The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-03-12

The thcater-goers of Butte will no
doubt be at the Grand in distinguished
numbers to greet Miss Clara Thropp
upon her first appearance in this city
and the first production here of lsnen's
remarkable drama, "A Dolls House
which has won great success. both in
literature and the drama. a Dolls
House deals with this much-disCuss5 d
question of the sex problem" 1t tells
the story in Ibsen's vigorous and in
imitable style Of how pure-minded.
innocent and trusting wife is changed
into a determined and desperate wom-
an through the neglect of her husband.
1t depicts in it's first act a doll Wife. -
who loves nature, worshiDs her chill
dren and adOres her husband, She
knows nothing of practical business and
lives an ideal existence of love and
purity. l'ncOnsCi0usly. she FORCES her
fathers name to a note 10 secure money
to repair the waning health Of her hus-
band. He is a practical man Of business
and stern task master to those in his
employ. He regards a debt a disgrace,
and in after years when he discovers
that his affectionate wife had innocent
1y committed d forgery even though to
save his life. he ruthlessly upbraids her.
and it is al this period in the play that
the doll wife" suddenly realizes the
stern rules of the business world re-
sents her husbands ungrateful i'm
parchment and stands revealed dis
graced bu: noble woman.
1t is such plays as this, when writ
ten by master of his craft like Hen
Xix 1bsen and portrayed by an actress
of such marked capabilities as Miss
Clara Thropp. that set the world to
thinking. Nora in "A Dolls House" is
guilty of the serious crime of forgery,
vet she stands before the popular mind
as pure and noble woman. The hus-
band, from the practical side of bust
ness, is man of honor, yet he casts
aside his self-sacrificing wife on ac-
count of her executing the forgery, eV-
en- though it saved his fife
Miss Thropp appeared in the role of
Nora at the Duke of York's theater
at London over GOO consecutive nights
and her triumphs in this play in Amer
lea have been most marked. The pre-
sentatiOn of "A Dolls House, in this
city by Miss ThrOpp and her support
ing company will be as thorough and
complete in every detail as it was dur
ing the production Of the play by her
in London. She is regarded as the
"A
iennes and one of the most accomplish
ed students among American actresses
She is, among other things, decidedly
opposed to Sunday theaters. Regarding
this subject. she says: 1T is absolute
ly imperative that men and women who
toll professionally or otherwise six day:
or nights in a week should rest on the
Sabbath. In Illinois n bill has been in
PRODUCED in the legislature providing
that Sunday theatricals shall be pro
hibited in the state. Leaving out TIL,
religious element in the question en-
tirely, on purely secular grounds, the
physical needs of men and womer
should he accorded Sunday for rest
Miss Thropp hopes that Montana, a.
we'll as every other state. will pass
laws prohibiting Sunday performances
hut until such laws are enacted and en-.
forced actors are helpless and at tbs
mercy of managers and local conditions
and must play on sundays when com
manded to do so.
No theatrical cnmbinati ever made
tour of the country that received the
Space in newspapers that the Wardn
kidder-James company does. Every
where they appear columns are deVnt
ed to their productions. Thu grea
star combination will b" in Butte 70
week, beginning March 20.
There is a coincidence III som" phase
of the similarity of the roles in Whic
Kathryn Kidder has made her creates
success Every one remembers her Re
markable creation of the Parisia
blanchSSeuSe who rose TO the point c
twitting the Emperor Napoleon. Their
is something of Madame Sans-Gone