Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-02-01

THEATER-Such presentations as
that given by MT. Mantell at the thea
ter last evening In his rendition OF
Macbeth" recall TO mind the saying
of the poet Colcridge, that witnessing
Edmund Kean act was like reading
Shakespeare by flashes Of lightning
Nothing that the stage OF the present
day affords is stronger, more artistic,
more viri1e, and more complete
as an all round stage presen-
tation-than the performances given
by Mantell but we shall have
opportunity this week to see his
wonderful versatility at its fullest, and
TO learn that his Macbeth" rarely
beautiful as it Is. is second 10 his
King Lear and perhaps to his
.'Othello" and Richard III; his
Hamlet" Salt Lake has not yet seen
Since Mantell appeared here in May
1908, he hos more thoroughly establish
ed himself than ever, as the foremost
legitimate actor on the American stage
he has been accepted in the ultra cr1ti-
cal eastern cities. and has added
a number of new plays to his already
wonderful repertoire. Macbeth Will
long continue as one of his chief pres
entations. His reading Is as beaut1ul
as ever, his action as striking and ms
business as original his sole fault is
that he occasionally swallows some OF
his words, from beginning to end, last
night, as the great story developed ne
and his wife Cbest known to the stage
aa Marie Booth RusselD we're kept busy
responding to the ovations they re-
ceIyed and there were not fewer than
IN mr. 20 curtain calls during the eve
ming.
Miss Russell has made some strong
| ADVANCES In her art and her Lady Mac
beth, especially the sleep walking scene.
| was finely rendered
The supporting cast was all eXce,ient'
! tba Malcolm OF Mr. Lindsey and the
Mocdufr OF Mr.. LeGbler. being specially
strono Mr.. Fearing was also good as
| pono,,o though those welded to the
| ala stage traditions might question tho
| ,,oaeps hy which the ghost appears the
andeayor to conceal his entrances ana
| ox,ts almost looked like he was being
ushcred on and off the stage by an at
tendant. .ha
The scenery. costumes, lghts, ana Tue
incidental music. especially the en-
nlovment OF a richly toned organ In tne
nrchestr,a. were all UP 20 the Mahteii
standards. Last nights audience "as
kecnlv appreciative. though not crowd
ed hut II Is bound to grow steadily as
the week advances
Louis XI" forms the bill tonight
!
oppuFIiM-Delight entertain
inc In two numbers, moderately ln.e,
asiinR In four and undeniaoly uuh III
one-such is the summary OIL ,ho pi'
gram at the Orphcum this week ,,.
as oxnonents of physical culture MI.
CIV Kramer and Eugene Sheck intro
S.,nad a few novel and difficult move
na,ta. hut Mr. Kramer's BRIEF lecture
an muscular development was 80 Iiii-
~, ,,,,aS 1yith A foreign accent that II was
not fully appreciated <ot-,Y
sondberg and Lee SUCCEEDED lairls
we'll with a sort OF SaTruIous .,n.. -,
.,,itv which lacked the scintillaton Oh
slub b,rnor. but which as whole wa:
ssmnle OF the voluble nonsense wnlc'
1ara acterizcs too many vaudeville mum
bcrs. Vxron,an" a farce
~,,.a,, hv BESSIE Dainty and company
1.oe not all IL should nave oeen, lo
not only was Miss Dainty TOO eIiusa.e .'
hut Ira f. Earle was almost u,
III, In his enunciation. ana MI ~
Dncrcr was decidedly artificial as TN
- hov. the playlet. too. ls over
Sna,,,r S,n In Justice to Elmer Booth,
ra,,,d he said that he read MS hne
"T,doubtedly the most diverting fent
80 m the program was given oy MI
Harry Fox. one OF the cieVercs, SotuS .n's
s,ans ,hc Orpheum has presented tnl
utaS Gifted With a mischievons IA
! ia a-olIerv indescrIbably winning, n
, ,,rcseded s in provoking laughter VIII
almost every banter Inc Miie's s'.''
] s,stcrs ably assisted him.
~ ,.The Devil. the Servant ana IN
Men, Mr.. Walter Mccullough, "n
sonne time ago was leading man :
.he Grand during one oil WHAT