The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1910-06-18
MRS. FlSKE

The crowded lists of cabin passen
gers rushing to Europe will not con-
tain the name of Mrs Fiske this sum-
mer, nor VIII she see her beautiful
cabin in the Adirondacks for many
months TO come Her summer vaca-
tion Is announced 1t Will, as often
before, consist OF tour OF the West
ern and Pacific Coast cities and 1t is
fortunate announcement that Ogden is
to- be Included in the itinerary OF this
distinguished actress and her famous
Manhattan company players
The local engagement Is scheduled
for the Ogden Theater. on Thursday,
first appearance in Ogden in several
years. The play of her repertoire
which has been selected for presenta-
ton here Is Langdon Mitchell's drama
uzation of William Makepeace Theck-
erays novel Vanity Fair" under the
title OF Becky Sharp BY a major
fly of her admirers this is consider
ed Mrs. Fiskes masterpiece
II is a remarkable characteristic of
this great actress. whom Amy Leslie,
critic OF the Chicago News. once char
acterlzed as fine and sheer as a mist
of lace" that with all her seeming
physical weakness she Is the most in
cessant toiler In the public eye today.
a vacation or a rest of any sort seems
incomprehensible to her No locality,
no climate. no time OF the year seems
TO daunt her-she is always doing. try
ing for better things. 1t was only
this spring after two strenuous sea-
sons OF Salvation Nell" during which
she visited every part OF the country
and played all of last summer, that
she announced an immediate produc-
ton in New York of TWO deeply in
tellectual plays. Pillars of Society"
by Henrik 1bsen and "Hannele" by
Gerhart Hauptman, and with this an
nouncemeut she also stated that she
would again play all summer and into
the fall Of the year. And then what
she has already made the announce
ment-a new play.
And all her career 1t has been the
same. During the few weeks now and
then which she spent In the Adiron-
dacks, or In the Rockies. or British
Columbia. there has always been n
manuscript tucked under her arm.
Her only rest is In nature. and ye; in
nature she has done her best work
Before commencing rehearsals OF
Becky Sharp" she took the manu-
script of the play out of the hands of
Langdon Mitchell and went into the
Adlrondacks. The results OF her two
weeks rest" in the Adirondacks are
now part of the history of the Am
erican stage.
This play. as does Thackeray's
t.iV h.. a
large group of character studies ever
seen In contemporary drama. The
lifelike characters Of ThaclSeray are
all reproduced. or course. Becky
predominates. In fact, Mrs Fiske, Is
on the stage almost continuously.
there is so much OF the brilliant Becky
in Il. Bnt for the admirers OF this
distinguished actress there can never
be such n thing as too much Of her
Then there is the effective picture.
Rawdon Crawley. the virile and typi-
cal heavy dragoo1 whose life Is so
closely interwoven with Becky's. Sir
Pitt Crawley, whose depravity is so
clearly indicated in Vanity Fair: the
cynical and sinister figure OF Lord
Steyne, the simple Amelia, the pat.
tent and faithful Capt Dobbins and
MS opposite, the flirting. t1SinCerc
George Osborne: the ridiculous and
Donderous Joseph Sedey. Drim old
Miss Crawlay with the horde of affec.
uonate relatives; Briggs. her jealous
maid; Lady Steyne and Lady Bare
acres, all these afford an ample ar
ray OF characters TO test the mettle
OF the excellent Manhattan company.
veritable feast OF character act
ing is before the local theater-goers
and comedy founded upon one OF
the masterpieces OF English literature.
such az is given TO the stage but once
In generation.
Mrs, E4skc'S engagement will be the
| final one of tho season at the Ogden
| Theater, and 1t should also prove to
be the most conspicuously brilliant.
The seat sale is announced for Tues.
day morning. =