The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-11-25

! Constance in "The Love Chase" Lett
tia Hardy in "The Bellies Strategy
Chatterton in ~ChatteTton." Lady
Teazle in THE School for Scandal"
Colombo in Colonies Birthday"
Prince Hal in Henry the Fourth, 3"
Kate HardcastIe in she Stops to
Conquer" Lydia Languish in THE
Rivals" Romola in "RomalO,' Mary in
For Bonnie Prince Charlie" the
Countess ValeskaF in The Countess
Valeska." COlinette in "COlinette," Bar
bara Frietchie in Barbara Frietchie. -
OF the thirty-three roles which Miss
MarIowe has played, seven have been
male parts. viz: Sir Joseph Porter in
"Pinafore." the Page in THE Little
Duke" Heinrich in rip Van Wrinkle, -
Balthazar in Romeo and Juliet. 3"
Stephen in The Hunchback," Charles
Hart il, .ROgues and VagabOnds"
Chatterton in the play of that name and
Prince Hal in Henry ""
Here's q brand-new Barrymore story.
As you know, Barrymore has the
most treacherous and vanishing mem
DRY in the dramatic profession. It is
always necessary that all letters he
reads OF the stage must be written
out If fun and not blank props
One night -eaTs ago, while playing
the role of Napoleon /, he was astOuish-
ed TO md that q long dispatch he was
TO read GO his staff of generals was a
blank sheet Of paper. Turning to the
young aide-de-camp who brought it.
and who was the author of the trick.
he knitted his Barrymorean brow and,
with gesture of command. Numbered:
Read the dispatch to the staff, cap
tain. while I look at the map"
The aide paused, became ratified,
nd n
the stage.
Way Down East" is proving an
even greater money gatherer than its
predecessors The Old Homestead" and
Shore Arces.' Its enduring vitality is
shown by the fact that each of its three
companies have dates booked two years
ahead.
In a recent chat Miss Olga NethersoIe
said, in reference to criticism, Properly
applied and properly received, criticism
is of the utmost Importance to an artist
Without it he may be inclined to lapse
into d groove, but with it he is com
PEELED to be constantly endeavoring I
fancy it was RUskin who said that the
unsuccessful artist made the best art
critic. I should not apply that to the
d
ing / prefer the man who has had
a large experience of the drama from
the auditorium. He ought, I think. to
know something of the technicaIities of
the stage, but his greatest experience
should have been in the auditorium
Let him look at my play and my per-
torrance from the point of view of the
audience, and I shall be satisfied with
the impression they make upon him.
On the other hand, let an unsuccessful
actor give his opinion and such bias
narrOwnesS and envy as is in his ma
ture Is liable to distort his judgment,
unless he be more than human"
g o 8
Managers and producers in the east
have evidently been plucking straws
and have learned where sets the wind
With the exception of the revival of
"SaphO" by NethersO1e and of ''Zaza''
by Leslie Carter, not one of the sea
sons offerings has been objected to by
the reputable critics of the New York
press. Public favor seems to have set
the seal of it's condemnation on the
purient and Photographic drama, and
1t has passed from the boards of rep
utable theatres. May it never come
back.
- q q
Phil Margetts has received a very
hattering request from President Snow,
Governor Wells and many other gentle
men, who were interested in the nu-
merous dramatic companies in which
that veteran has taken part, to ceIe-
brate his stage jubilee by being the
recipient Of complimentary benefit at