The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1901-01-15

movement is apt to make one wish
that the cynicism of the author mad
been less prominently depicted. but as
the later scenes pass in review, the
contrasting color is brought out and
the close is almost as conventional
and happy as if il were a purpose play
The climax is, of course, the scene
where the Marquis of Steyn
and Becky are surprised at sup
per by Rawdon Crawley- The
solioquy leading UP to this scene
is unquestionably the greatest picture
in the play and affords an opportunity
for the display of Mrs. Fiske's origin
ality, her defiance of tradition, her fine
intellectual analysis of life in its most
dramatic phases The interruption of
the supper with Steyn affords an OPP
pOrtunity for the expression Of despair.
the flashing up of Becky's genuine love
for RawdOn, the death of ell her Social
hope just when triumph was near; and
Mrs. Fishes part in the scene leaves
nothing to be desired
Nor are the lighter episodes neglect
ed. In her tilt with Lady Crawley, in
the fiirtatiOnS aside with Sir Pitt, in
the ball room scene at Brussels Just
before Waterloo, her airiness and the
abandon of her play remind one of
Rosina Vokes at her best in comedy;
and in the deeper significance of the
action she is inCOmparably better than
any Coincidence now on the American
T
her art which astonishes and COM
mands admiration Whether in the
merriest mood or in the depths of d
heaTt-bTeaking tragedy, she is always
the artist, always equal to the de-
mand of the moment, and never exag-
emotion she is picturing-
That the whole production is as
sumptuous as scenery and accessories
can make il, goes without saying.
II IL e ice
assem- bling stage effects for the whole
company as she is in the minutest de-
tail of her own role. The stage of the
Grand will never have a more effect
i've ensemble on its boards than this
company produces. The cast itself is
satisfactorily adequate. While the
play is essentially a one-character
piece the fact has not been used as
an excuse for mediocre ability in the
minor parts Mr.. Frank Gilmore as
Rawdon Crawiey is just the amiable
unsuSUicious. registering. gambling Of
ficer of the time one sees in ThaCkeray's
text Pitt Crawley. as given by
Charles Plunkett, is the unctious,
hypOcritical. Canting character to per
feCtion. Charles Nane, as Lord
Steyn is "A fine character, giving an
almost hideous conception of the old
roue who was ready to buy virtue for
the qualification of a WORKOUT lust,
such as was common in the days of
Waterloo, but is seldom tolerated even
BY the most profiigate society of mod
ern England
Finally, the management of the
Grand deserves every commentator
from the public Of Salt Lake for its
enterprise in making the engagement
and for the arrangements it carried
out successfully to insure a social as
well as q business event Of Importance.
1t may be assumed in advance that
the capacity of the house viii be the
measure of the attendance tonight and
tomorrow night. Becky Sharp" is the
bill for this evening. and Tess of the
D'Urbervilles' for tomorrow.
The boxes were occupied as follows.
Hoyt Sherman. wife and family.
Colonel Holmes. Mrs Emery
Holmes. Mrs. BransfOrd and friends.
Mrs Kaliman and party.
w S Mccormick. wife and friends.
Mrs. Judge. Miss O'Brien, Mrs.
Thompson and Mrs. Birmingham of
Fort Douglas. Miss Judge.
Lieutenant Albert Allen and friends
r. c. Chambers and party.
c. o. WhittemOre and wife, Mr.. and
Mrs Thomas Kearns and friends.
p. H Lannan and party
A week Of Shakespeare-suc is the
dramatic feast offered to the Salt Lake
public by the James-Kidder combina-
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