The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1901-05-03
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At about the time the Kew England
rural drama had made itself a perma-.
nent feature, If not a prime factor in
American thsatricals, James A. Herne
DrongnI out a series Of plays devoted
10 simple stories and plain pictures as
he had found them in the hOmely life
Of a provincial section. Among them
was Shore Acres" a play that has
possibly one peer in this tyre OF. drama
-.She Old Homestead" After watch
ing IT'S success for TWO or three sea
sons, HerRe again turned his pen TO
the rural, and Sag HarbOr' is the re-
suit It was given in Salt Lake for
/ the first time last night before an audi
/ ence that braved the nastiest storm of
/ the season, but which did not fill the
I house The rain kept the attendance
Tar short OF what il should and might
[ have been, for SSag HarbOr is I'M
/ questionably one of the delights of the
season and the public pretty Well un-
derstood that before the company s
+ posters were hung.
f-Sag HarbOr" is fascinating from be-
ginning to end. Half its charm is in
its trueness TO life, and the other half
is in the excellent company that in
terprets the story an old stOry-that'
Of two brothers in love with the same
girl and the girl in love with both
True, HeTne is not in the cast, but III
you haven't seen him I'm the role of
I Captain Marble, is there really any
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pointed in his substitute even though
f he fails to SO much as. suggest the ere
atOr of tne. play and the. part2 Herne's
absence leaves an evenly balanced
/ company and as clever an aggregation
as one wants TO see under the same
roof. Mr.. Woodward who mas Hsrnz's
role, is at a disadvantage from the
start but his delineation of the OLD
seaman was accepted as perfectly ma
tural and. after all, that is what counts
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tate Herne but, be 1t said to his cred
it, his individual conception of the
character enters into his performance.
Too much cannot be said in praise Of
Miss Abbott's New England spinster.
Mr.. Hodges Wbitmarsh and Mrs. Sol
Smiths Widow Russell. They are
three of the cleverest charac-
ter people Salt Lake has met in
years. Forrest Robinson, who was
formerly with Mrs. Fiske, gives a
faithful portrayal Of the hero, and the
impetuOus brother is in the capable
hands of J. Wooster Dean. Miss HeTne
as the heroine seems to have inherited
the talent of her father to. a marked
extent and Chrystal, her younger sis
ter, will in time make herself known
The piece is admirably put or. There
is a champagne-par scene between
Marble, Whitmarsh and Elizabeth that
is in itself worth the price of admis-
sion, and the supper table scene, in
which the odor Of a chicken pie Derme-
ates the whole house, scores. second.
The scenery is new and beautiful.
especially the nTSt setting. which gives
a distant view of the harbor from
which the play derives its name.
Sag Harbor' runs the remainder Of
the week, with a. matinee tomorrow.
Manager Piper is in receipt of a let
ter from Henry AIiners manager, stat
! ing that the star viii stop only at Den
Yer and salt Lake on the way from Chi
cagO to the coast. Killers dates here
are May 49, "A and Is. He, win clay
fHeartsease'' and "Gudgeons," and not
: Richard Savage, in which be failed
Z in the east. The company surrounding
Mr. Miller this year is an exceptionally
strong one
Al the invitation Of President SNOW.
Dr.. Walter, the eminent orEanfst who is
visiting the city, Will render a sree pub
lie organ recital at the tabernacle lat. IL
n. IN. Saturday. This VIII be the first
occasion upon which the .orSan viii be
heard in its completed condition. The
contractors expect to Quit work This
afternoon and via leave Salt lake
about Monday. DR.. Walter viii be as
sisted by Orgauist Mcclellan and III s
Goddard viii sing 1t is a matter Of
'congratUlation that Dr. Walter y as
persuaded to give "a recital. There viii
be. no lack of appreciation from the
salt Lake public.