The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1904-01-31

about that Mrs. Langtry settled upon
Mrs. behring's Dovoree' as the piece
de resistance Of her resent tour of the
United States. and she has abandoned
the other plays in her repertoire in its
favor. The play is a bright and spar
: king comedy. one Of the Strongest fea-
lures OF which is he perfectly natural
manner in which the Tarious characters
/ talk and act. There arr. some twenty
parts in the comedy. and these VIII be
! taken by members of Mrs. Langtry's
! imperial Theatre company who have
I supported her from time to time in her
( London play house Cf that name. The
plot Of Mrs behring's Divorce tells
/ of handsome English society woman
/ who mas divorced her husband for the
most trifiing causes and who realizes
4 after year of solitude thar she has
made a mistake. The realization comes
/ TO her when she learns that an eccen-
trio spinsler of 40 years IS about TO con-
/ tract a matrimonial alliance with her
( former husband. The spinster proves
/ good-hearted. even if she is not good
{ looking, for becoming appraised that the
/ beautiful diV0rcse still has q. tender
! regard for her ex-lord, she does every
/ thing she can TO bring them tOgeth sr
again, and finally succeeds. Mrs. Lang
try, as has always been her custom,
/ wears beautiful gowns, and in Mrs.
! behring's Divorce these are one of the
/ features Of the production. The seen
cry. too, IS elaborate, and II IS expected
! that the comedy win attract large audi
| ences, as Mrs. LangtTy has many ad-
mirel in this city, md 1t has been sew
eral years since she was last here. Mrs.
! Langtry's engagement viii include a
matinee on Wednesday afternoon.
/ Wednesday evening The Degenerates"
/ VIII be produced.
! The Salt Lake theatre announces
/ Way Down East" as its attraction
/ for the last half of the week. begin
ming Thursday evening
SceRically the play win be produced
( in the Same elaborate manner it has
/ been in other years. The majority of
! theatre-goers are familiar with the
/ story of Lottie Blair Parker's play
! As It's title indicates, her characters
/ are residents Of New England. The
] locale is .typieally rural The house
/ and farm of Squire Bartlett, furnish
/ the scenes OF the action. The first
4 setting shows the rear OF the home,
/ the barn and the pastures in the dis
/ lance. Here the squire's family are
/ assembled when q hapless Magdalene
! in the person of Anna Moore comes
I among them. She seeks work, and
] after considerable hesitation on the
! part of the squire, Is taken into the
Z family TO help about the house The
/ farmers sturdy son David Immediately
4 falls in love with her, though the farm
I ct had intended that the boy should
marry his cousin Kate
( The second scene shows the sitting
room of the sQuire's home with the
/ family in readiness to attend sur
/ prise party at neighbor's. Martha
/ Perkins, the village gossip, then APP
! pears upon the scene. She has heard
J a story of Anna MOoTe's past and her
( boundin' duty IS TO relate IT, with a
! great deal Of detail, to the squire and
I his wife. Anna Moore. says the gossip,
I has been q mother and her child lies
buried in the Belden churchyard. Con-
tinuing, the gossip lays much stress on
I the fact that there is no wedding ring
+ on the girls finger. The squire, who
/ believes in living according 10 the
/ scriptures, prepares to turn the girl
/ from the house, but refrains until he
! makes an Investigation to ascertain the
truth of this story.
+ The third act shows the kitchen Of
[ the sqUire's home. a terrific snowstOTm
/ RACES outside. The family and the
/ neighbOrs are gathered about the sup
/ per table. The squire has gone tn
! Belden. and his return is awaited with
/ much anxiety. None Knew the nature
( of his errand but his wife and the viz
J lage busybody.
The squire returns as the supper Is
/ placed on the table. He greets every
I body but Anna. in his big-hearted way.
! Then he turns his wrath upon the
/ girl, denOunces her and drives her
/ forth into the storm. Before going,
! however, Jhe girl reveals the fact that
{ she has been the victim of Il mock
/ marriage and that her betrayer was
I even then guest at the farmers Ia
! BILE. This episode furnishes the most
/ stirring Climax Of the play.
! The fourth act shows a maple sugar
( camp in a New England forest. The
7 search for Anna Moore is in progress.
! She is found IN a snowdrift more dead
! than alive The sources forgiVing ma
! ture asserts itself and the subsequent
/ and prospective happiness OF David
and Anna is the natural sequence OF
I the story. While the theme OF the
story is serious. there is d variety Of
i humorous incidents and comic char
, acterizations. These are found IN the
/ personalities of Hi HOiler. the chore
! boy Rube Whipple, the town con
! stable. and Seth Holcomb. a village
4 goOd-for-nothfng with a penchant for
/ lifelong bitters," and Professor SteT-
ing, butterfy-chasing summer
boarder.
4 Marie Heath. the dainty little SOU
/ brette, viii play an engagement at tae
Grand theatre Monday Tuesday and
/ Wednesday-mat Wednesday at >
/ p. m.-presenting story of New Eng
/ land life, entitled For Mothers sake
/ Miss Heath is certainly . diminutiye
+ actress. and has that happy kuack Of
pleasing an audience without any APP
parent effort. one critic, in writing Of
+ the lady's performance refers to her as
q dainty dramatic cocktail bubbling
with natural comedy Of the refined sort.
WITH a vOsee ike a iinnet. nightingale
+ and canary rolled into one. Among the
songs made popular bs Miss Heath are
! Wont You Come Out and Play and
/ Listen TO Ny Tale of Woe" an in
ali she has made many friends, and
now shat she has appeared IN the
/ broader scope OF drama. she has firmly
established herself as a great faY0rite.
Though a small actress hsr new role
! Of 10 Pembert0a, a country boy from
/ New England. fits her 10 a nicely. Ply
/ siCalIy Miss Heath has marked adEan-
/ tages over most soubrettesy Weighing
only about ninety pounds and all the
little actress needed was the opporfun-
ffr san has "a her 45ser saIar- To m p L..