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

foresaw the time when the pretty pnl,
| llgnts might need pads, and the dear
| niue abbreviated tunics clamor for a
blt OF fringe, or ilounce or two. But
] don't think that time was very near
ana although George Edwardes does
| supulate for excessive yout TN and dairy
maid freshness still the insinuating
Marie might have made a good bluff
at Il for few years to come.
! Perhaps il isn't wise TO attempt a
! logical explanation Of any stage lady's
| actions. We have had Cissie Lotus
shaking of the shackles Of a lucrative
| art IN which she was unique and adopt
ing the garb OF melodrama that shrieks.
! Futurity 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
ola Eccles' lodgings but you felt the
peculiar magnetism that has always
Deen lnseparable from her stage work.
Her yiyacity and grace were distinctly
IN evidence She kneaded them thor
oughly into her portrayal of old Ec-
clever and convincing piece Of work
Ponder over this, We 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 1t. we flckering prima donnas. who
decline to ascribe the waue of popularl-
" 10 It's true causes, and condemn the
public for tlckleness and dsloyalty.
oil Al
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 repine at the years
she has lost on the comic opera tread
mill, for she has temperament-that in
effable indescribable gift
Miss Tempest's associates in this re-
vival were not nearly as commendable,
although for years they have been
Legitimate" fayorites Miss Wlnifred
Emery a very plump star, without
scintila 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.
1t was Cyril Maude who played old
Eccles, and who oyerdid It. He was
not nearly as good as DlXey in that
very similar part in the wTetched play
called "A Modern Magdalen." AL
though Cyril Maude is one Of the best,
II not the best, actor in London tbar
nome, 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 II land
I've seen an amateur do 1t better),
Brandon Thomas has not improved
since the long-ago days, when he used |
to delight New York in "a Pantomime
Rehearsal with Rosina Vokes, He has !
not even mellowed, He has just grown
void and crusty.
The companion picture to Marie |
Tempest was George Gddens, who |
played Sam Gerrldge admirably. Miss |
Tempest and Mr. Giddens were alone |
worth the price Of admission TO the !
theater, Perhaps these
lines will give you something to think |
about The ACCESSIBILITY Of making hay |
while the sun shines may occur TO you,
II may also be borne in upon you that
the sun doesn't always shine, but that
Il Is quite possible to make hay In some
other manner.