The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-10-29
IN A GRAND PRODUCTION
Madame Modjeska Presents
Mary Stuart"
HER POWER Is SUBLIME.
It Is One OF Her Greatest Roles and the
Audience Gave Her Thunders OF
Applause = Was Strongly
Supported.

Madame Modjeska concluded her brief
engagement in Butte last night with n
magnificent production of the great
tragic play of Mary Stuart" in which
she played one of the greatest roles,
that of the beautif1. but unhappy and
unfortunate queen of the Scots. The
action of the play takes place during
the narrowing period Of Queen Mary's
Imprisonment, just preceding the sign
ing of her death warrant by Queen
Elizabeth and her execution, and Is full
Of intense situations, in which the
grandeur of Modjeska's genius rises to
heights as lofty as in the days of her
most brilliant fame. In several of the
strongest scenes. notably at the meet
ing of the two queens in the park of
Fotheringay prison, she became sub
lime in her power and intensity. She
was Mary Stuart. the queen. The APP
plause which followed the scene was
the spontaneous outburst of deeply
sympathetic audience. Modjeska's sup
| port in every part was magnificent
Second only to Modjeska herself was
Miss Kate Dalglish as Queen Elizabeth,
and she shared with her the applause
| of the audience. Miss Dalglish is a
beautiful woman and talented actress.
both OF which qualities made perfect
her portrayal of the English queen.
| Mr.. Kellerd's Earl of Leicester was also
| an especially good work, and Frederick
Mosley as Lord Burleigh. George S.
Spencer as Sir Edward Mortimer, Louis
| Dean, Irving Brooks, Mary Hall-all
| played their parts exceptionally well.
| The play was deliberately staged and
| costumed and the production as a whole
| lacked nothing.
What student Of the history of I'M
| happy Scotland. what reader of the
story of Mary Stuart has not sighed
and wept over the pages that recounted
| the misfortunes of the SHINING and
| sinned against Queen of Scots? The
| character of Mary was a long one of
the most vexed Of history. though latter
| day writer's generally agree in the be-
| lief of her criminal love for Boutwell,
and her knowledge of, il not her actual
participation in, the conspiracy that re-
suited in the murder of her husband
Her beauty and accomplishments have
never been disputed. and all writers
agree that she was the most unhappy
of all unhappy members of royalty
Her misfortunes dated from her BIRTH
Dec. 8. 1912, when the news of the event
1 was received by her father with ex-
| pressions of sorrow and dsappoint-
| ment. When a week old her father died
and she became the queen. Her be-
trothal to the eldest son of Catherine
afterwards FrancisII., followed and she
spent many years at the French court.
The death of Francis, Dec. 5, 1860, re-
suited In her return to Scotland. Her
next matrimonial desire was DON Car
los of Spain, but she could not have
him and married her cousin, Henry
Stuart Lard Darnley. The history Of
hnr ,fe,to ~
husband for the Scottish crown, his
death by an explosion which blew up
the house in which he lay sick are his
torical facts known to all students and
readers. The Earl of Boutwell,, who
carried into effect the conspiracy that
resulted in the murder, was tried and
acquitted. Afterwards he intercented
the queen while out driving and detained
her at his castle. For this outrage the
queen raised him to the rank of Duke
of Orkney, after granting him a royal
pardon, and few months later mar
ried him as further punishment. Her
act caused revolt in her kingdom and
she was compelled to abandon Boutwell,
and surrender to the opponents OF her
crown. She was imprisoned, but es-
capped and headed another army, but
defeat was hers again and she fled to
England and threw herself on the pro-
lection of Queen Elizabeth, only to find
herself a prisoner for life. Her trial
for plotting against the life of Eliza
beth followed and she was convicted,
Oct. %. 1886. but Elizabeth could not
bring herself to sign the death war;
rant until Feb. l. 1887. and seven days
later Mary Stuart laid her head on the
block.
At the matinee yesterday afternoon
ModJeska presented to an audience that
packed the house "Much Ado About
Nothing appearing as Beatrice. 1t
was delightful performance, and to
many who enjoyed her work during her
Butte engagement it was her most
agreeable part.
Montana may we'll be proud of her
sons-Ca1oocan was the test. ION to
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