The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-02-02

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= day night, king Lear Fri =
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? day and matinee, Ben Hendricks =
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TT what the Theatre programme
says is true-and it sometimes is
Daniel Frohman is indirectly re-
a Sponsible for the westward COM
ing of the EudOlphS. the Ruperts
and now the JennicOs They all as
sumo to be presented by special per-
mission of the man of Broadway and
amusements. Taking this as the truth
il is he the suffering play-lover
should seek and ask better excuse
for sitting up until II o'clock than
The Pride of Jennico' For of all the
romantic book made plays that ven
ture out this Way-and with the reg
ularity OF fate they come-there is
none so utterly ineXCuSable, possibly,
as this narrowing story of hell fire and
Agnes Castle. Sane. civilized man is
asked TO swallow such wildly impos-
sibe stuff In this day that one is not
really astonished, no matter what may
occur in front of an audience but the
limit of our imaginative powers. we
ali must admit, was sorely taxed last
week
How first of all to get the heroine
within the herO's castle. Inspiration.
An earth0uakei The princess must.
forsooth, t,tke shelter in the home of
the Jennicos while the earthquake
blows ov err ten days She must pre-
tend to be The waiting maid and make
the maid the princess. Why An
other happy thought-sO the hero viii
fall ioyously at the feet of the woman
he loves, believing her TO be only a
maid. The hero doesn't get into the
game with Cny alarming degree OF
alacrity. - she finally dupes him into
marrying by masking herself and. aft
er three acts, the play gets started.
She is a powerful character. this
princess. When her husband finds out
from one of the servants-servants are
so careless on the sCage-that his
wife Is receiving mail and males clan
desunely. although he knows the SER
want is 'ying-you can see he knows
jt-he demands an explanation. Just
as though it were any of his affairs
But the fair princess is equal to the
emergency. She turns to her beloved
husband and. gazing honestly up int
his eyes. makes this humble reply
Sir. have my reasons
This sudden frjullnesS causes the
-
farilv i'm the husbands mind-aS big
sIspicion as Jennico's mind could com
fortably contain-but he rallies anC
casts ID out forever by calling the ser
want, another liar. not however. unit
after the abused wife has taken Ofiens'
and urged upon him an invitation e
get down on his knees and as forgive
ness the next time he wants to inter
view her. Just then. luckleSs chance
the window curtain is pulled aside b!
the little gypsy girl who nearly eN
modes every time she opened he
mouth. and the trusting husband see
the wife walking by hand i'm hand Wit
the man she despiSes. This furthe
convinces him that his wife is lOvin
and true and for the two acts re
manning. he is killing everybody {
reach her and accept her Aforesaid IN
vitation.
Ar. Jeuuico had various experience
bafor, ne found her. but they -er
triviai He was shot i'm the back ohl
once and had only three horses sho
ont from under him. and only got CA
with a sword "a Few times. lie NOR
fha,, cot even with the fellows, KILN
most of chem. ana chasing one paruC
ulnrlv obstTeperCus party out arouh
tho garden and back before ne got +
opening. and smashed his tthe othe
feIow'sl sword
In was mighty thrilling right D
fbrre where he jumped up out of th
priests clothing and said: -, rue,
is NV how they clapped. But IN
s-,rl in the next seat protested that Sh
l-ne.v am the time who it wss ara 81
rot awfullv Disguised. once she
most Uttered right out
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Rut what's the use? = large pei
cectaqe of the American public reve
in This sort oe thing and the remaind'
stand lor il.
Pnt al least some regard should
shown the public In two th'ngs-faJ-oi
al consistency in the choosing OF hh'
and the selection of players. what
one 10 think when the gypsy girl-Jht
same amusing little creature Hes
haubeau gesture heaVenWsrd and a.
s,.lares. 1--WE gypsjes do not XIII OF
eaemies whe. they're down tal
plause). and in the next act shoots u
hero i'm the ribs with shotgun. fro
an ambuscade-
Reader of riddles. whisper low Ho
are we TO know
And why is IL that hero is engag g
who hasn't learned now TO say Il To-
Won" whose voice is like James Nei'
and who is no better actor? LeadiI
men are. indeed, scarce, but that Isl
the whole trouble. An old actor. di
cussing the subject the other day. j
tiniated strongly that tae syndicate
i'm y large measure responsible f
these fragrant imperfeCtionS. As
related IT, the FroBman crowd run
school OF acting-sev eral in fact. o
is conducted by Sergeant and commo
~ known as Sargeants. Every act
or actress engaged'for Frohman cor
pany mus first be 8 student in the
schools The syndicate takes no OF
ers If it can elect. This gives TO L
syn5icate the tuition fees and an a
diti0nal zee for placing a perform'
while IL gives 10 the public too Fl
ouently lot of hams to interpr