The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-12-04
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With an Astounding courage and an
abiding faith in God. Fanny Theron
might have found tho light but with only
an Intense love of man 10 support her
Fanny rheren went deeper into the mirc
than she had ever sunk before; when al
last the love she SO abundantly poured
out '! at IT., the foct OF the man was spurncd
Fanny Theren was lost. hopelessly lost.
Al the Colonial Saturday night Madame
NazimoNa presented "Thc Fairy Tale"
IL Is a play by Arthur Schnltzler 80 frank
Indecent al times. Certainly, there is no
mincing OF words. A spade is called a
spade. The play may soryc d purpose,
but THAT IS doubtful. IT is, a presenta-
ton Of the samc old-possibly eternal
problem OF the redemption aud the sal
walton of the woman who has erred. It's
progress is dramatic; It's end tho same
as always-chaoS.
AS Fanny Thcrcu Madame Nazimova
has opportunity Tor tho display OF her
marvellous gifts. In none OF the plays
which this great Russian actress has pre-
sented here has she cXcelled the work
she did Saturday night, So powerful
was she in the climax of the first act.
tho wonderful scene in the second act
and the finale that the audience grippeo
the arms or the seats, so wrought up
were they.
the story OF Fanny Thoren is the story
OF thousands of Fannys Just like her
her loot slipped once, and then II slipped
again. Then she learned 10 love Theo-
dore DcDuer. She loved him tc the point
OF alteration. Ono evening she heard this
man declare with all the force of q
strong character that there was no such
tutng as a fallen woman that men
had no right TO sit in Judgment on those
who had gone astray; that the Chasm
between tho social selected and the So
cal ostraclZed was fairy tale" and
she was happy. for here was glowing
hope. Presently Deuner was called upon
practice the doctrines lie had so loudly
proclaimed. Denner didn't do il. When
the crucial test came, Denncr's soul
proved TO be 50 small that II could easily
enter rat hole, and did.
Fanny Therein called upon her God In
heaven to witness tho truth OF her dec
larat,on that Denner was the only man
she ever loved. She abased herself before
him, begged, pleaded. prayed. At first
Deuucr thought he loved Fanny rheren.
But events proved that ne only thought
SO. The thing he believed was love was
as full of flaws and defects as sieve
is full OF holes, and it was clearly proved
81 ihc end that ho was coward. He
feared the opinions of the world. and
these ho weighed against tho feeling he
had for Fanny, and tho opinion OF the
world won, This is the view that some
took OF tho Inan-that lie was 2. coward.
The conventional said he could do moth
ing else. In the end '"chc Fairy Tale
proves to bc not Il fairy tale at ALL but
u terrible reality.
If there ~ a lesson in the play u
is that God alone IS the refuge OF such
as Fanny THEREIN. for rare II Is indeed
that she finds on earth the asylum her
heart hungcrs for
Brandon lyman took the part OF Theo-
dore Denner and rose 10 the occasion.
His work in the second act was especial
ly strong. Miss Elsie Esmond as Emmy
Werner. a gay, giddy. g,gghng girl, was
clever In the extreme and called for mer-
tied demonstrations OF approval. Fred
Tidcn rs Robert Well is entitled 10
praise worthy comment. Others OF tho
| cast, without exception. were excellent,
and altogether the performance was a
splendid production, whatever view may
bc taken OF the proprIety or value OF the
play.