The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1901-08-18


this season. They are just as opposed
TO each other as they could be. One
is a melodrama of startling type, but
excenently presented, and the other is
a colonial romance, played by another
foremost star admirably supported
IT would be interesting to know
which of these win live the longest, and
next tC that which win make the most
money during its life. Under Two
Flags is headed by an actress who
viii crowd houses under almost any
circumstances, but the Juggling around
of its immense scenic appurtenances
and the salary list of its many people
viii exhaust large sums.
nj Miller is likewise q favOrite
everywhere. His offerings win never
go begging, and his expenses while
they are great. for he employs nigh
STARRED people, must be considerably
less than Mr.. Frohman's. so far as
Miss Bates vehicle is concerned.
Flags company started from San
Francisco orders were sent to Man
ager Fyper TO have, among other ex-
fras, eleven men in the flies, ten car
penuers, eight electricians and twelve
CleaTeTS. which is abOut twenty-five
more hands than are usually employed
al the house. To get together this me
chanical force in midsummer, when
the men are absent from the city OF
engaged in other pursuits, was in it.
self a task before which The theatre
management Quailed. But there was
still wind in Mr. Pyper's sails until the
order came TO TX a trap in the center
CO the stage six feet square. A brand
new stage had Just been put in and il
had been determined nO- To hack it up
until necessity absolutely demanded it.
He so informed Manager Meyers bur
elr- - mo hn r h1f
the hole was imperative TO the success
OF the production. So the carpenters
cut through the smooth new timber.
Manager Piper naturally was curl
Oua 10 ascertain tie Importance Of this
particular piece OF carpenJeling. He
was somewhat amazed upOn discover
ing that ~ was IN order that Miss Bates
and the soldiers who follow ner out
into the mist in that realistic scene
where Cigarette saves the governors
son might not have to stOOp and sauIk
alonS The stage to keep out of sight
when they get behind the four-f0ot
wall. but might walk down a flight of
stairs into the cellar. thus adding some
slight realism and saving some incon-
v6nience.
1t is just such details that make
F'rohman productions and productions
that have to keep houses filled to make
money.
1t might be a little late to discuss
the merits of FOJteTs play. founded on
the Ouida novel, We're it not for the
sake of comparison. As everyone
Knows who is familiar with both. the
dTamatist Weakens the novelist's char
acters. Witness the courageous BERTHE
Cecil p!ning &c go back TO the woman
once his betrOthed, VINO has scOrned
him because he lost a fortune. and who.
by the way, engages herself TO another
man. patent villain, five minutes af-
ter breaking Cecils heart, and then
see the gallant BERTHE WELD to his pas
sion at sight of her, in spite of his
dear little Cigarettes lamentings. FL
n9liy, he has TO be won back by Cigar
cite. not by her love, but because it
becomes a question of honor" HOr-
rOrs, Tt just occurred TO him that he
once told Cigarette he loved her, which
he did not.
How weak is woman-Potter's wom-
an Nenetia, not satisfied with break
1nE her engagement with Cecil for an
estate, must. fOrsOOth, go seek him in
the wilderness Of Algiers and reoffer
her love, having by this time discOv-
cred what she knew befOre-that her
husband was a cut-tnroa- md a thief
ana that BERTHE still had 4 string on
the estate. No wonder she was abau-
dOned by her villainous husband. But
how did Mr.. Potter ever manage to
be so cruel as TO allow BERTHE to be
coaNed into giving her q rebuff for
little things like tEat2 The probabiIf-
ties are that had Mr. Potter carried
the story q little further he would have
had Cecil marry the girl. the only OBJ
lection, Cigarette. having been removed
by tragic death.
Then the gOvernOT-au hail the gal
liant military gOvernCr-whO, after be
ing saved with his son from a horrible
death in the afternoon by Cigarette
that same evening declines to grant
t,f har -7arr
lovers pardon, thus compelling Cigar
cite to be at the knot-hole" with her
rescue habit again that evening. when
the governors son is about to receive
prussaic acid from the bag; after
which she gets the pardon.
The play is a wonder. or else the
American people are suffering an at
tack of aggravated fapaticitis n1eIO-
dramatis. Perhaps if the dramatist
wiz turn over 10 the back of the book
and start next time he may produce
something more wonderful still.
Despite its crudities and the rough
way in which ii is thrown together.
''D'Arcy OF the Guards" i likely 10
become a very fascinating little play
and 2 long-lived one. 1t is welcome
news that Mr.. 5hipman is to remodel it.
But Henry Miller's path is not strewn
with roses in the matter of selecting
plays. It is a famous truth that a
great part often makes an actors
fame, because the public. having once
seen an actor IN great part and been
satisfied. is always easer to see the
same actor in something else. Ii is
more distresSingly true that. having
once established himself in a great
part and attained a high standard this
actor finds il trying - realize always
Tor the dear public its expectations.
At least TWO plays have been tried by
Mr.. Miller in the past two seasons and
found sadly wanting, whereas had they
been in the hands of a less renowned
favOrite, of whom not So much was
expected, the probabilities are boff1
would have been pronounced successes
1t is so in America and the world over
In D'Arcy of the Guards" we saw
2 girl brought before a cOurtnartial on
a charge of high treason. conspiracy or
scmething IS bad, against the British
The colonel who is a good fellow ali
are way through. begins very sterufv
20 queEtion the heroine. he asks if She
overheard anything IN the next room.