Iron County record. [volume] (Cedar City, Utah) 1893-1982, 1903-04-03
THE PARowAN RRAMArIc.

two excellent dramas Which they hav,
presented Have been highly appreciated
rs was substantially shown by the pac
ked houses which they drew. The writ
er had the privilege Of witnessing bott
the performances. and in common with
the majority. and as far as we know
the whole, of the audience was well
entertained
We were pleased to see among the
company those old veterans Of the Par.
owan stage; George Taylor, David Ma.
theson, Alex orion and Il, # Benson,
without whose presence dramatic com.
pany from Pdrowan would not seem to
belong there. Since we had the plea.
sure of seeing the Parowan Dramatic
last there has been a number of new
members added including with but one
exception the whole of the lady mem
bership. together with c. d. Adams,
VIII Lee Adams, VIM II Holyoak, j. H.
Richards ana Clark Watson. 1t is diff
cult tC say which play was liked the
best by our townsfolks, some eynress.
ing preference for one and some for
the other. Space will not allow us to
treat the merits of the different actors
as muchih detail as Ne would like but
few words in that line is due to the
ably entertained us Mrs McGregor,
who is the lady that has been in the
troup the longest and who is the best
known in this city, seems to have VI
none of her Thespian skill since 40 Iost
saw her in the drama some~years ago,
and she did her part WITH sLnl H.
won for her warm eneS%iuns from her
many admirers. Mrsi rcn,,, Rosr,ns
sen as the housel<r 80 ,,o -
"A artemp-s eof ~ .He 'o'''
but was run down ~ eSpeeialiy "hen
coora. hegged his \. Scraggs down with
= nade g 'essr hTed him with the
she knoSa, 3. S>,poor Josiah should
her fist anS Or Rasmussen and
broom. The fdYthis lady in both
be warnip$ery good acting and as
probably1'edro, her makeup was pro.
playne best in the cast Miss Barb
<'Matheson daughter of Mr.. David
<Matheson Jr. although not In the best
OF health showed herself to be her faith
er's daughter by the able manner in
which she acquitted herself in the two
parts which she PLAYED while her.,
Her management Of Mr., Gregory Grimes
was calculated 10 Gil the minds of the
add Ia 4
their worst "IIalfs' with dismay.
George Taylor and David Matheson
were both very hard to beat Mr.
Matheson seemed as much at home In
purpose for him, while Mr. TAYLOR so
successfully disguised his real nature
in his impersonation Of the yillainous
characters he was playing as to win
the hatred Of the greater part of the
audience; ooh how | hate that fellow
and Course him | should like to choke
him. were remarks that we heard issue
from the lips Of some of tie fair one,
present. Others thought that he must
be a bad man at heart or he never could
play the william soperfectly Mr.. Taylor
make up was among the best presented.
Mr.. c. D. Adams was thoroughly at
home as political candidate, which
did not surprise us, but when he per-
formed the part of lover With equal
facility, we felt assured that he must
havt Love at home, or lie needs wat
"a u. Iurn eaat, IL f. 1 n,,.,,,
On the stage number Of times, but I'M
his part Of Mathew Brandon he surpas-
sed himself Ure of the most amusing
chaps IN the whole outfit was that long
Chuaman Wing Lee who might have
got lots OF patronage in the laundry
business If he could have been found
after the play II there was a
Monaghan colony in the county
there is no doubt but what he
could &C, Job as captain, Mr. j. Il
Richards and Will L, Adams performed
the parto assigned them credt0bly, but
as our Parowan correspondent says
when peaklng of the Cedar players,
"Still in the eternal fitness Of things
there was something lacking, and in
this case it was principally the makeup
Of Mr. Adams who was altogether too
youthful Ia appearance for lhe middle
aged part he had assumed II is no
doubt somewhat trying for fine looking
young fellows like win l.. to disagure
themselves so as to look like older folks,
butif they succeed in their impersouat-
ions IL must be done. Mr. Adams
stronghold is his good memory lie
appeared to be perfect IN his lines.
Last but not least that black rascal
,Hbehezer without whom tile last play
would have been lighter. Mr.. Wm H.
Iolyos,f made IN excellent i'upersona.