The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-12-03
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Florence Roberts, always welcome
visitor TO Salt Lake, opened last night
at me theatre an engagement Of four
performances in "Zira,' the drama pre-
sente1 by Margaret Anglin in this city
Ior the first time OF any stage about
Two years ago. The play. it will be
remembered, tells the story of a girl
VINO was entrapDed into a marriage
with man who was already married.
When she learned the truth, she left
MN and became a nurse with the Bril-
lsh army in South Africa. There chance
Threw her great temptation, the
temptation TO submerge her identity in.
the identity of a woman she believed
to be dead. She yielded and, as the
othef woman, went to London. In the
great metropolis she took up a settle
ment work with young minister. The
other woman was not dead. In due
course she returned to London, CON
Iront9d the former nurse and the lat
Ter confessed her dual personality. The
young minister has by this time made
a declaration of his affection. The dis
closure does not affect his love, but
the woman has a terrific struggle with
herself before she consents to share his
life. But the play ends happily enough.
The first impression on seeing Miss
Roberts as Zira is that she is a new
Miss Roberts. She is more restrained,
more natural in her art And vet there
are tricks of gesture and expression.
the best features of her work in other
parts, that are most worthily retained
1t may almost be said that she is too
restrained in some scenes for example
her almost utter lack of emotion when
she meets the father she has not seen
for years. But her father had not been
kind to her and she had no love for
him. Why should she be deeply moved
d sight of him? The part of Zirl en-
folds Miss Roberts completely. she
looks the character admirably and size
never gets away from 1t.
The company is, in the main, very
good indeed. Thurlow Bergen is a most
natural Rev. Gordon Clavering He is
an actor of talent So is Orlando DAILY.
who appears as Captain Arnold Syl-
vesuer. Nor should the work of Miss
Kate JepsOn as Lady Constance Claw
ering be passed without mention
The Roberts engagement runs, as has
been said, through Wednesday night,
with a matinee on Wednesday.
The patrons of the OrDheum were
treated to a real show last night The
bill is by all odds the best that has
been seen at the house in many day.
From start to finish every number is
worthy TO be called d Headliner-and
that's no press agents yarn The last
on the bill is perhaps entitled TO first
place, If only because l. is 50 different
from the usual vaudeville stunt. The
original Maud with all that her name
implies is to be seen and greatly en-
joyed. Nor is Maud the only attrac-
ton of the act, for three of the ciev-
crest little ponies seen anywhere are
included. OF course, the merriment III
duced by getting the professional
greenhorns to attempt to ride Maud was
of the usual order. but the fun was
much more genuine than that induced
in the same way at the circus.
The satire on Bernard Shaw's Caesar
and Cleopatra, when Caesar C's Her"
is so much more attractive in every
way than the Roman travesty seen
some weeks ago that there is hardly q
comparison possible, and yet a cOmDar-
isOn is inevitable for. of course. thevI
are on the same order. The lines are |
good. and the three characters are well |
up to the mark as actors
Emma Francis is a great success as
a dancer of Russian dances. but her /
long suit is in bringing with her the /
two A~ab boys who are a pair of gen |
uine whirlwinds of the desert. Nothing |
like them has ever been seen since the /
Arabs of last year, and the difference /
lies in the fact that these are two /
youngsters, one of them not over eight |
years old.
The TivoI quartette. four young |
men whose voices are perfectly blend |
ed, made such a hit that they were re-
called again and again. Their act was /
well set as well as well sung, and they
will Prove drawing card for the week.
Another fine musical number and one
which furnished coolies of laughter cor
the audience. is that given by George
Austin Moore, whose refined apnear-
3nce and evident gentility led one to
expect something wearisome. His few
songs were not enough to go around.
and before the week ends he will have
to either add to his repertoire or aod
4 few more verses to He's 4 Cousin ~
Mine" With a splendid voice and
pleasing personality, he combines an
ability in dialect which is seldom
Ound. The bill opens with Allen
Wightman, whose work as a clay mod
,ler and pastel painter is of a high or
Ter. The musical numbers are all .
good, and there are no long waits nor
hort weights. Even the kinodrome
las cutdone itself and is good.
The Elite theatre again has a fine
'ffering for its patrons. For the first
me in this city, the Great Passion .
Play of Oberammergau will be pro-
Iuced in motion pictures with appro-
riate music to be furnished by the
elite orchestra, assisted by two we'll
.nOwn sOlOists. Miss Mile Williams