The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-09-06

'rNikado' which has been revised and
which will be seen here again.
| At the Colonial theater on Monday
evening Margaret Ellington was given a
magnificent reception. Never since that
playhouse opened has there been gathered
| there as representative an audience as
the one OF Monday evening II was a
dernonstrative audience and gave this
charming actress great ovation. In
production of a great play. Until Eter-
nity," (Jusqu Eternite) play adapted
by and under the personal stage direction
of Edward Elsner and 1t gives Miss NJ
ington opportunity for emotional acting.
IT has been two years since Miss
Ellington was seen here. when playgoera
Thief" Shortly afterward she left the
stage and only returned a short while
since. her first appearance in this new
play. Until Eternity being at Tacoma
week ago on Thursday.
1t is a play In which the brilliant ac
tress is seen at her best, There are
several clmaxes. and in the last act her
wonderful work is seen, Her absence
from the stage for Two years has lost
her none OF the qualities which placed
her in the front ranks of her profess
sion. Until Eternity, has created more
of a. sensation than did 1.-THE Thief" The
play itself is full of intense heart inter
est.
Miss Ellington has not yet had New
York or an eastern audience pass iu1s-
ment upon the play. Like Miss Cros-
man. who is at the Salt Lake Theater,
she preferred 10 try IL out in the west.
and these western people pronounce
Until Eternity a great play a verdict
which Is certain to be approved whom
the play is presented to eastern audi
ences.
No play presented here for a long
1r-l1i hD 1,uI ,tnh -fo =
tings as has this production OF Miss IL
lington. a great fortune has been eX-
pended for the furnishings. They are
the best that could be had The scene
In acts TWO and three, the Fornac chateau,
Avignon, France, Is a most beautiful one.
The tapestries shown are of The costlest.
aud this applies TO all the other settings.
There was curtain call after curtain call,
To which Miss Ellington responded.
Walter Edwards. who has the role of
Eugene rornac. Is an old favoritc with
stock at the old Grand rheatrr, and his
old friends gave him n warm welcome
Monday night,
Here is the story told in the play:
rjcs a beautiful girl whose name is
Anastasie. She is taken To J is home in
AVignoD. France Instead Of being in
stalled in the position Of mistress OF her
home. the bankers mother assumes the
management Of the house. debating To
the servants. and In the end. drivcs the
young wife 10 distraction \ child Is
born, the younS wifc's mothor-in-law
even takes the care OF the babe from his
mother. In a fit of dependency, Anas-
taSie runs away, taking n train with no
thought Of where she was going. The
train IL wrecked and she is supposed To
have been killed with score OF others.
She was slightly injured and rendered
unconscious. When she rcvlycs she
finds herself in a hospital. Her idcn-
tity mistaken. sho becomes known TO the
attaches OF the hospital Mrs. Benson
She learns of her supposed death. that
the real Mrs Benson was killed, and she
decides TO continue to exist as the wo-
man for whom she is taken To be. leav-
ing her relatives and friends 10 suppose
her dead, in fact Her mother-in law
makes the husband believe shat his wife
has run away with scCrct lover. The
husband believes his mothers story ard
tries To forget the Wife whom re loved
devotedly. The banker marries again;
he tries TO make himself believe that he
loves his second wife. but thoughts and
memories of his first wife haunt his
mind, and he knows To the fulneSs OF his
intuition that his second wife married
him solely for the social position in which
inc could place her, for the money he
could lavish on her She does not as
sumo n motherly attitude toward his son.
and he seeks Sovcrness, The real
mother is recommended for the position.
under her assumed name. Mrs. Benson.
Her identity is at first suspected, then
discovered absolutely. by Leon Fornac,
fuses 10 give his consent TO her enter
Ing again her home. She promises TO
keep her secret. and Leon Fornac trust
Ing that the banker will not discover in
the new governcSs n likeness 70 his sup
poscdly dead Wife. consents to her tax; |
Ing the position OF govctRess TO her OWN
child.
The secret is kept for some time
though the banker is struck by her re- /
semblance to his former Wife. An Esyp
tian servant, possessing a Keen native
IL. ,I...I
masqucradinS wife and discloses her
Identity TO the bankers second wife The I
latter forces confession from Anas- /
TASTE. the husband learns also that his !
real wife. whom be supposed dead. was
acting us Soverness To their chn1 In his |
home. She is requested 10 leave Cy the |
husband. and seeks refuge under tha roof |
of Il friend in London. being taken there
by the bankers brother. The bankers |
second wife. for suitable remuneration.
leaves the banker free TO act as he
chooses toward his real Vile; & H@ Scek5
her. and nnds her insane. The husband
asks forgiveness FOR needing his moth |
crs prciudicing tales, the clG'd is re-
stored To his mother whom ne mas
learned To love, not knowing her 10 be
his mother.
Miss nnngton is seen as Anastasie. The
role Is most difficult one. calling Tor
the assumption OF all the kindness and
geu,lencSs of a mother, by degrees ui IN
crcasing emotion as the play progresses
her circumstances gradually bearing
lHbN!y Oh iltl ilit'l''ti'NF. on
raying lunaticS her laugh is the laugh !
of "A maniac She moves her audience
w!lh her portrayal of the various emo
tions. from a kindness that grips and
appeals. To madness that rcpulscs and
strikes terror into the hearts or her audi
tors.
Eugene Furnac is portrayed by
Walter Edwards in q nasterly manner,
His acting is done with an case und
grace that charactcrizeS only the true
artist Equally well done Is Leon For
nae In the hands OF Edward Elsner. who
is called upon more frequently for work
Of a vital nature 10 the play, tllau Is Mr..
Edwards. John Guthrie, a physician Is i
n minor character. though ~ could NOT 1
be taken care OF more ably than is done
by Stanley DE Wolfe Guillbcrt of
Eugene Fornac, Is assumed by Miss Ruth II