The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-04-05
AmuSemeHtS.
T

The Jim RadbUrn of Daniel Frawley
and the Jim Radburn of Nat {. Good
win viii pc compared as long as Mr.
FraWley continues 10 present In Nix
zoura-' but the disadvantage of the
comparison is not necessarily with
F'rawiey. In AIizzoura" was the play
selected for the opening of the long
Frawley engagement last night, and
FraWley's Radburn was excellent III
every respect He has surrounded him
self with a capable company and, while
the play in spots will bear improve
meat, the same can be said of almost
any stage presentation.
Two prominent members of the cast
last night did not know until yesterday
at noon that they would play the parts
assigned % them. They were Herbert
Ashton as 10 Vernon and Reginald
TraVers as Robert Travers. The latter
combination Of names, by the way be-
ms decidedly unique. In spite of the
disadvantage under which they labOred
Messrs. Ashton and TTavers fitted nice
~ into their roles, and the audience
was in entire ignorance of their new
ness TO them.
Miss Lily Branscombe arose from a
sickbed To play Lizbette Vernon, and
was charming in the character. The
spectators yawned with her, they SYM
pathized with her modest love affair.
and they rejoiced when the way to her
marriage with Dave was made pOSsi-
BILE That Dave was q clever stunt, too,
by J. r. AmOry.
In MizzOuFa" is practically pure
melOdrama. but il is melOdrama of a
high order There is a particularly
despicabie villain, a trusting girl who
loses her heart to him, an adorable hero
and the usual medley of filiers-in. As
Kate Vernon, Miss Mary Van Buren,
rather OveTdid the part. Some decided
~ smart people come out of Missouri.
but it is doubtful if three years in a
seminary would make out of mighty
common material so finished a young
woman of the world as Miss Van Blu
rem would have US believe il made Of
Kate.
Some Of the very best work in the
play was that Of Miss Phosa AIcAllis-
ter as Mrs. Joe Vernon. With the sin
I gle exception of FTawley himself. she
! had the Missouri draw 10 finer nice
/ ~ than any other member Of the cas-,
and IL naturaIness OF her acting was
( decidedly refreshing,
One scene in the play was ludicrOusly
unnatural. That was the placing Of a
{ tire on wagon wheel. II an appren-
D ice IN DldthShl4tA ShOH SuuAlu COoi
I a tire and then try to jam il over a
/ wheel he would have an iron rod bent
around his legs in less than no time
Yet that is what the Frawley com
/ pany's blacksmith did last night. and
I he claimed 30 be q good blacksmith,
/ too. In real life tires are put on hot
and the wheel is then placed IN water,
{ giving the tire a chance to contract
1 and fit snugly about the wood.
Just one other unnatural bit. ne
/ gro comes into the residence of Joe
/ Vernon and walks all around the sit
/ ting room where the white folks are
without removing his hat Negroes
+ don't do that in Missouri, and this par
ticular negro shouldn't do it in In
/ MizZOura-
! Last nights audience was what is
4 known as q "corker' Every seat from
/ the parQUette TO the topmost gallery
was occupied, and many stood on every
/ fiO0-. Many more were turned away
/ long before the performance began In
/ Mizzoura' Is the bin this afternoon
and this evening
THE Chimes of Normandy" at the