Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-02-25

tCopyrieh, 1901
ut Is seldom nowadays that only
one scene Ia required In the pres
entation OF modern comedy.
Such. however. IA the case with an
adaptation from the German. entitled
AT the White Horse Tavern" which II
the attraction at Wallncks thoatcr In
this city. Tho painter has evidently
done himself proud FOR " ia one Of the
most beautiful ever held on New York
stage. Handsome no II IL. however, u
becomes trine monotonous before the
curtain falls ut the end Of the third act.
In Its original form AT the White
Horse Tavern" written by McHsrH.
Blumenthai and KadelhurR waH called
I'm weinscn Hocss'i." and u IL easy 10
zee that II might be an excellent hu-
morous piece of stage literature were
one only thoroughly familiar with the
customs u the heterogeneous crowds
which frequent the Alpine summer re-
sorts. Here. however. much OF the orig
inal run ~ lost In the Americanizntlon,
for while the characters indulge In all
manner ~ native slang n good deal 81
the comedy II evolved by means of the
almost unpronounceabie German names
on the tayorn'E bill Of fare.
The story II almost dlaphanoua. and Il
would be difficult 90 inteiiiElbly put II
into print. Briefly. II deals with the nd
ventures Of head walter ut the White
Horse tavern In the Alps. This walter
IL In love with the iandiady. who II IN
love with guest. who IN IN love with
the daughter Of a lamp manufacturer.
whose father desires her 10 marry the
son ~ the man who has beaten him In
n lawsuit Involving tho validity Of a
patent. This young man In turn II In
love with the daughter Of nm old pro-
fesaor. who turns out 10 be an old time
friend Of the unHucceaHfui lltigant. This
man. Glcscckc by name. induces Fred
erick Riedler. the lawyer Of His crrt-
while enemy. "a attempt 10 persuade his
DAUGHTER ottiiie 10 marry Arthur suifo.
HiedIer promises on condition that the
old man viii give him opportunities for
carrying on his iovemaklnR by proxy.
OF course he makes love for himself
instead Of for suiro. and much fun 10
evolved By the CONSERVATION Of Gle.
seckc when he learns that sutro " 10
be married 10 the professors daughter
and that his own daughter II 10 become
Mrs. siedlcr.
out OF nli this tanEie harmony t.
brought toward the close. but n will
readily be seen that II would be- a phys
icni impossiblllty 10 make conseou-
lively Interesting play out 81 such n
story. except. as has been said. where
one was 20 familiar with the local SUR
rounding conditions M 10 extract en-
joyment from the many pretty little
character touches which hfc now lost
upon an American audience. A. re-
suit the play. NJ II N given at wal
lacks. imprssses one na being a rerie.
OF very pretty episodes. which are sur
ncientiy Indispensable 60 the plot 10
make them seem parts OF A. The after
eject. however. II not nj NIL Hatinfar.
tory. and u does not seem possible that
AT the white Horse Tavern" eau be
made great success.
The Interpreting cast n made up NJ
excellent players, most Of whom appear
TO be wasted Ia the episode roles as.
signed 10 them. The chief honora Of
the performance are carried on by
Amelia bingham m the hostess OF the
tavern and Arthur sutro. the bald
headed but youthful aultor for tho hand
81 the professors daughter. The east
n rs follows;
william uienecke...........1farry IInrwooi
,hniiu''''''s's...,'.a Vincent
yl'l,le,. ,s...s.. '.'...,,.".,,M Miriam NrHhlti
.I.neINh rfdler''...,....,I Joseph Holland
n,rtnuI auto' .ss''s.',,....,leo nitrichstein
walter iihHclmann............F Morris
a.s'sssssssssss...ss.s.s. HUH itefhloN
so.rpnn'.. ssss...,..,,..,.,.Amelia bingham
leopold hfand' Frederic iionl
s'''''''''s's'ss','''.,s..ss sboro pnvldHnn
,s.h..s,,,,'''.s's.., Elizabeth MayheN
Dr herhbaek.....,....,.. Douglas Wood
I.innys.s's.,.ss.s ,nritomnrte Uriffcn
~ Lazy hchfnidt'.,.',,.,,..,..i eda Ahcrif
avlanle, ,s's'''s's''sssss,sss sfhdie i.nuei
'".N'' i.sffttt fssssssssssts llhNln lalmri
Mountain Tourist..., Charles Mnrahni
ltaNeiof No Poster iAr,inei
ia.,''' No. -''''ss.'.,s','.,inmca u, COR
's'ss'''sss,..s.ss..s.s,ttN Nellie iiuilri
thh.,'''''ss'.,.','.. Charles iinlint
'''s'ss'ss's..sss,'',s,s,i Louis Alhior
''s'.sss"',sss....,Annie Singleton
s.Nhs's''''s'sssssss'''s Eleanor ltiiHoi
.'hlln'''s's''..'ss,.,. John Mnrulrs
"H'ph'''''.'''.,.,,s..,,' william Murphy
THE Great Ruby" by Cecil TIA.
leigh and Henry Hamilton. originally
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