she were laboring
under fatigue.
The leading features in. the support were
Barton Hill, Mr. Ingersoll, Blanca Walsh.
Mr.. Backus and Mr., Bruce, though all the
minor characters were in good hands Mr.
hlll showed his old-time legitimate train
ing as the villain Varney; his reading
could hardly have been bettered To Mr..
tngersoll fell the somewhat thaukless part
OF Dudley, Earl of Leicester, whom the
author iabored in vain TO make a hero Of.
lie gains little sympathy from the audi
ence, and 1t IS small wonder that Henry
Miller threw up the part in despair.
we cannot imagine him in it al ALL Mr..
IngersoH has straightforward. manly
way, handsome presence and a fine adj
oress. mat he made so good an impress
s, sion as he did In part which there is so
niue sympathy, speaks well of his abilities.
MISS Walsh was an excellent Queen Eliza
beth, Ealbeit better looking than the
account history gives of the yes
TAI queen. Mr.. Backus' Anthony
FORSTER was study, and Mr. Bruce's
Iressllllan was manly representation.
The scenery was all magnificent and the
henllworth castle set especially fine. It
took the stage hands long time to handle
the play on account of the heavy sets. and
IL was near midnight when the final cur
tain fell
Of the dramatizaton, it can be said that
1t follows Scotts novel quite closely till
me end of the play, when Varney-instead
OF Amy-by some means not very clearly
Drought out, falls through the trap door
and perishes. Then Amy is reunited to
Leicester, who repents of his cowardlv
assent to her assassination, and the cur
tain falls on their bliss, leaving the audi
ence IN state of uncertainty as to now
the news was broken to Elizabeth. This
Is defect, but if the play was to end
happily we hardly see now it could be
remedied. Those interested in the true
late OF Amy Robsart and the Earl of Lei
cester, may find by turning to their histo-
ries that the novel and the play are equally
distant from the facts. Leicester married
Amy with the full knowledge at least of
Lelcester's father. Elizabeth did not visit
Wentworth till fifteen years after ANY
Boosarts death. The unfortunate heroine
met her death III 1860, it was said, falling
down flight of stairs, but the real manner
OF her death is not definitely known and