Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1905-03-18

as TO bring the Illustration Of Il within
the confines of single evening. In
this way large quantities Of the original
material must be sacrificed and the
spectator familiar with the book nat
urally misses the absent matter and
feels sense Of disappointment Mr.,
Potter who is one Of the best construc-
tionlsts among all our dramatic writer's,
has very deftly put his dramatl2ation
OF Nancy stair together and II he has
not given us in the play form the whole
body Of the published story he has at
least filled in the crevices so wen as
to make their presence unnoticeable.
Whether the Scottish locale and char
acterizatlon Of this work viii be to it's
detriment as popular entertainment
or not remains to be seen. II has
generally been supposed that the Amer
lean public didn't care very much for
the Scotch or their native land but
even accepting this view Il Is quite
possible that the tender romance and
stirring episodes of Nancy stair" may
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twenty mine speaking characters in MIR.
Potters dramatization, and yet there
is none of the confusion which usually
accompanies the employment Of so
many personages. Miss Mannerlng' S
representation OF the heroine Is most
charming and delightful. This actress
has given us nothing since Janice Mere
dith to compare with Nancy, and NJ the
conclusion Of the performance she was
applauded with polite vehemence by the
large and delighted audience. A feat
ure Of the evening was the warm well
come extended to r. Daniel Frawley,
who had not previously been seen upon
the New York stage in a number OF
years During the Interval Mr.. Fraw-
ley had managed companies Of his own
touring through the far west and inal-
ly circling the globe. But neYerthe-
less this community had not forgotten
him, and when he came into view as
Robert Burns In Mr.. Potter's play the
applause was general and hearty. Mr..
Frawleys Characterization Of the
Scotch poet was adequate in all partlc-
ulars--a credltable and striking piece OF
acting calling for unhesitatlng commen-
dalton Other members of the cast
worthy Of mention were Robert Lor-
raine, Francis Carlyle, Clarence Handy
Sides Frank Losee. Stanley Hawkins
Herbert Carr, Maude Granger and Luz
ellie Flayen Scenically and otherwise
the production was a credit to the
manager. Frank Mckee.
Miss Ellis Jeffreys. the English ac-
tress who made her American debut
last week at the New Amsterdam thea
ter In 1.-THE Prince Consort," has been
go very well received that her mana
gers, Llebler & Co.. have arranged for
the extension Of her stay In New York
at another theater 10 was originally
planned that Miss Jeffreys should oc-
cupy the Amsterdam for n fortnight
prior TO the coming OF Richard Mans
field 10 that stately edifice, and II was
supposed that at the end Of that time
she would take up a spring tour OF the
other large cities, But when II was
seen that the actress had accomplished
a genuine success, arrangements were
made to secure a further opening for her
&C the Knlckerbocksr theater. TO which
establishment Miss Jeifreys and her
company viii be transferred next Mon
day night There seems no possible
doubt that our stage has found a most
valuable acquisition IN this handsome
and convincing player from abroad.
The opening Of the new Hippodrome
Is again postponed until some timo
during the week OF March 90 The de-
lays have been accustomed partly by
the upheayed condition OF the labor
world and partly by unforeseen obstacles
IN other directions, such as beset all
building operations OF any considerable
extent In New York The Hippodrome
IL 80 vast an undertaking not alone IN
the matter OF construction but In the
development OF the performances 20 be
given IN ltT "arious departments that II
Is really surprising 10 find Il IN a state
Of readiness as IL II nj present. There
Is no doubt that the public Is very keen
ly interested and that on the opening
night there viii be an outpouring such
as hasn't heen seen In the metropolis
IN many years,
Grace Georges engagement in "Abl-