Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1907-02-16
THE PLAY IN NEW YORK.
BY CLAIMING POLLOCK.

so. following that spirit of nature and
freedom which truly can show to it's
deyotee worlds of unsupported treasure.
The thought of conventional duty. habit
bred still holds to the genius, however.
crying, with the voice of the vicar.
against the spirit of freedom. Finally,
submerged conscience. the sunken bell,
rings out above all other sounds, and
genius abandoning work and dreams
and liberty, goes back to slavery. AZ
ter time, genius attempts to assert it.
self again. but illusive nature, which is
true art has grown weary of waiting,
and forsaken him.
For all that have said of allegorical
drama, play like THE Sunken Bell"
produced occasionally, gives a delight
full touch of the poetic TO commonplace,
everyday life. This is especially true
when the play has charming and i'm
aginative q performance as at the
Lyric Miss Marlowe, whose Jeanne
dare the week before last was a real
masterpiece, again surpasses herself In
the role of Rautendeleln. She was as
delicate as the scent of roses, as Elusive
| and ungraspable as the air as fantastic
and lovely as grotto of coral. Mr..
Sothern's greatest strength was IN his
weakness, During the four acts through
which he was mastered he seemed
Ideal. during the one act in which he
felt himself master he did not quite ex-
press the bigness of the authors con-
ception. Sarah Cowell lie Moyne was
impressive as witch, and Roland
Blackstone and Mr.. Erie't most excel
lent as the spirit OF the waters and the
titure afforded delightful treat 10 the
eye.
Except for the offerings of Miss Mar
| lowe aud Mr.. Sothern, most OF the new
productions OF the past fortnight have
been musical comedies The best of
ithaca ha I
that ran In London for two years. and
that has been brought 10 us in its ma
tive state by j. G, Duff. Andre Mes
sager, who. l believe, is conductor OF
the opera in Paris, and who composed
| the tuneful score of 'Veronique," fur
nished the principal raison d'etre OF this
latest piece when he wrote the music.
Geo. Graves one OF the funniest COM
edians II has ever been my pleasure
to see is the rest of the reason that
THE Little Michus" should enjoy pop
ularlty at the Garden theater. outside
OF good music and comedian. man
wants but little from comic opera, and,
IN the case OF The Little Michus." he
gets II.
/ met the story Of "The Little MI
chus' for the first time a great many
| years ago, when / read Mark Twain's
Am Encounter With An Interviewer"
Mr.. Clemens said to me afterward that,
~ h4S ulsllu, pdll OF the pumOf IN AN
Encounter lay IN the age OF the yarn
that was told the "lntervlewer." This
yarn masquerades as new and origln-
AZ IN THE Little Michus." Two ba-
bies have been left In the care OF a
rather stupid man The babies look
alike. but are distinguished from each
| other BY their clothes. Tho man un-
dresses them, gives them bath. and
gets mixed. When they come out of
| the tub, and ever after ho doesn't
Know which Is his own child and which
az adopted helress. In ''The Little
Mlchus' gallant tenor lieutenant falls
IN love with one OF these girls. after
nsF,hg promised to marry the daughter
or MS general. The beloved Michu
proves 70 be the daughter OF that gem
| eral' The general Is George Graves,
winch fact takes the play out OF the
ranks OF super refined. mild and harm
less English musical comedy. and
makes Il one of the most truly enjoy.
able entertainments 10 be seen any.
where In New York.
Most comic opera companies are sad
dest when they sing, and the organiza-
ton at the Garden IL not an exception.
| Ihese Nocallsts are no worse than or
| dihatlly, but they seem 50 because tho
! music given them Is better. Such melo-
diSs as THE Song of the Regiment"
! The Donkey and the Hay" This Lit.
/ Tie Gin and That" "a Prayer to 81.
| valentine" ana 1.-THE Regiment OF
! Frooks and Frills" deserve considerate
treatment. II is an Interesting COM
ment on the musical ability Of the cast
! 20 say that the best-rendered number
! ~ THE Little Aiichus' is a ballad In
the last act given by Elita Proctor Otis,
VINO got her vocal training by playing
| Nancy Sykes a trine better than IL has
ever been played by anybody else.
bee '"rhe Lit'--well, anyway, see
George Graves when he comes TO your
town. Youll laugh. and you won't be
ASHAMED Of yourself for doing II.
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THE Girl and the Governor In
which Jefferson de Angels Is appearing
at the Manhattan, Is a. unlon-made
musical comedy The author and the
composer must have worked eight hours
a day ON IL, and when the book and
! score were flushed they probably came