The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-11-05
The World Outside

Barbara Frietchie," a new American
play by clyde Fitch, was given its first
New York production last week, with
Julia Marlowe in the title role The
play only here and there touches upon
incidents in Whittiers poem, from
which it is named, and is in plot an
original play-that is, il is a play and
not dramatization. The first act
shows an unique scene of the front
Stoop of Barbara's house, where she is
counted by Captain sTrumbull, an off
Ger in the northern army. There is a
balcony scene. with a sort of pretty
burlesque of Romeo and Juliet. The
second act shows the house of a Lu-
theran minister a. Hagerstown, whittier
Barbara and Captain Trumbull have
gone to be secretly married. Just be-
fore the ceremony is performed, how
ever, an orderly arrives with a sum-
mons to battle. Barbara overhears
some southern sharpshooteTs, who have
taken possession of the house, plan TO
pick off the Union soldiers as they pass
by the window. She SeiZes a musket
and wounds the would-be assassin of
her lover in the arm. just as he is about
TO shoot. In the third act Trumbull is
brought to Frietchie's house, danger
ously wounded. Barbara's father is
bitterly opposed to the. presence of the
northern soldier, whose identity is made
HhioN II llilOASn dll Oiu lONGT bdfDa-
IA 5, who is half crazed with jealousy.
The house is searched, and Barbara
alone guards the room of the wounded
man. He dies and Barbara heart
broken, SeizeS the Union flag from his
breast and steps to the balcony. where
she waves it in the face Of StonewalI
Jackson's men marching up the street.
While so doing she is shot and killed
by the jealous lover in spite of Jack
sons order, made famous in the poem.
Miss Marlowe is given the highest
praise for her work. and it is pleasant
To record the success of one of the fore
most of our American actresses
Julia Arthurs long heralded produc-
ton of More Than Queen" did not
meet with absolute approval. 1t is said
10 be lacking asa drama, although as
a spectacle it is one of the most gor-
geous New York has ever seen. In
fact, one paper intimates that every
thing is overshadowed by the splendor
of the scenery. The play is the story of
the divorce. episode Of Napoleon and
Josephine, in Which josephine, although /
she loves Napoleon, herself signs the
decree, and sosshows herself to be more \
than queen-a woman. Miss Arthur /
herself is said TO have fully realized the /
role, and in appearance was radiantly |
beautiful. Asa spectacle the play was |
success, out as drama was found 1
wanting. Miss Arthur, who. in private |
life, is the wife of a very wealthy man. |
who does all in his power to further !
her ambitions. is able to fulfill her ideas |
OF gorgeous productions, and an enor- |
nous amount of money was expended |
on the staging of Plus que Refine"
May Irwin appeared at the Bijou the |
atre, New York. in new farce by Glen |
Id
The piece is OF the usual May Irwin |
type. thoroughly dominated by the per-
sonaiity and magnetism of the star. The
hit OF the performance was a tipsy
scene enacted by Miss Irwin, which is
said TO be equal in its way to the now
famous Maude Adams scene in The
Masked Ball" A number of new songs
were introduced, including a few of the |
inevitable coon variety. including II
Don't Care TO Be Yo' Lady Fren' No
More The 'Possum Chase" and He
Certn'y Has Soft Spot for Me"