The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-08-12
TREMENDOUS AUDIENCE
WELCOMES "CORIANTON"
Premier Production of Beams Play in Salt Lake
Theatre Pronounced Success.
Several Defects to Be curedFas of Drama However Yet Un
solved in Spite of Its Manifest Merits.

: again dupes him by protesting to re-
pent. and in an indirect way makes
I possible the murder Of his brother
Broken hearted. his aged father having
been driven from the city by a hOwl-
J ing mob, COrianton returns home as a
prodigal with the news of Shiblon's
death. His father finally fOrgives him
Isabel. sincerely repentant at last.
comes to their city and warns Corian-
ton of an attack about to be made bv
the Gadianton robbers The wsrnin-
is in time and Corianton leads the
Nephite army to victory. Isabel is
murdered by Seantum. CoFianton
joins Relia. who was the plighted wife
of his brother Shiblon. and with the
Prophet Alma giving them his blessing
the play closes
1t would be useless to predict thu
future of "Corianton." for II must he.
many miles from here before the Amer
lean public has received or rejected il.
The local interest attached to the pro-
ductlDn must necessarily play a part
in the regal reception that is given il
here But, with alterations that are
absolutely inperative-and some viii
be made this week-<'Corianton has
better prospects upon the theatrical
market than, say, 75 per cent of the
plays that get a metropolitan hearing.
Some of the Defects.
For first night, the performances
last evening went on wonderfully we'll.
What defects were apparent came
usually from the singing chorus, which
was shaky and uncertain and didn't
seem 10 have much luck with Mr..
Thatcher's music, anyway. The per
Torrance was altogether too long, even
allowing for the usual delays OF an
opening. 1t VIII be shortened eonsid-
erably by the elimination of scenes
that can be improved only by elm
nation
To the players unlimited credit is
due. Joseph Haworth is a tower OF
strength, a human magnet. a thor
oughly magnificent actor. He has an
unlimited amount of force and youth
full vigor, and has that rare power OF
reading his lines as the character
would have spoken them. Mr.. Ha-
worth's Corianton must rank as one
of his greatest creations From the
moment he appeared he had the audi
ence at his shrine. and at the end Of
the first act. with Mr. Lewis. the KoTi-
nor, took six curtain calls. Recalls,
however. were the rule of the night, -
Miss Lanes Part.
Miss Agnes Rose Lane is an accepta-
bic Zoan re Isabel In the soubreftish
parts of the role she excelled. finding
Zoan than the ShreWd. cunning. schem-
ing Isabel Her emotional climaxes
were well worked up, and at such times
Miss Lane Shared the sympathy of the-
audience with the star
Thomas Coleman's Seantum is
forceful Interpretation. His strong
scenes were well sustained and desig-
mated an actor of long experience. The
Alma of B. s Young was a careful,
well studied portrayal, and while it is
a line new to the well known local sc-
tor. Mr.. Young may be credited with
complete success IN the part. Walter
8 St Clair made an excellent Bastol.
the jester The character has some of
the brightest lines in the piece, and
they we're read in d very attractive
way by Mr.. St Clair. Miss Magrane's z
Rella was sweet from beginning to 5
end Mr.. Lewis Korihor was brief. but
well done John S. Lindsay read his f
lines with usual clearness. Only good f
can be spoken of the three Gadiantons +
Alfred Swenson. Luke Cosgrove and &
B. Willard They did their bits very f
satisfactorily. Not a single part. in .
truth, suffered.
A beautiful feature of the play is the (
ballet introduced in the second act. al &
though IN the scene where Isabel "a
passing the goblets to Corianton, it
would be well TO arrange IL so that the 81
audience can see what is going or.
ISABEL was completely hidden by the
dancers.
'Corianton" win run all week, and
the indications are for standing room
only each night.