The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-10-20
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For a long. long time a good many Of
us have just ached to see a play in which
the villain gets away with the goods We
have felt that If we could just see il once
/ we would go hcme and live happily ever
after, as they say in the fairy stories.
! Well, a good many OF us saw that very
Z thing last night And somehow, softly in
your ear, we diGn go home feeling good
| little bit We felt like saving. as our
old friend ~. Shakespeare made one OF
his people say. the time is out Of
joint"
Alexander the Great, with the CO.
stars, Louis James and Frederick Warde
is an attraction that is worth going
long way and spending Bit of money 10
see. This is true of anything that
Messrs. James and WaTdes under the
management of Wagenhals & kemper,
have ever appeared IN. The play seems
TO lit the actors, and the actors lit me
STARS ana the scenery and some aohorous
language bit surely that Is enough Ior
the most critical
The people especially he people of
the west. where James and ~ arue are
so well known and so wei liked. go to
see James and Warde act Last night
great audience, the audience that wit
messed the opening 9t an engagement that
is to run through Thursday night with
"a matinee on Wednesday,, was more than
pleased. II was enthusiastic Inc cur
tain calls were SO numerous that most
of as lost track OF them Finally Mr.
Warde was compelled to make a curtain
talk He did iC in his most graceful
style, and that is praise enough for any
man.
Alexander the Great" except for its
love episodes. is said 20 be absolutely true
to the history OF the great cOnqueror. Mr..
James had the name part and Mr. Warde
appeared as Perdiccas, prime minister TO
Alexander Alexander is the heroic fig
ure, Perdiccas is the villain. We don't
know that we altogether like to see Mr.
Warde play the villain His is too kind
ly. generous, sweet nature ior such
part His character I'm Alexander the
Great IS summarized by Cleopatra Miss
Engel Sumner) in one line when she
says: You are fighting your battles
with another mans sword and risking
your life by proxy Warde the actor
TO arouse enthusiasm for his art, and
those who know the man could not fail
10 applaud him. for they know that il is
art alone and love of mis- art that can
make a finished villain of Frederick
Warde. He triumDhed in the end and,
though we knew II was all only play,
though we knew Alexander the Great
could finish naturally in no other fash
ion. we still were sorry IT had to be So
which is another tribute to the worth of
Mr.. James as Alexander was the am
bilious king to the life. A dreamer stirred
into action by the assassination Of his
father. his ambition sDurred him on and
on until he had conquered the world and.
If We ever doubted the story books. there
cause there were no more WORLDS for him
70 conquer In all Of his scenes Mr..
James was strong but perhaps his
strongest mas at the close of the first
act when he stands by the body of his
father and announces his purpose to lead
his fathers armies TO the utternaost
parts or the earth. Another very strong
scene was the one in which he shows his
confidence in Clitus Norman Hackctt)
and the later drinks the poison cup pre-
pared by Cleopatra
A great many of Mr. Hacketts admir-
ers were sorry, by the way. that he did
not have more opportunities to show his
acceptablv. There are two strong wo-
man parts in the play. They are the
parts Of RoXane Miss Margaret Bourne
ana MISS sumner Cleopatra. Miss
Bourne was the sweetheart of Alexander.
she rs entitled to great credit for her
work I'm a number of scenes Miss sum
ner is also deserving Of praise for her in
telhgent portrayal of "A woman driven
mad BY ambition.
Alexander the Great is staged after
the usual sumptuous Wagenhals & KEN
per style. That is to say, I'm scenic aC-
cessories there is nothing t. be desired.
The same play will be presented again to-
night and tomorrow night. For the matt
nee performance tomorrow Julius
Caesar viii be the offering and Julius
caesar VIII close the engagement on
Thursday evening.
a big audience saw Lincoln J. Carriers
Down Mobile omen an engagement Of
three nights and matinee at the Grand
last night. The name Of Mr.. Garter IS a
sufficient Guarantee that tho production
is full OF interest. life and action. Last
nights audience was not disappointed i'm
this regard The play was received with
many manifestations of approval
The company is evenly balanced but
last night the hCnOrs were won by Cal
III and Marie Del NeCchiO. who gave
thorough satisfaction. Down Mobile
goes tonight. tomorrow night and at a
matinee tomorrow.
The Novelty theatre on West Second
South street offered the usual Monday
night change of bill last night The new
programme is interesting throughout,
containing, as it does. several features
which are entirely new to Salt Lake.
Five performances viii be given daily
throughout the balance Of the week.
The Unique theatre on Main street Of
fered an attractive new programme last
night. The work of Harry Marshall. rag
time delineator, and Of O'Brien. the aero
batiC comedian, was especially pleasing.
The UNIQUE entertained large audiences
at five performances yesterday and VIII
doubtless finish the week to big business. /
That veteran theatrical man. John Ma
Euire is in the city representing the Jes-
sic Shirley company which comes to the
Grand for all Of next week Mr.. Ma
guire says Miss Shirley is q most capa-
bic actress and those who know him will
be perfectly willing 10 accept his judg-
ment and turn out in numbers to see her
performances.