The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-10-27
Hn1uSemenfS.

Viewed entirely as a spectacular pro
duction, Ben Fur' is the most wonder
fuI thing that mas ever come over the
westward rails. It is difficult to describe
it's gorgeousness. There is enough play
to carry the scenery and Just apOut
Hur'' would be a flat failure. 81 ms
there can be no question. The last UNIT
of mechanical cunning as appIleG ~ ~
stage effects, seems TO have been
LAST nights audience was not the
greatest, in point Of numbers, tE 1bls mas
But il was the greatest from the slan1-
point of money. There were d DlldlSr W.
theatrical man. in the house. EVERY sea-
from orchestra to ceiling, had an occu-
pant On every floor a fringe OK peoPiS
stood throughout the performance
For so large an audience il was SIN
guiarly cold. only once did II really
warm up. That was, Of course IN 1IlS
chariot race scene. a scene so taiInlui 70
life that il was startling, even though
we knew it wasn't a race at all, Out an
imitation. Those eight horses gahoped
apparently at the rate OF a mile a mn
ute There was nothing faxed about
those horses.
They ran for their lives. At the open
ing the chariot Of Messiah was little pm
the lead. Then slowly, slowly. Zen ti itl
overlook him. crawling up unJll, az IIe
psychological moment the chariot WHeeIs
locked the chariot of MESSIAH was
Smashed and Ben Hur drove on tTt-
umphant. such applause has rarely been
heard i'm the theatre. Tt was not long
continued. but 1t was genuine wnlie IL
lasted, just one great cheer that shooh
ben Hur. as has been said. does not
depend for it's success on the play llSelL
or on the Individual performers. A great
deal of interest centered in the Work OF
Alphouse Either. who is vel rememo eIed
here for his CoriantOn IN the unlamented
play of that name. Mr.. Either won ap-
prevail on several occasions for his Mes
sala. The star, though. was William j.
Kelley as Ben Hur. Mr.. Kelley dld eN-
ceedingly well I'M some difficult scenes
J OF the women the best were Miss Julia
A. Herne as Esther and Miss Neletae
The Ben Hur'' engagement runs
through Friday night. with matinceS to
morrow and Thursday.
Jessie Shirley and her company-her
Z excellent company. as the bills very
properly call represented ''Trilby" to a
/ night and presented It we'll The leading
characters were all well handled in the
main especially those Of Trilby. Sven
gall. Taffy and ZOu Zou Miss Shirley
/ looks as one likes a Trilby to look. She
/ is just the right stature and face Tor the
/ part Furthermore. she knows how to
act Trilbv without OVERRIDING 1t and max
inZ Fl foolish. Her work was uniformly
D good throughout and II was with genuine
/ regret that those present witnessed the
death of the unfortunate girl As sven
/ gall George u. MCQuarrie was sufficient
/ ly horrible in appearance and nature 70
/ please the most eNactlng. He handled
/ the part well and made many pounds oi
/ flesh creep during the evening. Tom 3.
I LOTUS. nephew of our own dearly be
] loved Dan LOTUS. is a big fellow and
] was a success as Taffy. the Well-mean-
l ing but sl0w-thinking Englishman who
/ loved the unhappy lovers Of the play sC
/ dearly Edmund Abbey. although a shade
I large for a Little Billie. acted the part
/ Of the young victim of a tOo-soliCitous
] mother and a wicked hypnotist very well
! q. F. RalstOu was good as ZOu LOu- We
/ have not the pleasure OF knowing any
( French dukes. but III they are as enjoy
/ able as Mr.. Ralston leads MS TO think We
! shall hunt one up at the earliest OpDOT.
/ tunity. Leslie G.. Greer looked and acted
/ the benevolent old Scot that Du MaurieI
[ had in mind when he created The Laird
/ but Mr.. Greer does not use quite enough
Scotch accent. The minor parts were
! well taken care Of. The company is wei
! put together and presents the piece in
/ manner so altogether intelligent that Il
I appeals strongly TO everyone In the audi
/ euCe. ''Trilby viii be given tonight anC
Z tomorrow night, with a matinee tomOr
{ row afternoon The week viii be finished
, with "A Modern Magdalen.'
Washington. oct. 2C.-viola Allen and
/ company appeared in a revival Of Shake
Z speare-s comedy. Twelfth Night. at thu
! National theatre tonight. There was
| very fashionable audience present anC
/ Miss Allen achieved e notable success II
/ her first appearance i'm short clothes He
acting was delightful I'm the comedy anC
/ love scenes.
John Blair scored a hit as MaIvoHo
I while the comedy parts were taken bl