The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1904-01-24

= and Saturday Matinee, Paul =
= Gilmore in 1.-THE Mummy and =
y the HummingbiTd." =
GRAND.-Dark throughout >
= the week. = /
4*4*%& > = ? = = = = = /
VksITH reference TO that Ibsen show. /
w Ghosts" It was the only the /
atricaI production at the Salt /
Lake theatre last week, and il has /
caused more deep, Woodworking thought [
i'm salt Lake than any play that has |
been seer here in a long, long time. We /
know it caused thought. because OF the /
questions that have been asked about |
it. For instance:
Did the preacher set the orphanage
on fire? If So why, when he knew IL
was not insured?
Was there a guilty compact between 1
the preacher and the carpenter? If so, !
why? What held did the carpenter
have on the preacher?
Was the preacher a good man or a
Aypocrite?
Would the average woman act as the
wife in Ghosts acted2
And 50 on. world without end But
he thing that is most interesting TO
many of us Is: How did the young
man who played the part of the son
make the light die out of his eyes a It
the end of the last act? The feat was
accomplished largely by the action OF
a white light thrown on him from the
left first entrance This light was d..
rected into the actors face in such a
way as to make his eyes, when turned
in a certain way, seem absolutely blank.
We cannot leave the subject OF
Ghosts without some comment on a
criticism written by the head Of one
of salt Lakes best known educational
institutions. That writer calmly an
nounced that the only good character
i'm the play-tbat is. the only spOtless
character-was the carpenter II is DIFF
ficult TO understand how the educa tor
acquired such a notion. Every move
merit of the carpenter, every expression,
every word he spoke. almost. indicated
thorough and most detestabie Villalny.
Why. the fellow had the aUdacity to
propose almost in so many words, 20
make the girl he claimed al his daugn-
ter the mistress of sailcrnien in London.
Either the mind of the writer referred
10 is unbelievably pure or he is sinSG-
larry lacking in perceptive powers
only one attraction is booked for Salt
Lake this week. That one is Paul Gil
more. who appears at the salt Lake
theatre next Friday and Saturday
evenings and Saturday matinee in The
Mummy and the Hummingbird. john
Drew's old play. Gilmore was here last
wear. in another Drew play. The Tyr
amy of Tears" AT that time he MADE
an exceptionally favorable impression
on the amusement-laving public. EF-
ervvhere he has been this season he mas
been RECEIVED with enthusiasm and the
critics without exception have been eS-
tremely friendly.
The Grand is TO be dark throughout
the week. owing 10 cancellations, Dur
next weeks things viii liven up again al
the popular play house
PRESS AGENTS PROMISE.
some time ago when Paul Gilmore
was starring ia The Musketeers, %
''Inder the Red Robe ana other TO
mantle plays, several critics insisted
4ipon thrusting the shoes OF the late
SaIvini upou him. and. as the Matt
nee CirT, ia the Boston Traveller said:
Right svorthiIy could this young ac-
TOR wear them but his own shoes are
alt right and ne can AFFORD To stand
IN them" Now, since Mr. Gilmore has
taken uD the modern drama again, the
critics, when this actor appeared last
season IN Ine tyranny VI AedIsf
called him Johns Drews successor y
ar. Gilmore's methods are entirely dit
ferent from either of the worthy stars
above mentioned but because he has
met with great success in the Drew
plays@"The Tyranny of Tears and
'sThe Mummy ana the Bumnling Bird
one must needs compare the two men,
AR. Gilmore's style is quite his own,
and that style is quite different from
that Of M Drew. While fully recog-
MIXING his predecessors unquestioned
ability as an artist. Mr. Gilmore gives
very different Characterization 10
the part Of Lord Jack Lumley IN
..-rhe Mummy and the Humming Bird,
and everywhere the critics have almost
unanimously united in their praise OF
the younger actors work in this inter
est{na role. Where John Drew played
she character az msddle-agcd Eng
fish gentleman, Mr. Gilmore adds
,-ollfh GOOD looks and considerably
more animation 90 the part. playing
NY Lord" as "a typical young English
,-artfenan. The character was orig
malls created by Charles Wyndham
tho noted London comedian. and TIT
plays enjoyed very prolonged ant
euccessfui run in the big English me
fronolis. It also ran for almost an en-
tire season &C the Empire in New
york. Ia 'tThe Mummy and the Hum
ming Bird" the versatile Ms. Gilmor'
bids fair TO achieve even greater sue
cess than last season in The Tyranny
~ Tears" AR Gilmore and an excel
lent supporting company VIII Dresen
'sTbe Mummy ana the HumminE BIRD