The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-03-25

fore reasonable to suppose that the
event should awaken uncommon inter-
est among playgOers.
The locales of THE Strength of the
/ Weak are placed in and near New
York City. The action begins in the
American University for Women on
graduation. Pauline Darcy, a young
/ orphan whose education has been pro-
vided by an INSCRIPTIONS guardian,
! Mr. Abbott, the quondam friend of her
parents, has written a book. The book
/ is published anonymously and is about
/ to reflect certain phases of her life and
! her relations with Abbott. With the
proceeds from the sale of the book the
girl intends TO repay Abbott the
amount he has spent on her and thus
endeavOr to free herself from the past,
| the realization of which aWakens her.
Abbott also renews his protestations of
affection. The second act occurs at a
Hunt club ball, given at Mrs. Dare S
place on Long Island. Tom Dare, the
son Of the hostess. annoys Pauline with
his attentions and is repToved. He lis
tens to the story about Pauline told
by a servant once in the employ of Alb
bolt, and intends to use this informa-
ton against the girl. About this time
Paul1ne's friends learn that she is the
author Of a book, which has become
the subject of literary as we'll as draw
ing room discussion. They couple the
substance of her work with the mys-
teriOus manner in which she treated
all Inquiries regarding her family, and
Tom Dare is just about to renounce her
as Abbott's mistress when Adams
claims her as his betrothed.
Two subsequent acts. placed in Pau
lines rooms in New York apartment
house. are replete with complications
which lead through splendid dramatic
situations to a perfectly natural de-
movement. The discovery that Adams
is Abbott's son and the struggle be-
tween the two for the moral and pos
sessive right To the girl, conspire to
make strong Climaxes and scenes and
emphasize the clever construction TO
be found i'm the new play,
Miss Roberts has assembled an ad-
mirable company of players, headed by
Max Figman, the we'll known comedian
under whose directions the play is pro-
duced. and including such capable ac-
tors as James 2. Wilson, Eugene Or
monde. H s NOrthTup. Robert Nc
Wade. Gregory Rodgers, Florence Rob
insOn. Adelaide Manola. Ruth Allen,
Lucille York. Mary Bertrand and Lii
Ian Armsby-
Mr.. Frederick Warde will give two
ShakespeaTean recitaIs at the Salt Lake
theatre next Thursday. In the after
noon he viii present The Women Of
Shakespeare" and in the evening
Hamlet" will be the play used in re-
cital
The purpose of Mr.. Warde's recitals
is to encourage the study of Shakes
pears and to remove the mistaken i'm
preston of prOfundity and Obscurity,
and illustrate the beauty of his pOesy,
the depth of his philosophy, the univer-
salty of his knowledge and his all
pervading Christianity. They are the
result of a life times devotion to the
study of the subject and association
with the master minds who have rep
resented the marvellous creations of the
poet upon the stage. Mr.. WaTde's re-
citals differ from the usual stereOtyped
methods. During his recital after a
scene or act which he has impeTsOn-
ated he will pause, and in delight
full and refreshing manner give cur
rent comments on the subject of the re-
Cital. He delivers his remarks with a
simple and direct, yet dramatic and
impressive force. They are entertain
ing and abound in flashes of wit and
humOT-
At the Salt Lake theatre next Friday
and Saturday nights, March 80 and 81,
the University of Utah Dramatic club
appears in its new play, 'NiObe." a
comedy in three acts by Harr-- and Ed
ward POultOn. authors of DO cas- and
"Erminie" The club is to b. cOngrat-
ulated on it. 'hoice this y ~, for no
play of recent ctp'es has met with more
immediate success than ''Niobe." 1t
ran for 300 nights in New York and
holds the record run for any new play
at Boston. At the present time 'NiObe"
Il
plays on the stage. The cub presents
it by permission of Alice Kauser. New
York
According to the old C-eaS legend.
Niobe. wife of Ampheon, king of
Thebe. was turned into stone because
of her incessant weeping. The pay
opens with this marble Ni0be as
statue in the house of New York
business man. Peter Amos DunI- iIr.
Dunn is having his house wired pre-
paratOry to putting in the electric
lights. and through carelessnesS a wire
is left i'm contact with the feet of the
statue. In the evening whea the cur
rent is turned on, the electricity awak-
ems some vital principle In Niobe's b.
ing and she comes to life Mr. Dunn
IS alone i'm the house at the time and
the scene which follow between the
two is one which give the play its chief
merit. Mr.. Dunn dares not tell his wife
the true story for fear she would not
believe him, so he accounts for NiObe'S
presence in another way. AS r govern
eSs for Dunn's children is expected
daily, he tells his wife that NiObe is the
new gOVerness- All goes well until tie
real gOyerness appears and NiObe falls
i'm love with Dunn. Then all sorts of
complications follow. giving rise to
some very clever scenes where ample
opportunity is afforded to every one
Finally the truth about Niobe leaks
out and i'm the end she marries her for
mer owner. jefferson TOmpkins.
The part of Niobe will be played by
Miss Edna HaTker, who has always
baa+, q "a 4-orffp In tho "a ST Miss Har-