Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1895-01-05
Dramatic and 9ypio.
Tho 1906 Season Opens ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
and James-Au the Comforts
Of Homo.

The payment Of 90 600 dividend by
the Theater on the last DAY OF 1891
the second during the year, by the
wny--lels that that much bpratcd
twelve month was not 40 bad Tor The
show business OF II he'd generally been
put down 10 be. AZ % matter of fact,
while there were o few losiug nights At
the Thoater and good many where
both ends barely met, there was a sirik-
log number Of strong eugugomeu
playei during tho year, AMI macy of
them happened - be- Of the sort Goat
lott comfortable share In the hands oi
the local management. Ma. Burton
starts Oh the New Year very
ausplclously In this REGARD. salvlni
and wardo aud Jamus arutufu 60 be
heavy winners, aud the rush At the
box office yesterday for salvin'a open.
ing Monday night was more like the
old time activity than anything We
have seen for 10 ihoSo many moons.
Tho ever growing fame Of Alexander
salvlni which has taken considerable
strides during the Last two yoats, anl
the recollegllons OF his last engage.
ment here which BE- even yet
fresh ia the public mind, has made the
popularity OF HE engagement
next week matter Of forogOno con.
olusion.
In Salvini the actor, is slso seen the
athlete, the gentleman and the scholar.
Perhaps none more than no p0tioih Tho
power OF creating a perfect illusion.
No matter what no plays no Il always
a faithful picture OF the character AMI
one unconsoiously fofgels the player DO
lhe play, anu takes fact Tor fancy. HIS
varied repertoire enables his patronn 10
zee all the most delightful pruonagCs o.
fiction, anu although We know that
these fascinating characters are tor the
most part merely tho creatures OF
lively though illuttriouh imaglna-
lions, Bslyini invests them with
such charm aud vitality
~ TO make them appear very real aud
TO bring them very near 10 cur alice
lions aud admiration. Moreover II 10
a dramatic novelty 10 be- ahlU 10 zee
from the pnfquoi, the airy hum0ra OF
n dazzling mind ~ presented through
baivlni'a agency, after confronting Tor
no long the leveling, debating n In
scrutable toaohings Of social theorists
ana ruiormefs, great ami good ia put.
pose o. those teachings may be-. IL 10
Nsaa 40
on earth and visiting tho land OF rcyuflr |
and day.droam.
The Three duardbmen with which /
he will open his engagement ana |
which will be repeated ON Thursday |
night, 10 familiarly known at Baivinla |
hands. His portrayal OF the cunning, |
daring, intrepid D'Artaguan, 10 ono Of |
the ailhoueltoa Uf tho modern stage. !
Impossible and exaggerated az the |
character undoubtedly ~ from mod. |
eTn standpoint, bRlvinPs natural |
earnest, buoysHt eighuiiaani makci 4
him appear even very prob !
able being after all. Ths three
muskoioerH PoTthos, AthOs aud /
Aramls, a. portrayed by SAlviAPs al.
mifaole players, are scarcely less on.
Joyable, anu representing o. they do
this qualities OF youth, courage anu
loyalty, they are likely 10 be- the mosl
Interesting figures In the Held OF 10.
nance iOt some time 10 come.
but on Tuesday night mr. SAlylni
Will have more than the bubble OF
mere adventure 20 deal with, for he
VIII then essay for the first time here
tho difllcult, eluelye character OF
HugO'H grandtnt conception, Ruy
Bias. ItisATOlo rarely attempted by
the rank and file, tor iu 10 hands Ii
appears but gr0ttbquu mul0drumH. 10
ftqulTeA An artist 10 htiiugly illustrate
iia sublime purlOst-iho urliuuaJi0u OF
the democracy OF birth ana the arlstor.
faCy OF intellect, It's the btoLy OF %
poor lnckey whose vain ambition b.
born OF an exalted passion, n c0usum.
Ing yet holy love iot hiH queen. 10
ENDS, as tuch dream must newt.
ably end-in r. tragedy. But it isu
sweet tragedy for poor Ruy Bias, fuf |
although his birth makes II impossibly
TOT him 10 pass the insyTuWulg uatfiurs
OF blood and breeding, his heart. utIs
Hll bounds anu hnui N haven IN rs
most cherished abiding place. H.
eacriiices his life Tor the queen, but she
gives him IN return more than fs 90
Ruy Blas--shn gives MIN her love, "a
love that Is De perfect a. % la uoIy. The
closing scenes OF tue pIsy n, cd the