Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1896-02-08
MUSIC AND DRAMA
Play Of the Fourteenth Century-Next Weeks Play
Bills at tho Thoaters-Notes OF
Genora ntorost

stiL TIE condemned, who IL named
6uftr VIVA, IL thon beneaded.
With the sight OF the blood the cufate
iaints ani IL carried from the room In
\ trance.
Guurovna immudia tely descends 10
the internal reRions,aud the next scene
shows his spirit together Win that Of
the oufair, standing trembling upon
tho summit Of an abyss from which
cone horrible and disr0riant cries.
Far down In the nbyts an In ulAted
mountain Is observed TO rise In the
center VI the enormous pit or cavern.
Clinging TO its ridges are the spirits
OF poor wfelches, who arc trying 10
draw Themselves out Of tue lake OF FIRE
into which they have been cast. From
behind a ledge emefges = monbtrous
dragon that lsHuppoded 10 live In tue
vicinity OF the hills aud keep the tor.
tured spirits below from climbing 10
the summit Of tho pfociplce.
Thie dragon In n voice between the
howl Of a dog anu tho laugh OF n
hyona, shrltksi "Evll spirlts Of n ,tlll
more evil pact, what wanlest thou
heft7D
Guftfowna and the oufaie "gfovel
upOn their siOmsohG before this IN.
cauny monster" and plead for mercy.
selling them 10 It's claws ths dragon
carries lie victims 70 the cave Of Satan,
anu when tho curtain rises again Il
presents the interior view Of the ''ohisf
OF nellie own osvs,O with Satan
situngiupon throne OF "Ted-haI ma.
terlal," while from beneath struggle
"tevofal half crushed demons trying
to escape"
In front OF Satan, kneelinR aud
itembl ny, arc tbs spirits OF 9urtfowna
and the eurate.
Rising from his throne and gTasplng
huge trident, batau, who isa being
OF gigantic proportion. passts tho son.
lencei "fOr thy flfst gffcnse thou
shalt suief the agonies Of fear smong
my whyvefgee, anu shall DO torn a Il
bArAased by ihu spiders aud my
AnAkes.
For thy second offence thou shalt
DO frozen Ia the pools Of eternal Ice aud
lot tue femalnder OF thy sins shalt
ihou bo cast into the lake OF IRE for
oveilD
The curtain next rises upon the why.
yefnef cave.
Thsse whyvornos are described In
the manuscript ~ mOnstTOsities with
Two i,ot aud q long, scaly tall. No
matter which way the spirit VI Cur.
! owha fiees, he IL brought face 10 Taco
with onb Of these terrible monsters,
whose breath N n ahest Of blue flame
and whose eyes burn hls body with the
Intensity aud force Of their gaze.
Nearer and nearer tho whyyei mes
come, until ho can feel their fiery
breath upon his body. From ono olifi
TO another he Jumps 10 esoaoe their
clutches, until At last they surround
him anu fall upon him with fionulsh
yolps.
Tue curtain here goes down anu raises
again, revealing GuflrOwnA fland.
INK upon a narrow ledge Of n precipice
high In tbs air. The spirit OF the
curats can Ttlll be seen looking down
on burtrOwna from q distance.
As GuftrownA stands on the ledge,
trembling lest no shall TALL over, al
enormous ana hideons spider, ten iett
In length, Ia seon 10 slowly tmfrge
from n oroyace In the rock aud maze
It's way Alobg TIE ledge on which Cur.
uownn IL standing. Slowly it al-
proachts him from the rear, and with
an awful hes pounces upon him aud
bears him TO tho gfound. Breaking
away from lite deadly grasp, no ices
along the ledge and discovers n rent In
the rock through which he dashos.
The scenery IL changed now aud
shows durtrowns nj the bottom Of nm
immense pit, where he had fallen.
Rushing upon him are huge monsters
that have mems bodies aud hsads, but
spidsrS legs. They crawl around,
emit name from the nostril, aud eyes
aud groAn hideously.
The last scene opens with the "pools
OF Ice" and here GuriTownA IL shown
trying TO free himself from tho icy
waters. From this scene the stage
seiIlog IA changed Into Hads's ohiei
torture, "the lake Of eternal IRE. %
uurItowDA IL shown with n number OF
other spirits struggling In the fisry
abyss, where he 10 TO remain forever.
While struggling here II Ia observed
that the spirit VI the oufate disappears,
and the audience IL supposed to believe
that the good mans splrlt has wit.
messed all the toriuIes aud returned ~
lis body on earth.
The play evidently reflects the igno.
rance anu superstition OF by.gono ages,
| but ilh yAluu AH "A cufinallv IA ufaat