Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-12-05

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of the well remembered successful play
polly OF the Circus with Ida St. Leon
<in the leading role. The bill runs all
the week. with lnatlnecs Wednesday
and Saturday.
The russian sDnnccrs-The advance
indications are that tomorrow after.
noon will witness n great turnout at
dthe Salt Lake Theater when the Rus
sian dancers make their only appear
6ance. The advance sale has been quite
heavy. and the general feeling Is that
the fame of the dancers and the si-c
of the ballet and orchestra Justify tho
added prices.
Only the lnrgest cities In America
are visited by this company. and the
present trip Is n flying one from New
York to theicoas
Tomorrow afternoons program is an
elaborate one. and opens with 1.-THE
Arabian Knights" an oriental ballet;
part two consists of Polish dances by
the full ballet and orchestra. Part
three introduces Rubinstein's "valse
Caprice. played by the orchestra
and danced by Mile. Pavlowa and
Mr. Mordkln Also Liazt's Hungarian
Rhapsody" No. 2. rendered by the full
orchestra and danced by the Russian
danseuse Mile. Pajitzkai. The solo
dancers are supported by long list OF
lieutenant dancers OF unpronounceable
names. and by n bic, body OF coryphees,
Colonlal-Tonitht witnesses the we'll
known actress Grace Cameron in the
play of Nancy"
FollowlnEShhr cnmes William Faver-
sham. in The World and His Wife"
The Fairy Talc-Sazimova closed
her SAT- Lake enlargement Saturday
night by producing .The Fairy Tale"
another of the depressing. yet fascinnt-
/ ing plays with which her name seems
ainseparably connected. Those who
went expecting to witness some spec
5tacular drama, or somcEdeightful fan
tasy. like Peter Pan" had rudo
awakening. The Fairy Tale" OF this
German author Schnitzler. is a satir-
ical allusion to a theory Of some Wen.
nese students. advanced modern think
crs, who proclaim that in the new cult
woman who has fallen should have
just as much chance TO recover her lost
position, and be not a whit more
blamed. than man. The theory
reads beautifully, and Is ardently ad-
vnnced by young Theodore Dcnner,
until he Is Mortified to learn that tho
being he has localized. is one OF the
"unfortunates." OF course, his theory
then becomes nero fairy tale" and
try as he may. he cannot forgive her.
Mile. Naaamova has the role of tho
unfortunate young girl. and superbly
she plays it. TO our mind she is the
most wonderful actress Of her times.
She brings with her upon the stage,
the forgotten atmosphere of Julia Dean
Flayne. of Nelson. OF Modjeska, with
sometimes suggestion of the tragic
Janauschck. and no one we can re-
call since their days, ever succeeded
50 completely in submerging her own
personality. or In making All audience
forget that It Is inside playhouse, or
that the characters she portrays are
mere make believes. Morbid shocking
at times In some of the details. as this
play Is. Nazimova's work In 1t rises
to the finest heights. Not her playing
alone. but tho whole presentation,
showed the touch OF the hand of n
master In stage craft. That setting.
where, in the artists den. she crouchcs
on the platform. as she makes the con-
tession OF her past life. to her lover,
his retrcnting into the shadows as he
hears the terrible details. all made n
picture such as we are accustomed to
think of in rcnditipns ut the Comedie
Franchise. or some of the Berlin or
Vienna houses OF tho classic drama, but
which In perfection of detail and ar
tistc roundedness. we are seldom
privileged to see on this side of the
water. Superb work was done by Mr..
lyman as the young lover by Miss
Icsmond, whose gushing Miss was the
antipodes OF her Asia In Little Eyolf"
and by all the others of the excellent
company forming Nazimova's support,
With the one exception of the actress
who played the mother.
Tho music was again ar, artistic fea-
turc. and the orchestra had several
rounds of applause for It's rcnditions
of the Gricg and other numbers, chosen
by the star to put her audience into
tune with her play.
OrDl,cun,-lhc headiner at the Or
pheum tonight Is Tortajada, the ia
nous Spanish dancer. John =. Waldo
and his company Will also be seen In
their act.
Gurrlck-Thc long awaited produce
ton OF "Pudd'nHcad Wilson" win bo
given by the Ingorsoll company at tho
iGarrick all this week Next weeks
bill will be "rhc Prisoner Of Zcnda.''
'Dnmon and Pythias"-This famous
old play, which has not boon seen In
Salt Lake for many years. will be
given ut tho Colonial "Wednesday eve
ming, the proceeds going towards ths
clearing off of the indebtedness of the
Collegiate Institute property, which
was recently acquired by the local
lodge OF tho X. OF r.
Tho leading part Will be assumed by
Phillip kecnc, late of San Francisco.