The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-01-29
AT THE THEATRES,
FINE PERFORMANCE By THE
wARDE-JANIEs COMPANY.
Henry ". VIII BE Presented at the
Theatre neutrality-suspicious. swift
At the Grand-Sadie Martinez.

The attendance at the theatre last
night was not as great as the meritori-
Gus character of the performance
would have justified. Two sterling
actors like Louis James and Frederick
Warde in one of Shakespeare's finest
plays, ''Othello," might we'll have filled
the house. but it did not do so. although
it was not small attendance by any
means. We do not think that the play
was ever put on the theatre stage better
than last evening, so far as scenery,
costumes and accessories are con-
cerned, while the company at large is
one of the best that have played here.
Aside from the two leaders, there is
no evidence of greatness in any one of
them so far as we could see, but each
took his part with grace and sureness
that did much to make the play effec-
tive as a whole. Mr.. Tanner showed
careful study as the weak Roderigo
who shudders at his OWN completely,
though oVerWrought by the power of
a more masterful villain. Cassie has
been played here, Of course, much bet
ter, but there is no special fault to
find with the rendition by Mr.. Lindsey.
He was not soldierly at any time, and
showed little signs of deserving the
high rank which he held in the army,
man made a fair and graceful BESIDE
mona. her first scene being her best.
1t takes a very great actress TO gain
credit in the part and we cannot say
that Miss Chapman can be so rated.
But she, like all the rest of the sup
port, has no serious fault and we'll
helped to lead on to the awful catas-
trOphe at the end Louis James, in the
title role, proves his very great ability.
Splendid in stature and full of reposeful
force, he is less fierce but far more
tender and terrible than Mr.. Keene, who
recently played the same part in this
city. To our mind he we'll preserves
the dignity Of the princely savage
who could be brought to a horrible
deed through the very nobility of his
own character. As Iago, every actor
who takes the part on our stage must
suffer comparison with Edwin Booth,
and if he escapes without odium he is
fortunate. Mr.. Warde may we'll be
proud that he can endure such an or
deal and bear it we'll. With that one
exception, he has not been eXcelled by
any who have trod on our stage, and
in one respect he stande pre-eminent.
He has managed to make Iago in a
certain sense picturesque, notably in
the street scene where Roderigo is
killed, also in the final denoument and
in one or two other places. In the
second act, however, where he replies
to Desdemona's challenge to
Womans praise, ''she that was ever
fair" etc, the comparison with Booth
was much to Warde's disadvantage. In
that speech. Booths soft, melodiouS
voice was like velvet and his reading
was a marvel. while Warde's was
! harsh and inflextble and his action
careless.
In every minor feature, always and
as usual barring the supernumeraries,
the details of the performance received
careful attention.
Tonight there is to be d very large
attendance to witness the great re-
vival of Henry w." with Wardee as
Prince Hall and James as Falstaff.