The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1904-05-15

during the remainder of a rarely beau
tifuI production. Even way back in
Z 1882, when Goodwin first appeared in
a Shakespearean role at the great dra-
, matte festival held in Cincinnati, as
the first grave-digger in Hamlet,
they laughed. '-Buuy boy shouted
the crowd when he came on the stage
in the conventional garb Of the great
est Old man character part ever writ
ten, and they laughed SO cousumedly
that he was finally forced to appeal
to them. ladies and gentlemen he
is reported to have said II am en-
deavOTing to portray one OF the most
beautiful characters ever written by
that greatest of all playwrights; give
me a chance" And the audience
thought it was one of the most subtle
bits of hUmOr, and laughed without
restraint. When he finally compelled
attention his portrayal OF the part
earned for him the most UnbOunded
enthusiasm among scholars and lovers
Of the great bard's works. The re-
mainder Of the cast was a wonderfully
strong one. Tt is strong today in Temi-
niscences. Just think of Booth as
Hamlet Barrett as Laertess John Nc
CullOugh as the ghost. Tom Keene as
the king Modjeska as Ophelia,
Janauschek as the queen and Fred
PauIding as HoratiO. Tt is now an
open secret that nv. Goodwin viii es-
say Shakespeare again, and it is Ger
tain that he viii give US a most ad-
mirable production, and If he can con-
uuer the r-tTiggerlike Tisiblties of
rs audience he viii be a success, but
it is feared the public viii insist upon
seeing him I'm parts not TRACE, but
created TO ache their sides with laugh
ter. In any event, Goodwin can afford
the extravaganza. Taking the advice
of his devoted wife Miss Maxine FL
lott. Mr. Goodwin has been putting
away his wealth in the sort of earthly
property that moth and rust do not
corrupt. and is now said to be worth
i'm the neighborhood of round mil
lion. Even Shakespeare cannot quite
destroy so large bank roll
How much better it viii be for A. NJ
Palmer to revive the success of his
mana geriaI career, D'EnneTy's Two
Orphans" with a cast that viii compel
attendance, than 10 would have been
to have given him a "Wneft. That
the veteran director deserves reward i'm
these, his declining days, there is no
gainsaying, but it viii please him more
and please his friends more that he
shall have opportunity of earning il.
than that f. should come iu the nature
and form Of charity.
Barring, possibly, Uncle Toms Cab
in." the French meIodrama has had
more performances in America than
amy other play, and it is stiH occasion
ally revived with success. The original
production Of THE Two Orphans" was
given by AIR. Palmer at the Union
Square theatre jim New York on Dec 8,
1874. and the company at that time in
cluded Charles I'hOrue, Mckee Rankin,
Stuart Robson, Kate ClaNton, Fanny
MoTdaunt Rose Eytinge, Charles Pas
sell. Kitty Blanchard, Mrs. Mckee
Rankin, 4. f. Mackey, w O. Coggs-
well and Ida Vernon In comparison
with the cast Of 1874 the very remark
able cast of 1904 Will be made up of
kyrie Bellew, James O'Neill, Charles
Warner j. III. Gilmour, =. NJ Holland.
jameson Lee Finney- Grace George,
Margaret Ellington, clara Morris, An
ME irish, Elita Proctor Otis and Clara
Blandick, practically an aIi-star cast,
The melOdrama was published in
France long before there was an inter-
national copyright law and was cOnss-
quently Open to foreign seizure. With-
out the consent Of Adolf d 'Euuery, the
author. TRANSACTIONS were made in many
languages The English version, which
was produced BY AIr- Palmer was made
By Hart Jackson. q playwright. who
received but $500 for his work. His
daughter, Ethel Jackson, IS now Mrs.
J. Fred Zimmerman, ir. 10 Ennery's
play had been successfully produced in
Paris but in London Ii was received
with but slight favor. Hart Jackson
had a hard time disposing of his trans
iation- j. B. Booth was at that time
manager of Booths theatre. His wife,
Agnes Booth. read the manuscript over
and thought she perceived its practical
value However. AIr. Booth allowed the
play 70 so begging.
AR. Palmer had read the play over,
but had not accepted 1t. His main rea-
son was that the play carried along
two separate apd distinct stories. and
he was afraid that the audience would
become confused in following both sto-
ries Mr. Palmer permitted himself 10
be persuaded into making the expert
nent OF producing +'The Two Orphans. %
TIE event proved his managerial crit
iesm 10 De unfOunded- Although Che
two sisters were separated in the first
act and did not come together until