Arizona republican., 1902-05-03
HOW FAUST WAS PLAYED
K. P. Company Has Reason to Feel
 Prond of I.s Efforts.

Never before in this city has local talent attempted anything in the his Jrlonic line as heavy as Faust, and heavy or light, never before has local talent made more successful effort in dramatic enterprise. The audience was q good one and the box office re- ceipts were remunerative though the performance was really entitled to packed house.
 While it would not be proper to say that the local company in it's first pub
 lie appearance outshone the Morrison and ether combinations that rake the world over for talent. it is not too much to say that last nights perform 2nce was q better one than is frequent ly given the amusement loving people by professional aggregations that as sume perfection for themselves.
 F. M. Norris, who played the role of Mephisto. is a young man of exception al talent in the part. and it was appar- ent, Of course. that it was not his first attempt. He has followed the stage professionally and won many previous successes, but came here two years ago suffering from a throat tumor, which is now happily thing of the past. Last night was his first appearance on the stage for about three years and it can readily be seen that he could not expect to ~each his best professional work. Then. too he had the respOnsi hility Of all the parts resting on him. for aside from himself the cast was en- tirely from inexperienced talent, yet Mr.Norris was perfect in his es.eXcel- lant in his gestures and in good voice. being heartily applauded at every ap- prcpriate climax. In full practice it would be hard to find q better Me phsto
 Miss Nellie NCFaN. as Marguerite, was surely a rare treat. Her work is not often cXcelled by those who get large salaries for playing that delicate and strenuous part There is oppor- tunity for the display of many and var jed talents and her delineation showed careful work for herself under capable instruction. together with q personal grace of manner and stage presence seldom met with in young ladies whose training has been entirely on the amateur stage. She seemed fully coSnizant of what was expected of her and right well did she perform tha task
 The part of Martha was played by Miss Florence Reed. well known iH thi; city. She was easily the fun maker of the aggregation. and by her charm ing personality and proper apprecia- ton Cf the part. won for herself the plaudits Of the audience. Whether wife, widow CT lover, she was ever equal t0 the emergency. and the scenes in which she participated as the cen tral figure were sure to be lively and ! interesting.
 | Miss Ora Dom was no less engaging in the part of Liza, only that it was T . minor place in the cast and her appear ance vas less frequent and likewise her opportunities. There was. however nothing wanting in her acting. i The part of Faust was well handled 1 by Mir. Irving H. Andrews. He was well cast in the part and his acting
 was good. His voice was clear, d thing not apt to be the case with an | amateur. and he has been a close stu i dent of the intent of the character. i Many of his situations were perplexing l but were cleverly worked out. The necessity for posing that SO frequently
 occurs in that chara cter. is particularly
 hard to master.
 i w. r. Davis as Valentine did himself proud. Though not a professional he | is well known on the local stage and his conception of his duties last night
 must have been about right to have been so successfully carried out. His
 duel with Faust and the subsequent
 curse of his sister were unusually
 choice bits Of acting
 J. II. LanGston and George HenshaW
 as Siebcl and Wagner respectively did very well indeed, but they were ct
 course minor, though very necessary parts.
 In the first act. or monastery scene,
 the music for the concealed choir was 1 furnished by Messrs. Recdy. Wilson, Dcnncl and Neisz and was well ren-
 dered. Later. in the third act. or foun-
 tain scene, The Palms was rendered