The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1901-01-22
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! Ihe man or woman who sits in a pew
and pOnders over the words of a min
! lister Sunday after Sunday. is moved
! to remOrse or satisfaction, and deter
| mines from what he hears to do all
+ the good he can in this world, should
| see THE Christian" It is the most
powerful sermon ever preached.
/ Hall Gaines great play was presented
I last night at the Theatre for the first
/ time in Salt Lake. Those who have
/ read the story are familiar with its
! dramatic intensity. In every way that
/ it could be done, with an eye to the ar
I tistic worth of the plot, this quality
] has been preserved in the play In
/ many respects the dramatic version
! differs from the story. The motive and
! character are almost changed. but no
/ one viii say the story has been weak
| ened by these variations. 1t is to the
| credit of the author that he has made
such thrilling climaXes in dissecting the
| book.
The play is admirably staged. The
J scenery is beautiful But. as is so
| frequently the fortune Of the far west,
| the -cInpany presenting it can only be
| called fair. At first the audience. an
! exceptionally large one, too, was absO-
| lutely chilly. But as the interesting
plot developed it warmed to the enthu-
! siastic point and curtain calls were
frequent.
Lionel Adams, who plays John Storm.
/ gives a splendid performance, his quiet
/ scenes being best, and all that prevents
! Miss Julia Stuart from being an ideal
1 Glory is her brevity in stature. For
| the remainder of the company not a
great deal can be said. Drake and
Lord IRE are not in frst-class hands.
and a whole lot of fault could be found
/ with the other members, taking them
all through. Miss Stoyle and Miss War
| rem give rather clever delineations of
Mrs. Calender and Polly Love. re-
spectively, and Miss POrter's Liza is
n neat bit. The other girls are not
pretty enough to pose as attractions for
! the male set, as the play, unfortunate
", makes them do.
However, all that is UnfavOrable is
| forgotten in the excellence of the piece.
and the engagement should be filed to
big houses. The Christian" goes for
two nights more, with matinee tomor-
row.
Peaceful Valley" at the Grand last
evening was we'll presented and well
attended. It is d good, Old-fashiOned
! sentimental play, Astounding in quaint
humor and wholesome truths and
! teachings. There is no plot to speak of,
no dramatic situations, no particular
chance for an actor to make display
of his talents, but, for all that. the
last, and the characters are all very
cleverly delneated. Ralph E Cum
! mings, as Hosea Howe, the hayseed
hero, is exceptionally good. After a so
jOurn in New York he fails to improve
in manners as much as one might wish
for the man VINO wOOs and wins de
lightful Virgil Rand, but incongruOus
as seems the mating. great big soul
and a warm heart shines through all
his diffidence and awkWardneSS. Miss
Hall could not be otherwise than
! charming. Not only is her acting full
Of grace and feeling but her presence
is like a ray of sunshine on the stage.
Willard Blackmore as Jack Farquar
and Charles GibIyn as Charley Rand,
! brought out everything the parts per-
mitted; the mother of Hosea and
Martha Howe was impersonated by
Miss Holt to perfection. She was the
| typical New England mother.
| The story is a simple one of a country
| household, a daughter astray in the
great city. a son determined to find
her, and his efforts ably seconded by a
young woman guest at summer no.
tel where he had served as waiter. She
obtains employment for him in New
! York. discovers his sister in some mi
raculous manner, brings about a family
reunion and finally becomes engaged
to the ex-waiter, who turns out TO be
immensely wealthy in the last act by
reason OF a lawsuit QeclueQ IN MS Ia
vor. In the first act the scenery is very
pretty. being a mountain hotel with
distant hills and a valley intervening
The play win continue through the
week. II is a good, wholesome prOduc-
ton well worth seeing.
Since singing in this city. the Boston
Lyric Opera company has been divided
into two classes of singers, those fol
grand opera and those for comic opera
supported by the Lyric chorus anC
| orchestra Signorina COllamarini
known for her work as Carmen, ha.
been engaged to sing in Carmen.
''Mignon' and II Trovatore." Signo
Russo is still with Colonel Thompson
and Signor AIessandroni. a baritone
has been added to the organization
! COllamarini became the star Of tn.
Lombardi Opera company over a yea
, ago and sang with that organization
until the company went TO Havana
She received praise everywhere. ant
was considered by those who had hear,
Calve in Carmen" as the equal o
that prima donna in that role.
Seat sale for "OId Jed Prouty' begin
az the Theatre this morning.
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