Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-04-26
THE ROUND OF THE THEATERS

, Ruttlesnake Gulch"-all gave salts
\ factory delineations
/ The staging was remarkably true 20
/ Nevada life: but as whole the per-
| Torrance is not convincing and os-
! pecially not TO a westerner.
GRAND-Thcrc arc several strit-
I ing characters In THE Call of the
J Circus" the four-aCt meiodrama being
! presented an this week hy the Grand
( stock company 90 good houses. and
| the play as "a whole is interesting. bon
/ spite of the fact that, as the drama
I progresses some Of the DEVELOPMENT
/ OF character Is rather incongruous
I For Instance. Joshus Gordon. the re-
| ligious fanatic. Is puzzle from be-
/ ginning TO end. and that Dickons-liko
! character OF Bingley Butos. the vile
lage oracle. gets entirely 900 bad in
Z the last act for hidc-hound rcll-
/ zionist Robert Gordon. young
/ clcrgi man. a man ~ spirit. and human
! sympathy. lovable Kind of "a per-
/ son. was well handled Dos Theodore
| Torch. and when he falls boz love with
! an ignorant little circus girl things
/ are considerably complicated. in looks.
! bearing and conception of the ch9rac-
| ter. Mr. Torch could not well have
| improved upon Robert Gordon. Fred
| Doty's make up and handling of
| Bingley Butes was one of the best
, things OF the evening. He WA. an UNI
! qualified success. Amy OF the arena
| was attractively imPersonatcd by Mis-.
Cecil Fay Miss Camille Lewis made
| q decided hit as Saran Chidla and
| afforded the audience mcrrimeut Az
Diane OF the circus. Miss hIyua
ketcham was good The rest OF the
support is above the average. and the
play deserves even better houses than
30 is receiving.
SHUBERT-The salt Lake public.
or az least that portion known as the
theater going public, is inclined to fol-
low the scriptural 8diuratiOn "scvcn
times seven shalt thou forgive" in the
case OF Willard Mack for not only
dld he pack the house last night at
the Shubert with the really charm
ing play when We Were Twenty
one but he was applauded long and
loud as his first appearance was made
and he received many bouquets and
curtain calls. The hOnors We're shared
and deservedly SO. by Miss Maude
Leone. who was given a large basket
of flowers and handsome bouquet
upon her initial appearance. with
burst Of applause which lasted fully a
minute and which became SO de-
mOnstrative that Miss Leone abandon
ed her lines for a moment and, adj
vancing 20 the fOotlights brcatned
fervont thank you-God bless YOU
The other characters We're an well
sustained i'm the piece. James Renuie
was particularly good as the Imp
the ungrateful beneficiary OF the
trinity of bachelors whose every
thought was for the boy. the latter
being Charmingly impersOnated by
Frederick Moore Reed Clarke and
George Meakin. Rosa Roma as the
adventures made a great deal out Of
a very brief part. and the other
characters were well sustained
MAX FLORENCE THEATERS-
Lovers Of Shapespeare viii find much
to interest them at the Luna theater
this week, as the magnificent repro
duction of the remarkable tragedy.
"OthellO," the Moor OF Venice is the
headliner. Another timely subject Is
by the Biograph company. Thou
Shalt Not At the Isis theatcr an
adaptation for motion picture pro-
duction from the famous novel. st.
Elmo" is being featured a msgnif-
icently colored scenic production.
Delhi" is also included in the Isis
bin as wen as a comedy, 1.-THE Kid"
and a pathetic little story entitled.
"The Wreath" The Elite theater Of
fers n well balanced program, the
feature subject of which is
"Richelieu."
THE BUNGALOW-The moving
pictures of the recent Wolgast-Nel-
son hstic battle al Richmond. CALI
fOrnia. on WashingtOn's birthday last.
is the offering at the Bungalow this
week, and judging from the large
and demonstrative audience OF Mon
day night the bin Is finding warm
favor with the local fight fans"
owing 20 the extreme length Of the
contest which began shortly after
3 O'Clock I'm the afternoon and con- |
tinucd until after in the evening, |
only fifteen Of the best rounds are |
shown including the first three. show I
ing the speed and determination with |
which each man entered into the I
game, the 23rd in which Nelson had |
promised 20 bring home the money" |
and M the termination Of which |
with Wogast still very much alive |
many thousands Of dollars are said |
TO have changed hands; and the |
closing rounds n the battle when |
Referee Eddie Smith stopped the /
"mill' and proclaimed Wolgast |
champion.
The pictures are startlingly real at |
times almost bringing the audience to |
lts feet. and the latter part OF the
contest taken after twilight had set |
tied so deeply that the crowds on |
the bleachers could not distinguish /
one contestant from the other is a /
tribute 10 the Photographic art
Other features OF the pictures iu-
clude the men I'm their training /
quarters. a panorama view of the /
great arena, showing its coustruC- /
ton and later the immense crowd F.
taxing it's capacity, with individual I
views OF the fighters and the trainers |
hackers managers, etc. Many women /
were Ia the audience Of Monday highs |
and apparently were as thrilled with |