Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1907-02-14

Iheater---Brtllihn ana Hlisueu 10
the last detail of conception, arrange
ment and acting. was "Adrienne Le-
couvreur," Scribes fine old drama of
the seventeenth century, as given last
night by Miss Olga Nethersole and her
fellow artists. How sharply 1t con-
trasted with Pineros Second Mrs.
Tsnqueray'' In style and construction!
In It's day and time the former was con-
sidered, and even now Is masterpiece
OF word building. but the latter as
modern masterpiece along the same
lines appears much more natural. as IL
undoubtedly is more scintillating. But
1t was very refreshing to see Neither
sole in play that was minus the prob
lem. 1t afforded an opportunity to bear
witness of her resourcefulness ana
wide-spreading attachments. BY her
exceptional abilities as temperament
al artist. Miss Nethersoe has proved
her right to shine, lustrously, resplen-
IDENTIFY. in the galaxy of emotional
stars. Suffering from no handicap,
physical or otherwise, and endowed
with the richest personal charms. and
with keen and womanly perception
of the world and its good and evil, she
brings all OF her great talents, natural
and acquired into Intelligent action
Her whole Interpretation is rantless
and potential Never Is she seen in
hysteria. Yet she Is nervous, alert,
graceful and marvelousiy effective. NO
climax ever suffers at her hands. Some
times she doesn't do much but wheh
she moves II counts tremendously. she
4. st..s
blown. Judged from the purely natu-
ralistic viewpoint of the English drama,
Miss Nethersole Is the peer of almost
any of her sister artists who nave
worked their way to the top OF the MS
trionic ladder. In her portrayal last
night she once more showed how easily
she can completely lose her own indi-
viduality in the personality of char
acter she essays TO assume. How
totally different from the other roles in.
which she has been seen here was her
Adriennel While It dealt with court
intrigue, with love and with a death
scene that was painfully realistic. 1t
was without the disgusting elements
that attach to "Sapho" and some of her
other plays. In the matter of beauti-
full costumes and general good dress 1t
was like a scene from the real court
| life of MEDIEVAL times. And the old
| fashioned minuet was the pretuest ana
| uuaintest combination OF dress and
| dance ever seen In Salt Lake. unless
1t was that recently witnessed at the
| ball of the Daughters of the Pioneers,
| where Gov Wells, Frank Snow and
other gentlemen with their ladies gave
an exhibition OF terpsichorean skill
such as turned the heads of the younger
| set with envy.
| Mr. Frank Mills. leading man, and
| all round capable actor. rendered a
| new account OF himself in the role
| of Maurice de SAKE and in it he again
| shone and quite met all expectations.
| as did also Mr.. Royce as Michonnet OF
| the Coincide Franchise. Miss Rosa
| lind Ivan was courtly. dignifled and
| effective as the princess and rival of
| Adrienne.
| 1t is quite evident that the engage
| ment of Miss Nethersole is going to be
| memorable among local theatrical
| events. She has pleased immensely
| with all OF her work thus far. but at
| the same time she has aggravated
| several large and critical audiences to
| a point that has transcribed patience
by advertising her performances for
| o'clock and then never beginning
| until at least 20 minutes after that
| time az was the case last night. her
auditors getting only fairly into the
streets when the great town clock
| tolled the midnight hour Tonight
|
| Miss Nethersole win be given. To-
morrow night she viii go back to
"Sapho," her faYorite role in which
she win continue to the close of the
| week
Orpheum---For the third time this
| week the S. X. o. sign was displayed
at the Orpheum last night. Next week
the bill will comprise the following:
Harrison King and Company, present.
| Ing Our Bitterest Foe" an incident
| OF the Franco-P russlan war. Bert
Levy. a popular New York artist de-
| plotting famous men and famous
events; Three Flood Brothers, aero
batic merry makers; Yuma, Burope's
| greatest sensation; Hendrix and Pres
colt. soft and wooden shoe dancing;
| Mr.. and Mrs. Frederick Bacon, great
est exponents of the banjo. and the
| kinodrome.
Grand--"ouincy Adams Sawyer"
the favorite old rural play. will
be given at the Grand this eve
ming, and viii continue for the re-
malnder OF the week.
Lyrlc--"The Pledge OF Honor" Is
! going on at the Lyric with good bus
lness and will run until and including
| Saturday night