The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1906-03-24
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Judging by the manner in which he
was received by the house last evening
Paul Gilmore made a hit in Salt Lake.
His play captain Debonnaire" was the
proper medium to make him popular,
for it is admirably suited to him.
The play is filled with the romance
of France. Its scene laid in Quebec
and New Amsterdam. The exaggerated
courtliness and somewhat grandilo-
quent language are those peculiar to
the period-the seventeenth century,
and the situations are such as might be-
fall the "Debonnaire" Frenchman who
is willing to stake all on game OF
chance. The beautiful scene in the
garden in New Amsterdam where at the
autumn fete Louis de Cadillac in the
person of Louis lie Debonnaire meets ~
fate is the one which appeals to the
eye, with the stately dancing of the
minuet, and it's elaborate and beWitch-
ing costumes. But it was the hair rails
ing scene where the fearless Louis
wOrsts three adverSaries in sword play
that brought the most generous ap-
plause. The hero was obliged to re-
spond several times, and finally a
curtain call brought him forth to speak
a few words Of appreciation for him.
self and for his company to his Salt
Lake friends.
Miss Marie Pettes as Renee de Cadil-
lac was hardly a match for Gilmore,
her presence being neither sufficiently
strong nor forceful for the part Of the
beauty depicted in the story. She was
at her best in the pretty love scene
where in coquetry she holds the ad-
venturer by her charm
Adelaide Fits Allen as her mother
was much more satisfactory She
entered into the ultra sentimental part
with really fine acting. A touch of the
ridiculous is given by the valet of
Cadillac played by Solomon and Renee's
maid in a drunken scene The play
runs the rest of the week and despite
Ash Wednesdays preceding, it will
draw we'll satisfied audiences-Salt
Lake Herald.
THE OPINION OF BOSTON'S GREAT-
EST NEWSPAPER.
The apparition Of Nance O'Neil on
local stage has been the most startling
of theatrical events for years. With
such name on posters only a soubrette
who sat on tables and swung her neat
stockings could be expected. But here
is a new Rachel-an American
'tragedienne" who is a "tragedienne,
| appearing to us for the first time by
| way of Australia, New Zealand and
| Europe, and that without flare of
| trumpets either preliminary or con-
! temporary. Evidently this heroic ex-
! emplar of American art, believes that
| real art needs no advance agent. She
| has nevertheless managed to reach 1.-The
| judicious few" who have discovered
| her, and holds them so far in rapt and
| breathless suspense over her tragic
periods. OF stalwart height, with
| graceful figure and mobile face, a nice
ly modulated voice and the perfection
| of limb and statesque grace, Miss O'Neil
has the advantage Of exemplifying in
her person almost all of the physical
| disiderata of great art but the mental
| and spiritual endowment is quite as
| complete. Evidently, as far as natural
endowment goes, for the great position
of leading tragedienne of her time. in
English speaking countries she has no
|
either seems to be lacking From her
| beautiful arm and hand, and most ex-
| quisite use of wrist and the open
J fingers in gesture-nobody since Ed
! win Booth has displayed such hand
| play.
| One could reconstruct all the figures
of the traditional poses, as given in
| delsarte and the old French works for
the expression or heightening of all the
various passions and emotions. AS
! with the arm and hand, so with the
( whole superb figure, all of it's move
ments were express and admira ble'
and yet it's arrests of motion and its
! repose did the most powerful work.
! At moments in the dreadful Ibsen play
| she seemed a very 'Lachesis," the fate
| that cuts the thread of life as a matter
of business; a sibyl, happy in the
| Suderman drama. the most womanly
! and intense of weak women, the sport
of wild passion and sweeping blind
| ly over the precipice
All this is told not so much by action.
! though that is interesting, vivid and
| beautiful, as by compelling power of
! personality by magnetism. hypnotism,
| possession by the very soul and feel
| ing of the character in hand. Nance
| O'Neil, Irish though she may be, as is
so much OF everything great in art In
English speaking lands, is an Ameri-
can to be proud of, for she is American,
and her art is American, so far as great
art can have any national character
! The Boston Transcription. 23, 1904
| AT THE METROPOLITAN. II
| The latest bid for popularity in the
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