The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1909-08-20
"CAMEOU KIRBY.

Dustin Farnum. n his new character
role of Cameo Kirby, could not have
received d warmer reception than was
given to MIN last night by large audi
ence in the Salt Lake theater. His tri-
umph could not in any degree be meas
ured with the warmth of his receptions
previously in this city, either IN The
SquaW Man" or in THE Ninginian- It
has been said many times that Salt Lake
thedteTgOeTS are CTitiCal-are hard 10
please. When it Is said that last night
audience was pleased il is saying a great
deal but it is true. At the end or the
second act curtain call after curtain call
was demanded and finally Mir. Farnum
spoke. He said: In behalf of the rest
Of the company and myself, l want 10
thank this large audience for the kind
applause; / want 10 thank you ali for be-
ing here on this warm night. know l
would not go to the theater unless ] had
TO on a night like this. 1t is difficult for
an actor who has for years been appearing
in d certain line of characters to make
good when he changes and appears IN
something entirely different (He smiled.)
These ClOthes-this shirt DO not find a S
comfortable as my old cowboy shirt
The new play by Booth Harrington and
Harry Leon Wilson Cameo Kirby"
gives Dustin FarnUm more latitude, per
haps, than any other play in which he
has appeared i'm Salt Lake. 1t is a ro-
nance with many IRIS. 1t is romance
with flavor. with heart, with life, with
bling gentleman. For several years Dus-
tin Farnum has been known as a pleasant
actOT-clean cut, handsome, deep-tOned
and skillful i'm his sentimental acting. In
this new role he is more than d pleasant
actor. There is feeling. point and force.
His support is admirable.
In the role of Larkin Bunce, the gam
blers friend. Mckee Rankin runs the
canoes d blistering second. 1t is great
part, q fat part it might be said, and
Mr.. Rankin gives it more than avoirdu-
pOis. Mckee Rankin dates his advent on
the stage back more than forty years.
| Thirty-five years ago he was favOTite
in Salt Lake He was in the original
cast of the 1.-TWO Orphans which had
such a success years ago. For years he
was business manager for Nance Omen.
He has lately made tour OF the world,
and last night many of his Old friends re-
Ceived him with great applause, not only
for old times sake but for the man
neT in which he handled his difficult role.
Delicate, pTetty-charming- Mae
Buckley as Adele Randall, the leading
woman, taking her role with a simple
grace that was bewitChing and which
captivated her audience. She is western
product, scoring her first success some
ten years ago in California, since which,
/ i'm the east, she has rapidly climbed the
/ ladder of fame Maud HOsford, in the
character part of Madame Devazac, APP
pears to better advantage in this play
/ even than she did in the character part
/ of the SquaW mans mother in Dustin
FaruUm's late play.
The play is staged and costumed in a
manner which artistically Tevives the pic
l turesque appeal of old New Orleans. 1t
/ is eNceIlently cast and effectively played.
I Young Donald Gdudher, hailed q few
/ years ago by FrOhman in New York as
| the wonderful boy actor" maintains the
role of the imaginative yOUngster with his
| usual skill. Perhaps it would not be I'M
l just to say that Gordon Johnson as Tom
] excitement
/ avenging son with too much spUtteT at
! times and that Mae Buckley might elm
/ mate the ingenue from her method with
profit. One is in doubt at times whether
| she is Old enough to be in love.
Ruth Lloyd, Jane Hendricks, Gladys
| Williams, William Frederic. c. r. Web
! ster and William H. Carter all manage
Louisiana types artistically and well.