Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1894-06-30

Our theater.poers who were moi oil
the Salt Lake Tbeater Last evening
and It must be said there were goo
many OF them mlesod oue OF We
bhphtest, most refreshing, most ecin'll'
laling aud most unconyenu nal Ira
matte treats that has been spreal before
Salt Like Tor many a season past
The bill Of fare was Lady Windor-
mera'a Fan, by the fam ~ disciple OF
aesthetlcism, Oscar Wilde. LIT u a'
once be admitted that those people
ami they were 30 the ma!ou'y, who
have always pictured Wilde In 'h"li
minds Ne a literary orank,a lacbada'A''
cal suLnowor Iott Of the Buntnotnc
stripe, had their eyes very sud i'nly
and very widely opened last evening
Lazy wind,rmefo's Fan, IN the
brightness Of IT. language, the bold
ness OF IL conception and the treat
meut and originality Of its cnafac'cfs,
deserves tho name Of q modern diA-
matte classic.
IL teens with tpigrams,tparsles Win
wit, and IL crowded with phios9pn'i
rfi ,ction.. Oas could open w. pages
anywhere and select at random ecu
fences that will make up mau!
OF the familiar proverbs Of toe
future, and form the source non
whence album Aulographists Will NAV
y fruitful supply OF phil9sophio anu
poetic quotations.
The author has been vigorously
criticized Tor having wfitton this PLAY
at All--on the grounds that while u u %
faithful riciuts " some phases " Lon
don lie-its theme Il Immoral, an
that II deals with episodes q fashion
hblesooiety which are much better lett
alone.
Decidedly, We DO not 20 view IT,
This IA age u ailufemrnts, Of trml-
tons, Of fAllings away from standatis
Of truth aud purity. WilIe's plsy
calls spade spade very plainly, anu
Il does picture with bJiduCsl
the lamentable condition " m0fnls
In high society. Butthe whole weight
OF the story, its entire tendency, u cast
Ia tue dir,ctiOu OF admoniti0n and
warning; II II n startling nugufboari
to brhoiuvfs 10 shuu tho rocks anu
shoals that an the way u those who
have been tempted from the right
WHAT IL there Ia the life Of air.. Er.
lynne ~ attract any Oue 10 copy h2Aud
does not the narrow ttcape Lady Win
dtfmure hal from falling into the samt
cham, rouse tue best sympathirs nnJ
the wafmest emotions oi thOst
who zee her tot,tnug over thu
pTecipice2 Life l. crowded with
such episodes, aud It IL suly the
PodsnAps, who insist that sucn epi'
sodes should not be thrown into vies,
who vAinly think that they smOtuef
them by angTily Insisting on brushing
them into the rear.
There lisa wide distinction between
40 immoral play, and aplay founded
on an immoral topic.
Lady Mtndetmetu's Fan belongs N
a class OF plays that eau be seen aud
shouli be- seen with profit ~ well
NJ with entertainment.
For the company which presented II
last evening, too much commentator
eau hardly be uttered. IL was capa-
tile, clean cut, refined throughout
THIS pay has had some notable ue.
hneatOs since II was brought out In
America. IL was ia the fepeftory Of
the Palmer company lew mouths
ago In San Francisco when tho world
was startled by tho news VI May
Br0okynS suicide, aud that
clever actress played tho role
the Lord Darlington; Bell wac
tho Lord WindrtmeTs; HollAnd
was the "Tuppy"; julia Arthur the
Lady windsfmete ami Mrs. ID. r..
Bowers the Duchess. That was a
notable cast-and muet have beon
almost perfect. Yet ideal ~ II was,
last nights make up OF the drania'is
personnel did not fall far short Of H. IL
lsnut that there was any 0veTtOwefing
superiority on any ones part, or that
any one OF the cast rose 10
any dizzy height Of excellence.
But throughout there was that
even, all around, level plane OF excel
lenue, vastly moe pleading 10 an audi
sncs than the pfeieuce " star OF
however brilliant magnitude surround
cd by n constellation Oi sticks. Vide
Stuart Robson.
Mt. Gilmore was an easy, diguiiled,
earnest and manly Winuufmeta, just
such = man W. one iancles tho drawing
rooms Of London are gtaCed by; Niles
Ohyer played the principal lazy role,
Mrs. Etlynne, with uasn, vigOr aud
skin; shs IL not all o. u dresser, per.
hapg, that her character should DO, but
Ms an actress she chains tho attention
Throughout by her ffesh anu natural
methods. Few deliueallons twteler
and pfettler than Mics Gilyray's Lady
Windurmere huys been seen on our
stage Ia recent month";; she Is new to
the stage II 10 said, anu Unarms NJ once
by her naturauess, which r. ns uu.
theaiflc aH anything possible u
imagine. Another rare bit " acting
was done by Mia Sykrs 30 the ggssipy
duchess; in some rtrIecH it was tue
best work Of the night Mr.
Emery was uneven ab Darlington -
good ana then not so good,
Mr.. Jenkiu'B "Iuppy" was altogether
the most natural and unconventional
pofttaymeut VI tue good uhlufud, rasi ~
fooled, society butt that could be-
portrayed, lie played With the easy
ualuTainess Of man from whose
thoughts the stage was thousands OF