The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1904-12-07

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onaeth ms out &c the ordinary
81 OF entertainsae emit was presented mat
y $ineeSa and zeyening at Memorial
III Gordon 9 Bennett Jernsale en- nh,
City. a scrip tnra1 drama. b,
Ell Clarence Bennett, auth Of "A Roya
a Slave, recently seen In the same thea
4 tire. Not so colossal nor as spectacu
q lar as Ben Hur' or the famous sPas
4 sion Play The Holy city at the
s same time is q drama that inspires
" reverence and there can be no thought
& of thesacriIigious, because. while the
d theme is sacred. there is no imperson
4 alton in the Man of Galilee, though
a the pres ence of the Nazarene within
s sightso the apostles and otherHcha
Il acters of the drama is indicated In
I the scenes. The story begins with; the
4 appearance5sof j ohm the Baptist the
4 beheading Of him through the machi-
a nations of Herodias and the priests
and the various Incidents leading up
to the crucidxion and he5rising Of the
i Lord and Master dental to the
unfolding Of the Bible story is the love
| for Salome, step-daughter OF Ierod Of
tMarius, a Roman, who renounces$ her
to espouse Christianity and who re-
Fleets all her overtures of love with.
horror after her part in the beheading
Of ] Ohm, a strong climax being reached
in the last act, when. after Salome in
her endeayor5 to kill Andrew, fatally
stabbed Marius, she begs his forgive
ness, Is forgiven, and after pronounc-
ing a curse on hermother, estabs her
ssaI a nh fo 10 1ao1 tho hnaxrs or
Marius. The drama in the main fol-
lows the scriptural story quite close
" and many of the speeches are from
the testament text. The play is
scenically strong, the costuming rich
and elaborate and the stage setting IN
.consonance with the dignity and rev.
erential character Of the subject, not
an untoward or unseemly word, action
or incident marrfng the effect. The
cast is worthy of the drama. Clyde
B. Callotte portrays the charac ter of |
Marius intelligently and forcibly Or
rts ODER, as :Sa1ome. impersonated the
part very acceDtably. Raymond Gill
bert was John, the Baptist and his ac-
ton was dignihed. Isabelle Winloche.
as Elizabeth, mother Of John, deliver
GU
tors and the s1ayers of her son in an
awe-inspiring manner. her splendid
voice and bearing being one Of the
best features of the presentatio on. -:
(Pa.) Evening News, Ocs
tobers Is, 1904.
The Holy City comes to Grand OPP
era House on the 18th instant.
Clarke In t.Monsieur Beaucaire.s
It is easy to see why the book of
Monsieur Beaucaire" appealed to
Richard Mansfield, who appeared a
ew years ago, for the principal char 4
lcter rather reminded one of his IA
nous Baron Cheyral in the Partisan
romance, while tie settings were i
hose of Beau Brumm el = In time and
lace. The book lent itself for an ]
asy transfer to the stage, as the; play
s given by Creston Clarke last night
t the Nesbitt was merely setting +
utGof the scenes of the book with but Z
ew additions and neschange and that n
,aS in the ending. il
The ending in the book is the more a
,Gical one but it seems that audiences is
emand that the hero and heroine be il
nited before the final curtain and o
UGH has been sacrificed to the pub e
c'ss wish by Evelyn Greenleaf Suther- 81
nd. who made the play from the III
Doth Harrington novel. The play n
as a delightful one and the bright
aes and situations followed naturally .
lie after the other. The character Ss8
Beaucaire is a happy blending Of
l the qualities which bring delight j
I a woman,s eye. He was wttys
aceful, quick to resent insult and
with beautiful speeches for
e girl he loved. Creston Clarke has
me some excellent work in his plays, 4 w
1ich have run from melodrama to N,
lakespeare and notably his portrayal vi
y the Jester in the. Fools Revenge, $cr
It last nights performance was the ba
ST endeavor of his career. The part an
pealedsto him and the many sided eli
70 had a portrayal which was in Oh
cry way as good as given to 1T by &c
ansfeld, while Clarke had the adj ii,
ntage5 Of looking as young as the ST.
TT demanded: which Mansfield did he
t. The remarkable feat of carrying
french accent. viii ch did not descend no
% a bl1rleSuI1e was one of the fea-g -