The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1909-08-15

The theatrical season for 1909 10 is
tn open at the Haruois Tuesday eve
ming. August II. with a dramattzation
of Eiinor Glyn's famous book. Three
Weeks" OF this the Seattle Post
lowing tn say:
Last week the Moore theatcr
housed cameo dramatization of W,
] Locke's The Morals Of Marcus
one of the most successful accom-
pIishments of turning a book into a
play that the stage has seen. its in
depreciation being given over to a
winsome little girl with face that
might have been translated from one
of Raphaei's cherubic groups. This
week another book has been turned
into a play: 1t is Elinor Gyms Three
Weeks the venture Of tw oyears ago
having given Its justification by the
auction block marriages among the
royal families OF Europe. A week ago
ii was the work Of a painter If
aquarelies; this week II Is whitewash-
ing
"Elinor Gyms daring occupancy Of
a place under the literary spotlight
has been followed by that soulful
writer's vigorous forray into the field
of dramatic composition, her much
discussed Three Weeks I'm its play
telling. having occurred last night,
when a large audience gathered to see
the tiger skin. the feast of the roses.
and. incidentally, to discover how the
book could be made into play with
.FF 3tssr nGfa .K1p 1Itt n ~
that there is any taste at all connect
ed with either book or play. However.
the dramatization has been carefully
handled. and there is no offcnse in
anything that is done in the dramatic
appreciation of Mrs. Glyns story. If
the first night audience went To see
anything immoral there was much dis
appointment
sAicording TO Mira Glyn the
changes that have been made were
necessary i'm order To make "A play out
of the book. That in true. There IL
prologue. showing the boudoir of sar-
dallas queen, There Is a noise and
the drunken king enters and demands
that the queen furnish Sardalia with
an heir. This is evidently done to win
sympathy for the lady i'm her suhse.
uuent hunt for the heir in question:
to paiiiate, If not excuse. her conduct.
According to broad gauge codes of
morals, the blow given by the king
to the queen with the accompanying
demand Justified her In her amorous
quest, but the suggestion appears
more strongly to people who have
read the book than to those who be-
lieved IL to be worse than it really
is. and who make the acquaintance
of the characters within the taeat"r.
There lis merit to indnrsc Three
Weeks and the story moves smoothly.
The company IL headed by Beryl
Hope. who has an excellent stage
presence and whose stimulation of a
aueeniy demeanor IL interesting. Miss
Hope has lisp that might pass for
an accent Mr. Glendenning, who
made his third appearance last night
as Paul yerdayne. is "A nice looking
young chap. letter perfect in his part
with an awkward boyishness that II
attractive If applied as art, The
Demitry Of Frank Kirk was of next
Importance and was quiet piece of
character work. Mr., Thomas contrib
uted a bit as the head waiter ut the
hotel Of Lucerne that was good. and
the part of the king Of Sardalia WAS
sufficiently brutal Ia inspire sym
patty with the queen for her tempo
rary lapse of morality. The remain
ing characters were played with a
balance that contributed to gener-
ally smooth whole. The several scenes
were very good. especially that of the
second act. showing the rose-be-
decked bower at Venice. with the
canal beyond In tho moonlight, being
particularly effective. There Was much
applause and there il little doubt
that the engagement will prove suc-
cessful.