Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1902-03-15

We W., vbat II was to play before
ever "'' s,ob,e turn out In Salt Lake'
: Is'y nioy one Of the few surviving
~" "a. ~ n quarter of q century ago
Tg','' most interesting instance OF It's
apu " ,gos first seen here in $780, when
''0''' plorcy Lewis Morrison Kate
n r',,I and James Borrows were us cen,
pe''' nanres, II made a sensation but
u1. a6a no money In 1888 the Home
n,omouc club presented it with lldi'h
Leon as stephanle Birdie cum
r az Alice. LottIe Clarldge as MIS-
rney ] D. spencer as Sir Horace -
vonrg as the Corslcan, ANA D. T.
,,,I.. az the prince, but 1t was
r " Of July occasion, and being pit
.,.ooinst fireworks, the theater came
=. eocond hest; the same year came
y w.. grootest of all stephanles, Jeifreys
,",s, and though she thrilled us with
|.
Ia, trerlsh like powers, the play was
% ,,,,.ssod by only limited audience
:, 400 mistake not II was given once or
n,ore in the old walker opera house
and probably has been done at the
c,.rd Int never yet, whenever done
ID solt Lake has It proved anything
rn, boodoo from the boxoiiice stand
point .
to,t night, the financial story was
,,orso Than ever Miss Coghlan ana
h.r company-a very capable organi2a-
,lon for plays Of the drawing room
cIoss-must have experienced feeling
~ announcement as they surveyed
hst sparse turn out; but If they had
any such feeling, their acting gave no
4 scn Of 1t. and the play was given with
X a care and an intensity that the audi
once followed with breathless silence
10 the close, the only applause being
y q, tine end Of the acts, when some
MARTY recalls were accorded, Forget
& Mo Not" for all its strong story and
a absorbing interest. IL essentially Of the
ala fashioned sort. Nowadays one OF
tho mottoes Of authors is avoid long
dialogues. Keep the action moving
IA rben II seems to have been-'AYoid
short dialogues. Keep your main
rsoola on the stage" The
verbal duels between stephanle and
81 Sir Horace last night were prodigous
instances Of long spun out dialogue, ana
~ IN the hands Of artists less accomplish
Cd than Miss Coghlan and Mr.. King,
would have sent the audience into the
adgets that they were able to keep the
house almost rlgldly silent as they un-
folded the absorbing story Is a rare
tribute to both Miss Coghlan, al
though time has not stood still with her
M in the twelve years since she was last
H bere-yet retains the attributes nee
essary for great Forget Me Not. She
n was admirable throughout, and her
gorgeous dressing drew gasps OF ad-
mlntion from her lady beholders. Mr.
rs King was an excellent Sir Horace. Miss
# McEwen charming Alice, and Mr.
Bostwlck vivid Corsican,
NJ The engagement closes with a repeti-
ton Of Forget Me Not tonight. This
afternoon Miss Coghlan gives a mat
Inee performance Of Lady Barter a
play written by her brother, the late
Charles Coghlan.
Students Of the drama find in the pro-
ducton Of Forget Me-Not" and the
visit OF Miss Coghan two events OF
H more than passing interest. This play
(. and this actress might be said to have
descended hand In hand from one or
4. The golden periods IN the history of the
z American drama. Certain II Is that
there are few plays and fewer play
\ trs now before the public, that bark
vi TACK u the days when Wallacks inca
NJ tr stood at the head Of New York
M playhouses, and It's productions were
IA me pattern for managers throughout
AnercG, Miss Coghlan was the lead
+ ing lady Of Wallacks house when Os-
a mond Ttarle was the leading man, and
they two In a round Of plays like THE
silver King claire and the Forge
a Master " Diplomacy" ETC., might be
& Sald to have ruled the metropolis dur
me seventies They were sent upon the
rOad afterwards and appeared Jointly In
"a Mlt Lake some time In the early
eighties.
4 me Wallacks, Theodore Moss, Os.
& mond Tearle, Charles Coghlan, and
most Of the other old-timers with whom
Miss Coghlan associated. are now but
memories II 40 -