Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1905-01-14

n CIV YORK, Jan. V,--Tremend-
M Gus is the power OF Mrs, Leslie
Carter in "Adrea,' the new
drama by David Belasco ana
John Luther Long, which viii hold the
| stage OF the 3elasco the0ter from now
until such time In the hot weather pc
riOd as the star and manager may de-
cidc upon for lts withdrawal--temp
arily at least, In theme, scene treat
ment ana al else that may be named
IN dramatic construction end present.
ment this play Is very far away from
anything that has ever been shown up
on our stage. Described by rs author
as pure fiction, It Is 80 convincing In
its realism that the spectator instlnc-
lively regards It rs absolute history
a somewhat remarkable condition at a
time when so many historical plays
| have the effect of sheer fiction. The
scene OF "Adrea" Is upon the Island Of
Adrca IN the Adrlatic sea I'm the year
| 800 A. D. The Princess Adrea is be-
| trothed to Kaeso, one OF the trbunes OF
her father the king but when the sol
der finds that she viii not succeed to
the throne, owing to the fact that she
Is blind he transfers his affect-ns TO
hec sister Julia, In order TO further his
own ambitions. Adrva does not know
OF the marriage OF Julia TO Kaeso, and
when these two are upon the throne
they marry Adrea TO the court fool,
Lending her to believe he Is In reality
the man OF her love. She suspects some
Trick ana prays to the gods Cor the res
tclatlon Of her sight. IN response
bolt OF lightning restores her vision, and
all Is revealed TO her. Filled with fury
Of semi barbarous woman bitterly
Wronged, she seizes the throne and or
der5 kaeso to be whipped Ia death,
AZ he 10 being led TO execution her love
for him oyermasters her rage, and she
seeks to save his life The populoce,
however, Is enraged beyond control
pnd In order 10 prevent Kuesu from dyl
ins az the hands OF the people by meth
o0s OF torture she stays him. Years af-
terWard a young prince, the fruit OF
the union OF Adrea's sister Julia with
haeso, sets up revolution, and "a cap-
tured and brought before the queen for
sentence She sees In his countenance
a reproduction of the beloved features
OF kaeao. and resolves to have him
proclaimed king. In order to insure
TINS result she throws open a window
Of the palace, allowing the sun to
stream into her eyes in the knowledge
mat the exposure will again deprive
he' Of her sight, thus rendering her
continued rule impossible under
stumbles to the foot Of the
throne and halls the young prince mon
arch Here the play ends with a scene OF
Intensity that II Is quite impossible to
describe, leaving upon the mind of the
observer the conviction that he has
passed the evening not alone with one
OF the most powerful plays I'm the Eng
llsh language, but with an actress fully
as great as Rachel or Bernhard or
Ristori Obviously the most stirring
episodes Of the drama are those in
which Adrea's anguish and fury are
commingled at the discovery that she
has been duped into false marriage.
and the one which occurs at the con-
cusion of the story. Either In itself
would have been sufficient 10 prove Mrs.
Carter the foremost actress Of her time
and tongue, The complete mastery Of
both OF them within the compass OF an
evening Is an accomplishment that
must command the unbounded aGmira-
ton Of all who come TO see "Adrea"
Is staged with barbarlc splondor and
that extraordinary attention 20 detail
for which David Belasco Is noted II
Is played admirably throughout. the
principal successes falling upon Tyrone
Power as Kaeso, j. II Benrlmo as the
court fool, Charles A. Stevenson as the
battle brother Of Kaeso and II. d. Me-
Lean. Claude GinIngwater and Edith
Crane, There must be fully 100 persons
embraced IN the complete organization,
obi .ls 100 .1a..N
the greatest Of ALTO the unbrOken
list OF Belasco theater triumphs
At the Savoy theater the successor
TO Mrs, Wigs Of the Cabbage Patch"
Is Augustus Thomas new comedy called
Mrs Lehingwels Boots The piece
Is a capital example OF the frolicsome
spirit OF It's author, and II Keeps the
audience In almost continuous laughter
from the first scene TO the final cur
tain. The story Is laid In Larchmont on
the Sound In the Bonner villa, where
som friends are being entertained by
Mrs Bonner, whose jealous husband Is
absent There arises terrific storm
which not alone prevents the departure
of some guests who do not enjoy the
approval of the husband but drives
other persons into the house for shell
away. Upon this foundation Mr. Thorn
az has built structure Of cross purpose,
jealousy and confusion which eVoBes
hnarlty that often amounts to uproar
The season has certainly produced no
comedy entertainment Of a more Divert
ing quality than Mrs, Lehlngwclps
Boots" for the Interpretation OF which
Chas Frohman has organized one of the
best companies imaginable, Among the
players are Fay Davis, Jessie Busley
Margaret Ellington, Dorothy Hammond
william Courtenay, Vincent Serrano, j.
H. Barnes, Ernest Lawford and J, H.
Savilc.
with Lleber & Co. MS his hackers,
thus insuring not alone financial sta
bility but skilled direction, Arnold DAILY
Is launched as o real star AZ the Garriclt
theater In George Bernard Shaws you
/ Never Can Tell'-and perhaps you
never can, But In this instance Il
| looks very much ms though you could
| foretell a successful career for this
| young actor and the building up of a
| dlstlnctively Bernard shaw cult I'm
New York, and the other large cities.
| "You Never Can Tolw is unlike other
| plays IN that II depends for acceptance
| less upon the strength and compleNity
Of IT'S story than upon the grim, caustIc
/ and incisiye quality Of rs dialogue.
| The author might have been mora
| widely popular writer had there been
| less OF bitterness IN the output Of his