Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1904-10-15

Special Correspondence
n lew YORK, OcLlO.-We have an
IN other consplcuously active week
VI In the New York theaters, the
principal feature Of which Is
Charles Frohman's production Of sar.
dou's romantic melodrama, "The sor.
ceress' with Mrs Patrick Campbell In
the leading role. at the New Amster-
dam theater This Is the play written
by Sardou for Nine Bernhard and
played by her In Paris and London with
sweeping and irresistible success While
one would not ordinarily draw compar-
Isons between the greatest French trag.
edlenne and Mrs. Campbell, II must be
admitted I'm the present Instance that
the feline qualities Of the latter are 30
very closely suited TO the characteris-
ties OF the Moorish heroine OF THE Sor-
ceress' that Sardou himself might have
had Mrs. Pat In his mind while writing
the play The girl who IL the center Of
this work Is a Moor, possessed OF GER
tain hypnotic powers and living In To.
ledo mot Toledo, Ohio), where she Is
loved by Spanish officer, who In turn
is betrothed to the daughter OF the
governor HOraya throws her rival into
q mesmerl0' state, impcrsonates her
at. the altar and weds her Spanish Low.
en- who Is sentenced to death FOR hay.
Ing violated the law against lntermar.
riages with the Moors. She saves his
life by testitylng that she had bewtch.
ed him as well as the governors daugh-
ter and she gains respite for herself
by bringing that young woman back TO
her normal state, But the populace.
thinking Zoraya possessed Of the devil,
pursuos her TO the cathedral door, seek.
lng her life, when the young Spanish
officer rushes TO her assistance and
fights yaliantly against overwhelming
odds. Al last when there Is no further
hope OF succor, the lovers kin them
eslves, and most powerful and vivid
play reaches Ia termination Mrs.
Campbell's impersonatlon Is by FAR the
best she has shown In this country II
is full OF nervous force and vitality.
and Will greatly strengthen her artistic
position hc'o She is capitally support
ed by GU andlng as the lover and
by other ubers Of an organization
embracing Frederick Perry, Fuller Mel.
llsh. Gertrude Coghlan and others
The pictorial embellishments are In
keeping with the Frohman standard.
OF totally different type, but equal
~ satisfactory In It's outcome, was the
first representation Of George AIDES
Korean comedy set 90 music by Gustav
Luders under the title "The Sho-Gun,'
at Wallacks theater where great
audience laughed and applauded with
the utmost heartiness throughout the
evening. "The Shotgun had previous
~ been observed in Chicago and Bos.
ton, but the edge Of It's humor had been
IN no wise dulled to the appreciation OF
the New York public. The piece deals
with the adventures Of an up-to-date
American boomer among the benighted
people OF the distant east, whose en-
tire system OF government and life he
upsets with speed and aplomb, The
dialogue and Characterlzatlons sup
piled by Mr.. AIDE are entirely worthy
OF his imagination, and his lyrics are
not alone smooth and graceful but full |
Of meaning, sometimes satlrical. some-
times IN the line OF gently poking fun,
but always containing an idea--a con-
ditlon somewhat rare In these days Of |
loose construction and lOOser literary |
treatment The music Is in Mr. Lu.
ders' best vein, melOdiOusly merry In |
It's lighter passages and sOnorous and |
ringing In the ensembles The pro-
ductlon provided by Henry w, Savage |
Is 5umpluous beyond words and in com.
plete harmony with the subject, Charles
y. Evans as the enterprising American |
Dt Mr. AIDES story, had rOuslng well
come and carried OF the part with far |
greater success than he had previously |
achieved since the good old days OF
Evans and Hocy In "A Parlor Match"
Georgia Caine made q distinct hit as
Once Oml, the Korean widow with |
whom the American falls In love, con- /
.ributlng a most charming figure u
he entertainment. Christie Macdonald
rs the young princess, was q delight TO
eye and ear, and the cast I'm general
was entirely above the mark, including
Carrie Perkins, Edward h. Martlndell,
David Terrence, Thomas G. Leary and
numerous others, backed by a chorus
clothed and strlklngly
Unanswered under the stage direction Of
George r. Marion THE Shotgun
ylll doubtless run we'll into the spring
It Wallack's.
AZ the Lyric theater Ous skinner has
received an earnest welcome IN THE
an adaptation OF Jean
lie Cheminesu," The piece
8 not a mere translation, the scene
laying been transferred to the wheat
lelds of Canada 70 bring the story
within the easy range Of American
ma natlon--althouBh II would have !
,een a powerful and well told tale