The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1909-02-01
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Of course it is hardly to be expected
that the Salt Lake public is anxiOusly
awaiting for this edition OF the paper 10
come damp off the press in order to find
out what kind of play is shore Acres. -
presented at the Colonial last evening. II
this were some time back in the last cen
fury. perhaps such a curiosity might be
exhibited, but time has moved on, and
curiosity over the play subsidized long,
long ago.
Comment, therefore, should be directed
especially to the company The powerful
compelling theme of this successful rural
drama is the self-sacTificing, sublime love
of children in particular and humanity In
general on the part of Nathaniel Berry,
native Of the Maine coast. Instinctiveiy,
one was forced to compare Archie Boyd.
who played this part, with the late James
A. Herne, whose name is inseparably cou-
pied with the role and the play Mr. Boyd
afforded an agreeable surprise lie en-
tered thoroughly into the part, and sue
cessfuily led the production into favor.
1t cannot be trUthfUlIy said that he played
the part with all the artistic finesse of
Mr.. Herne, but he entered into the spirit
well.
The most artistic part Of the entire
drama is the final curtain, where the old
man goes off alone to his Tepose, having
seen happiness brought through his devO-
ton and self-sacTifice to those ne loves.
Mr. Boyd plays this scene With exaggeTa-
ton in his attempt to bring out the points,
and thereby fails in artistry and results
round. rough-and-ready Nat Berry.
Dorothy Herne is in the cast but she
fails to impress her personality, although
she has the leading feminine role. The
children are pretty gOOd-in fact. they are
better than the grown people in the cast,
making due allowance for age
The piece will run the rest Of the week.
Peter Donald and Miss Meta Carson
are the headliners at the Orpheum this
week, if critical choice IS to be made in
the matter of acts Donald is great His
Scotch is certainly a sweet morsei after
some of the stuff that has been palmed
off for Scotch dialect hereabouts- The
comic in his act is new, and he has a
voice that is pleasing Miss Carson is q
foil for Donald of no small degree Of
merit in her work.
Anna Woodward is a soprano concern
ing whose voice there can be no question.
Neither can there he about the manner in
which she sings Last night. after her
two chief songs. she sang '"The Rosary"
and she sang it well. One cannot say that,
in the first efforts. her voice last night
was given the range of which il is man
ifestly capable. In her later work. Miss
Woodward sang to better advantage-at
least this seemed to be the opinion of the
audience.
James H. Cullen, THE Man From the
West. RECEIVED five recalls last night.
His songs are the kind that fetches. His
hits are timely. and there is nothing
about them that is not original. His
Elks song takes with the audience like a
dromedary takes to water after pill
grimage from Medina to Mecca His
"epitaphs" and pieces from the paper
are rich
Una Clayton is an actress, without
doubt She is the chief figure in His
Local Color" a piaylet written by her
self. she is finished in much of her
work and il acceptable to a degree
throughout. She does a "Bowery" that
happily lacks any of the offensive mat
4-.- 14.a Lev tfarr a1-s
been sure to be\ present. Her lines are
brisk. and her pathos and emotional act
ing is really acting. Francis Morey and
Mona Ryan are good help to Miss Clay
ton.
One or the most remarkable gifts of hu-
man voice and intCnatiOn is the endou-
ment of a man whose name appears on
the program as Vernon. He makes his