The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-10-13
ANUS EMENTS.

''ROMOLA.''-I is most regrettable that
the visit of Julia Marlowe-Taber and
Robert Taber should have followed so
closely upon the heels of the Sans Gene
engagement. The town is simply not in
a condition to stand eight consecutive
performances of dollar and a half at
fractions, even though they are as strong
as Sans Gene" and the Tabers, and the
one which comes last is bound to suffer.
So Julia Alarlowe-it sounds more natural
to use the old name-had the misfortune
to face only a light audience last even
ing, whereas had she come earlier or later
in the season, the attendance would have
been limited only by the size of the
theatre. But all the audience showed
themselves old friends and admirers, and
most warm was the welcome they gave
the beautiful actress and her talented
husband. If the mantle OF Mary Ander-
son has been transferred to the shoulders
of any American actress, surely II is to
those of Julia Marlowe. Few faces more
thoroughly fill the idea of the word beau
tiful, and allied with her charms of coun-
tenance is a unsteady thrilling voice,
winning tenderness and eloquence of eX-
precision and grace of person such as no
other actress of our acquaintance is pos
sessed Of In "Romola'' it is not given
her to mount to any heights of passion
the role is rather one that calls for wo-
manly tenderness and devotion, Madon-
-na-like sweetness that no one could better
express. Mr.. Taber had really more of
the weight of the play to sustain than
she, and he showed himself fully equal
to it. His character, while most UNI
sympathetic one, was admirably por-
trayed, and he and his wife were called
after every curtain. The supporting COM
pany was admirable, and several hearty
bursts of applause were accorded the
artistic work of the two old men, MI
ton was most thorough, the scenery, the
stage management and especially the
handling of the mob, being admirable.
Nothing could more thoroughly indicate
the high artistic and legitimate instincts
of Mr.. and Mrs. Taber than the generous
manner in which they have mounted the
new play. 1t deserves to succeed and we
believe it will Mr.. 2. A. Barron, the
arranged the play from George Eliots
novel, and though COMPRISING so extern
sive a work into play, OF necessity
leaves out a great deal and only makes a
reference to many telling details in the
book, the play is still complete, Interest,"
ing, picturesque and well put together
We wish it a prosperous future. Tonight
Mrs. Taber appears as Rosalind in AS
You Like It,
AT THE GRAND.-The exhaustion
temporary, of course-under which
theatre-goers are laboring was evinced
at the Grand last night, as we'll as at the
theatre. May Blossom" was rendered
to q very light house, even for a Monday
night. The popular old play was well
rendered in some respects, only fairly well
in others, but there was all the coDious
use of handkerchiefs in the audience,
always inseparable from a production of
May Blossom AS a producer of sig
mails of distress it is only excelled by
Hazel Kirke" Mr.. Edwards as Steve,
Mr.. Edeson as Uncle Bartlett, and Blake
more as the old darby did the best work.
Mr.. Simpson and Mr. Wyngate We're good,
and Mr.. Butler was fair Miss Belgrade
played the heroine with fidelity and feel
ing Miss Chanbin hardly seemed in her
element as the old maid, and the child
ren's pretty scene was both affecting and
amusing. The minor parts were mainly
well rendered.