Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1908-05-12
ADJUSTMENTS.

Theater-The most perfect Shakes
perian production which Salt Lake has
known since the days of the laInented
Booth and Barrett, was given last night
in the presentation OF King Lear" by
Robert Mantell- This play is the one of
the masters tragedies most rarely seen
on the stage, and only a few times has it
been essayed in Salt Lake. Its great
length in its original form, and the ire
mendous work 1t entails on the prin-
cipal character. makes It one that the
average actor is inclined to shun. Ed
win Booth had an abbreviated arrange
ment made by the famous critic, Will
liam Winter and 1t was this version
which Mr.. Mantell presented last night.
His delineation was most masterful and
1t left deep impression on the low
ers OF the legitimate drama who were
IN attendance. Nothing finer than the
conception, the wonderful make up, the
magnetic delivery, and the reading
throughout, has been seen on our stage
for decade, perhaps a. generation. 1t
is encouraging to know that Mr.. Man.
tell and his enterprising manager, Mr..
Brady, have together the genius and
the determination to rescue from
oblivion the round OF characters which
Will be presented at the theater this
week.
Mr.. Mantell Is not alone a superb ac-
tor but he Is a generous producer a.
fact well illustrated by the fine play
ers with whom he surrounds himself
In the exacting play of King Lear"
there are a number of roles which must
be in the hands of artists of taste, care
and ability. With such people as Mr..
Burby, who played Kent Mr.. McGinn
tho Edgar Mr. Lindsey. the Fool. Miss
Russell, the superb Goneril Miss Kings
bury, the Regain. and Miss Frost, the
beautiful Cordelia, Mr. Mantell has a
corps of players OF whom he may well
feel proud. The dresses. the staging,
the scenic effects, and the, music, all
contributed greatly to the rare
evenings enjoyment. The cur
tain calls were numerous and enthusi-
astlc.
Tonight Mr. Manten presents Mac
beth" with Miss Russell in the role OF
Lady Macbeth, part In which she will
undoubtedly shine. The engagement
lasts the full week, and It is to be
hoped that the old-time patrons of the
theater. who have so often bomoaned
the decadence of the drama, will be out
to welcome an actor who has done 50
much to restore Shakespeare TO his
| proper place on the English stage.
Orphem-Tne Orpheum this week
| from overture to kinodrome is better
| hlAhiA lpl iihIly MtthS. Inc Dill ODdDB
| with an act that is seldom surpassed
and closes with one that is better by
| far than any other of its kind that
has before appeared. In between The
| first and last act Is included an en-
tertainment of high rank-one that
pieases all the way through.
Manikin, the frog man. is disclosed
when the curtain rises for the first act
In prop" lily. Az II unfods a frog
soaring to an altitude OF about six
feet Is found within and soon he IL
| jumping about hhe stage disportins
! himself in frogish glee. lie Is con-
| tortlonist In all that the word can
mean. He does a little more in his
| line than anybody who has been here
before, In fact does things that most
| people would say are impossible. IT
| Is seldom that n curtain call follows
an act OF this sort, but Manikin was
| forced to appear before the curtain
twice last night.
Mabel Maitland, comes onto the
stage with happy face smiling and
rich voice that tells of Dixie. Her
| stories OF negroes In their peculiar dia-
| lect arc all amusing and entertaining.
Charles Il. Evans and company vita
an amusing farce, IT'S Up TO You.
| William" keep up a merry ripple of
| act Is on the boards. The story is OF
two rather lively husbands who hnd
Themselves In a tight place when 1t
comes TO explaining a three weeks abb
sence 10 their wives,
Lew Wells comes next. That should
be enough to say that there is a jolly
act In the list. Lew does a monoogue
/ and assists himself with clever
| manipulation OF a saxhpahone.
| Daisy Harcourt, dainty English and
/ an accomplished coincidence gives a
! happy Interpretation OF some songs
! fresh from the London music halls
| She Is very frank TO admit that her
| voice doesn't amount 10 much but she
| says she doesn't care-it gets her the
money, she says, and IL should.
There have been many jugglers at
! the Orpheum. Many OF them have
been good jugglers. None though
/ have been quito as good as Salerno. He
Is the king and II he were the only
| participant IN an Orpheum bill II would
be well worth seeing.
The hnodrome. telling tho story Of
All Ba ba and the Forty Thieves ranks
right up with the other numbers on
the bill, and, quite needless 10 say. the
orchestra rounds out a bin OF excep-
tonal merit.
Grand--The Earl Burgess company
continues TO draw heavy patronage at
the Grand, the offering OF this week
| DIlIk quite AS satiafaClOly from that