The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1904-06-05
PRESS AGENTS PROMISE.


Mrs. Leslie Carter win tenant the
Stage of the Grand theatre Monday.
tuesday and Wednesday nights, with a
special matinee ON Wednesday Mrs.
carter viii present David BeIasco's
play "Du Barry in which she has been
tamOusly successful during the past
lhlee seasons, achieving record break
lus tiiumphs Of 5s4 performances i'm
New York at the BelascO thea tre- two
months in Boston. eight weeks i'm
Philadelphia and twelve weeks i'm Chi
cago.
Mrs. Carriers art has heretofore il
lHmlued other roles powerfully but I'm
Du Barry il is said that her acting
aispidys more cOusummate art than has
ever been revealed by her before. There
O. magnetic witcherv about her
artistry thar makes the audience see
the Du Barry of actuality-that beauti-
ful milliuer girl who fascinated Louis
Quluze after NE had tired of the beau
tles of mis- own luxurious court at
Versailles.
AIR. BeiascO could not have found a
more interesting and intensely human
character for the exploitation of Mrs.
Carters brilliant histri0uism than
Louis More than Queen The central
figure as she is. of one of the most
dramatic periods of Frances history.
makes the theatrical possibilities i'm the
hands Of such a master OF stage-CTaft
as rs Mr. BelasCO easily apparent. In
troduced i'm the play first as Jeaunete
NauberHier, pretty miilineF of the
Rue ST. Honore, the girls transit to an
apartment in the royal palace at Yer
sailles with Partisan gambling house
for half way station. is rapid The
first two acts of the play are devoted
90 the telling of this transition from
mlliner's apprentice 10 the faVOTite of
one of Frances most famous rulers.
Always being carried ON and on, and
always the wrong way, as she herself
expressed ID. Jeanette gains a title by
marrying the dissOlUte Count Gull
laume du Barry. while she loses a true
lover in the flight. And there is
abundant evidence during the action
of the drama that she regrets more
than anything else i'm her career the
loss of this sOldier-sWee theaTt-COsse
Brissac. a member of the kings guard
who is conveniently bauished by
Louis, that he may never a gain see the
fascinating La du Barry. The third act
finds jeanette Naubernier Of the little
miiuner shop established as the COun-
tess du Barry. the royal faVOrite. and
practically the absolute ruler Of France
Then the bauished Cosse Brissac
comes back, despite the regal warning
and is shot and severely wounded by
one of the palace guards. The scene is
iu the chamber of the faVOrite COsse
st8ggers through window and falls
an the feet OF his former sweetheart.
just as the king knocks at the door.
Du Barry is at her wits end 70 con-
Ceal her lover, and finally deliberately
strikes him upon mis- wound, rendering
him unconscious. She carries him TO
her bed and covers him with be-
ieWeiied coVeTlct. Then the king is
= #a..H fre. ID IN
tile search tor the wounded lover is in-
sttuted. A moment later Jean du
Barry. the br0ther-iu-laW Of the favor
lte discovers the presence of COSse and
demands "a fortune for his silence. Du
Barry is now determined 10 save
Cosse's life at any cost and Ban the sue
Ceeding act, after most enchanting
fete scene. when Jean de Barry enc
deaVOrs 90 reveal her secret she hits
him upon the head with a candelabrum-
Telling him CD the ground Then, rely
ing on the kings promise that Cosse' s
life shall be spared, she herself tells %
his hiding place. but deny her love for
him she viii not, and does not, and the
curtain falls upon q suikinsly eftec-
tive scene i'm which Ia du Barry dis
graces Louis before his court. Then
come the days of the revolution. Louis
is dead. and la du Barry IS condemned
10 death The uumbril is carrying her
past the very milhner shop in which
She commenced her career, when she
sees COssa stHl constant and loving
AS the mob surrounds the death cart
and boots and jeers at the one-ume
faForite she murmuTs to Cosse, TOO
bad we never picked those Yiolets. isn't
SEQ" Then the tumbrli moves off 90
the guill0Une.
AIRS Carter's company remains
ideutically the same as GA the occasion
az the original production of Mr. Bel
8scos play. The principal players are
Charles A. Stevenson. who plays louis
Ky. campbell Gollan, the scheming
br0ther-in-law. Jean du Barry; and
Charles MilWard. the s3ldier-loVer.
C0sse Brissac.
ar Belasco calls the especial att
ienGon of local theatre goers to the
fact that 0n account of the unusual
length of the performance the curtain
viii rise promptly at s O'Clock in the
evening AND All . O'Clock al the Wedues-
day afternoon presentation.
The Athon-W ilson-Clarke combina
ti0n has been furnishing some first
class vaudeville entertainment 90
patrons of Che salt Palace theatre and
the audiences have been desarVedly
large This week the company puts ou
q short farce THE Eufmture Man 3
which IS said to be one 0f the funniest