The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-05-18
OTIS Skinner
At THE THEATRE
PleaSes Large Salt Lake Audi
enCe in a New
Play.
HAS PART THAT FITS HIM
THE DUEL" DEPICTS A CLASH
OF BROTHERS.
HAS PART THAT FITS HIM

Otis Skinner, his voice grown even more
melOdious with the passing of the years
his tone shadings, his fidelity of facial ex-
preston, his finished smoothness of man
ner, his faithful portrayal of the charaC-
ter 70 which he gives his talent, is in Salt
Lake again after the lapse OF years. Some
thing like fifteen years have passed since
MIR. Skinner. for his Orlando to the ROs-
alind OF Madame MOdjeska attracted at
tenuon and won the public's approval.
Since then he has played other parts, and
played them always we'll. He has grown
and he is growing in the profession that
he honors
As the Able Daniel in THE Duel" Mr..
Skinner has what he believes to be his
greatest part. 1t assuredly is a departure
from his Orlando, his Francois Villon or
ms Prince Otto. Yet Otis Skinner seems
submerged in the Able Daniel. or the
Able Daniel in Otis Skinner. as one cares
10 view IL He is a priest who makes
ilght that wins when it seems
10 be lost. There Is not moment from
the beginning to the end of the play in
which Skinner is not the priest absorbed
N his work. exalted by the battle in
which, of his own choice, he has become
involved
His adversary is his own brother. They
nave been separated for many years. nei-
Iher knowing what had become of the 9TH
er: The other is a great physician and an
atheist. lie is bitter in his belief or his
lack of belief God and religion are less
than nothing to him. The able comes 10
the famous doctors office TO ask him TO
give one hour of his time each week TO
little hospital ne has founded for the poor
of his parish. He finds his brother. The
help desired is refused The men are about
10 separate when, as an afterthought the
4Doe asks II he can write a letter 10 the
oucness de Chailies, whose mad nus
band is the doctors patient, asking for
help.
The permission is given on condition
that the able makes no reference TO the
relationship between the men. In the coz
Nersation that follows, the able tells of a
woman, unknown to him, who has con-
fessed her love, though married for an
other man de has never seen the wo-
man face and would not be able to rec
ognlzs her voice should he hear IL outside
the confessional But he is determined, TO
save her. The doctor is scornful, increiu-
lous The priest might save the woman
today, but tomorrow she would be i'm her
lover arms. And he tells of his own love
LOT woman who is married to another
Inc woman is, of course. the Duchess
de Chaiiles. She is the woman of the
confessional. and the object of the doc
TOR s affections This develops in the Sec
ond act, tho strongest of the play And il
Is there that the duel begins The able
battles for the woman's soul, his brother
for her body, The scenes that follow af-
ford a strong study in psychology the
clash of two powerful minds. each intent
upon the accomplishment of a passion
Mr. SINNERS Interpretation was mas
3 terry. In word, in a gesture. he con-
Veyed worlds Of meaning. His horror
when his brother accused him of more
than q spiritual interest in the woman was
perfect in its stimulation. Later when the
brother denied the God the priest wor-
SHIPPED and challenged him to combat the
priest seemed TO grow in stature until
ne became a heroic figure of faith as he
commanded the brother to leave his houSe
Walter Hitchcock as DR.. AIorey (the
brother1 was inclined to be too deciama-
tory There We're times when he verged
very closely upon the Curse YOU. IN
nave the gyrup villain Of the popular
price melodrama. And. though there are
strongly dramatic situations fin '"The
Duel there is no melodrama in II Mr.
Hitchcock needs some tOnng down
Miss Keith Wakeman as the Duchess de
Chailles was capable throughout The
other members of the cast were satisfac-
tory.
THE DUEL will be seen at the tbeater
twice today, matinee and evening.
An entirely new bill will be given at the
Lyric. beginning this afternoon. The BILL
it is promised. is fully UP to the excellent
standard of the Lyric
The sale for the Leighton benefit at the
Orpheum on Sunday evening has already
been considerable, and the men arranging
the performance are confident that the
play. The Prisoner OF Zenda.'' will be
given to bumper house.
Another big weeks business is now in
its closing performances at the Orpheum.
In the Belong brothers. Les Kiners Mou-
lin and De Coe, Orpheum patrons have
three OF the best turns of their kind OF
the season. Next week will be the last
of the season of vaudeville.
''We'uns of Tennessee closes at the
Grand tonight. Tomorrow night Miss Lam
IA Frankenfield will open in "A Daugh-
Ter of Colorado