Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1900-02-17

IL, Correspondence. ,Loroushly
'',s a'., Eel FEB. ia-How ihorous Sar.
ctIe's'' =. rulled and Is pulling ner'
s,s9 =, ~ ~ the financial slough Of P D1-
~ ou' % Z. -" which the Worlds Far
fa's.a d, n,', ,seaters are coming money .S.
r's1i.alsss y,r.ety houses, with when
a'' ~ S1. !. crowded up through the .si IN.
Be ~, iI,, ! stages to the frst-'lass inca ga.
isrn''''' cir Henry Irving ana .ne
'r' ' S,slI rivals, who oda'y
' h,'lsi' ind themselves in rivalry here
:. solalng forth. ,. ., course
., n' n,,le Salt Lake party OF e you
wv u.s. y .as Irving and Ellen Terry
~" W. y could get nothing but the Top
ri , vi STATS. and had to pay a =
y, ..s.. Zach for them; the lower part . 81
o y house. where the charge was ,s,' ,nr,s
.s'.. head and the first sailerN
~. ..,.' 4 was two, having been sold .S on.
' wy v. arrived in town. 1t was
c c'V audience that we saw, and TWINS
~. On playing to Just such houses ,.s.ss
y a,sb, the average being from
NIX 70 800. as we were assureu "
:. viii ]. Davis, manager OF the
~ ..,nDla. In one Of the stalls at the
''.,-p,nce. by the way sat MI
S.r.. wife, Jessie Bartlett Davis
rsag as young and handsome as ever
81 ID. 80, .,.,,. ,or
d. ~, seats TO have seen his perform
-, n Robesperre, sardous newest
=, ana the one which is said to have
.,,,.s the English actors declining
ZINES It was first and foremost
,.s 10 the eye to have seen such an
,,stion Of stage management; the
-, sns as II was. was undoubtedly
4. secondary consideration VINO
~, man Sardou, | wonder would
~ attempted to put into a play the
~ scene In the French nation
I .,syantIon. where Robespierre IS de-
'rrss8 and who, other than IRVING
ri have dared TO attempt the task
ysgtilpg such a play upon the stage
/ T,s past all description, the hand
7, A tai mob, the depicting OF the
ys,lsln and the Plain, the surglng
r.tirors and the yells OF frenzy that
-, when Robespierre was hooted
frt and when, out from the mob
~, the cry "The blood Of Danton
~ thee" | would say there was 100
- In the revolutionary costumes
ID upon the stage. which Is much
4 ume Size as that Of the salt Lake
.slst and the way every mothers
rt,h.m apparently went mad al MS
= Individual look, was one Of the
x tremendous things In stage work
IN has ever been my fortune 10 be-
u We had always heard that Irving
wAe Napoleon Of stage managers,
Az are now well prepared to believe
80 who have seen the great Eng |
< lttor can well imagine his peculi-
ria would shine In a part like that
ID, cold, cruel, crafty, trembling In
iaaye monster OF the revolution.
S'is gives a tender side TO his char
"a. and the plot hinges on his en-
hlyals 10 save his own son from the !
F1iine and though this touch OF
g,anent does violence to all history,
aldon and preconceived notions OF |
.. famous 'Incorruptible,' Irving
riks Us all feel a sympathy for him
IN agony he manifests, when he
AN that he may be powerless TO save
4 boy from the fate Of the aristocrats.
fsT night after his wonderful work. |
: ges ten and dozen recalls, and Is
i'ott 10 respond with a speech. but |
q. Frederick Warde, he seems 10 have
1 graceful one always up his sleeve for |
bsy emergency
ne one disappointment OF Robes
isie, and Il was severe one, owing
y our having built up such elevated |
nuepailons. was Ellen Terry. In the
~ Place she had a part so subordi-
ii'e Nat Il is a marvel she ever con-
saisd 10 play Il. or that Mr.. Irving
loud have ever cast her for II. In
" hexl, she has grown stout; fancy
l'aayson's Elaine fair, fat and forty.
fbbe more exact, fifty, and you have
llslhlng Of an idea OF our feelings
.'sa the famous Terry came upon the
A.s She had the role OF q middle
s- person TO play and what she
.,ll nave done with a youthful part,
hard 10 Imagine. Her voice was
''sk her acting tame and her weight
= increased 10 such an extent that II
4. PAINFUL 10 see her attempt a stage
alh and more painful still to see her
Y after recovering from Il. They
y 'ae viii attempt some OF her old
", ". before the Chicago season is FIN
20 II viii be curious 10 see how
n, WI emerge from the attempt. The
.,11. feature Of the support was the
s'ish Of Laurence Irving, Sir Henry's
!. sh excellent actor. An odd fea-
y. y me Presentation was that
I. ~ ~, we're 10 house programs such as
/, oner Chicago theaters have. sim
ulue plain, white dodger, print
,, my o. one side, with not an adyer-
s,r 49,, ~ =, slght announcing the ap-
~AAF III NIuNun ~ Mr. /