Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-04-03
DO They Want Art"
Asks Charles Frohman

although 30 was rather depressing
7 work. aud NOT exactly popular, The
...uI .Jov" was too complex, its
fe,.fol1gy too Intricate. its intentions
tou subtle for present stage use Per
hams DO was ahead of English time, and
re1r.r COB German requirements. The
third "strifC." which was put ON last
"wednesday for trial series ot mou-
noes gives drnuito evidence that t'ls-
worthy Dr. "a duamatist worth more thon
local attention. aud that "The Silver
Ror." was not merely lucky huke.
Evidently the tip had gone forth that
tho oconaiOu would b. interesting, for
au ho available intellectuols' were
preerut from bernard shaw 90 Beer
hohm Tree, and, among Americans.
FROM winthrop Ames, manager of the
New thoutor boo New York to Chester
Bailey Fornard OK cat ana Cherub
LABOR VS. CAPITAL.
III, play deals with a struggle be-
tween the board Of directors OF q tin
mime ana their workmcn who have
been on STRIKE until they are starving
Rut there is no physical violence. II
ig a conflict Of ideas and forccs, and
not 81 persons, and con ,equcutly Is
disappointing To- those who want the
unclight focused ON stars In he cir
culustnnces 81 speaks wcil Tor Charles
Frohusn that he had the cournge and
good Win go produce &c. My guess is
that h. newer would have dome IL N !,
81. Barric had not insisted ON 10.
We are led 90 conclude from thr
arguments at the directors meeting in
the hrst act that the board would yield
To- the mems demands if 10 wero not
for the grim old chairman. who organ
lied the company. has fought the men
90 their knres many time before and
docs not propose 10 give tn an inch
now. His son. who As an the board of
directors threatens 20 VNte against
him. his daughter, wife OF the worried
manager OF tho works appeals 10 him
b. IN the ground Of humanity n Eaunt
dcputati1n Of worlunen demands not
mercy. but Justice. but all ia vain
hhe ola man Is adalnant He is fine
old follow fighting CALAMITY for what
Doe believes To Doe "a principle, ana the
men respect him while they CURSE him.
OTHER SIDE OF PICTURE
Then we set the other side of the
picture The strikers. like the board
of directors, are almost In revolt
against their leader, O. hsggard, gloam-
mc-eycd socialist Their union has
declined TO support them, and they
are az the end OF their savings, But
their leader win bulge no more than
the chairman. With him it IS a mat
ter of principle, worth more than their
starved bodies, worth more even than
the lives OF their wives and children.
His magnetic power carries them, but
at fhe moment OF his victory the news
comes that his wife is dead of cold
and starvation wild with suffering.
Doe leaps from his platform aud dashes
a
tide turns, and tho mon vote 20 APP
peal 90 their union to effect a COM
promise.
Then We get hack Co the directors.
fOr q parallel scene. The board votes
down tho chairman, another OLD man.
broken and bowed, resigns The strilS-
ors. without their leader, come 20 an
nouncc that they too. viii compromise.
and then their spokesman rushcs On.
and learns that he, too, has boon over
thrown. The picture of the two strong
men facing each other iu their defeat
Us one that stays iu the mind after
the play DIS over As PLAYED magni-
ilCcnty at the Duke Of Yorlls on Wed
ncsd1y hv Norman MCKlnnel and Fish
az White, ~ was @ big dramatic
moment The representative of the
union points out that the compromise
just accepted was the very one that
both sides had violently rejected before
the strike began. ana the curtain falls
ON the old question 81 what win hap
pen when an immoyahlc body meets
am Irresistible force
II tho measure Of a play rs the
he sht NJ the acting 90 which il gives
rise, then strife Is a big play IN
decd. II was produced by Granville
Barker and the stage management
was a model OF its kind. infinite care
being given to every detail
Marie Dressler seems to be ina sorry