Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1902-08-09

| foresaw the time when the pretty pink
| tights might need pads, and the deaI
| niue abbreviated tunlcs clamor for q
bit OF fringe, or fl0unce or two. But
J don't think that time was very near
ana although George Edwardes does
supulate for excessive youth and dairy
maid freshness, still the insinuating
Marie might have made a good blum
at 1t for a few years to come.
Perhaps it isn't wise to attempt a
logical explanation Of any stage lady's
actions We have had Cissie LOTUS
shaking off the shackles Of a lucrative
art IN which she was unique. and adopt
ing the garb of melodrama that shrieks.
Futurlty was her excuse. Perchance
that is Miss Tempests pretext.
In Caste" she displayed most Of the
charms- that made her come out win
ner In comic opera In spite of a lack
OF physical perfection. She wore a
common old dress quite In keeping with
old Eccles' lodgings, but you felt the
peculiar magnetism that has always
been inseparable from her stage work
Her vivacity and grace were distinctly
IN evidence, She kneaded them thor
oughly into her portrayal Of old Ec-
Giles lively daughter. II was very
clever and convincing piece of work.
Ponder over this, ye sirens Of comic
opera, who won't give up, who tear the
tired voice into tatters. and view the
approach Of years with anguish. Think
OF IT, we fllckerng prima donnas, who
decline 10 ascribe the wane of popuari-
~ 60 its true causes, and condemn the
public for ickleness and disoyalty.
Why give the public chance when the
groundwork of your comic opera train
ing may be used as Marie Tempest uses
II now. For by her work In Caste"
she has proved beyond doubt that in
any play she could successfully be CO.
Medicine paramount. One might al
most feel inclined TO replne at the years
she has lost on the comic opera tread
mill. for she has temperament-that in
effable, indescribable gift.
Miss Tempests associates In this re-
vival We're not fearly as commendable,
although Tor 3@a they have been
Legitimate" fayorites. Miss Winifred
Emery, a very plump star, without a
scintilla OF temperament, played Esther
Eccles in the most conventional man
ner, with the gloom thickly laid on, and
the tears deeply encrusted. Miss Emery
is a strangely undressing actress, but
she is the wife Of Cyril Maude, a popu-
lar actor-manager and that means
much.
It was Cyril Maude who played old
Eccles, and who overdid II. He was
not nearly as good as Dxey in that
very similar part In the wretched play
called "A Modern Magdalen." Al
though Cyril Maude is one OF the best,
# not the best, actor in London Char
none), he tripped up in Eccles which
he invested with a good deal Of horse
play and crude decoration. And that
good old ex-star, Miss Genevieve Ward,
played the Marquise de st. Maur as
an amateur might have played 1t land
I've seen an amateur do II better.
Brandon Thomas has not improved |
since the long-ago days, when he used
to delight New York in "A Pantomime |
with Roslna Vokes. He has !
not even melowed. He has just grown |
void and crusty
The companion picture TO Marie |
Tempest was George Glddens, who |
played Sam Gerridge admirably. Miss |
Tempest and Mr. Glddens were alone |
worth the price of admission TO the |
IIaymarket theater Perhaps these |
lines will give you something to think /
about. The ACCESSIBILITY OF making hay |
while the sun shines may occur to you.
Il may also be borne in upon you that
he sun doesn't always shine, but that
[ is quite possible TO make hay In some
)ther manner.