The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-12-03
FRENCH VERSION OF
DAVID COPPERF|ELD
ACTRESS at Odeon Makes Dick
ens's Hero Popular With
Gay Parlsians.
MEDLEY PLAY PLEASES
"M. Pickwick," Founded on
Famous "Papers," Also
Proves a Hit.
MEDLEY PLAY PLEASES
BY PAUL vILIIERS.


Special Cable TO the lflpuHc'
PARIS. Dec. o.-Paris has aehieFea
a Dickens fad Not long ago French
version OF the Pickwick Papers was
ciyen under TIE name Of NJ. Pickwick
~ the Athonee and won a QUICK sue
cess. The drol humor Of the famous
creation OF charlss u p'IkeId payid acpppperfieid
las been dramatized and is being pre-
scntc,I at the Odcou. And thereby hansS
+" One ne day NJ Antoine. NJ Pierre Mortier
and NJ. Max Maurey were coming pach
together in A train from Switzerland'
uons 10 buy book 10 read and chose
q copy OF "DsvIo Cope rheld' NJ An,
,oiuc looked al IL after the tra,p nan
started again. and said to NJ: MauIey
;hat thorc was n good subject for q play
In that book which would please french
families
he added. II will give II at the Odcon.
NJ Maurey adopted the suggestion
and completed his play st Camaret when
trlbu,lon Of the principal roles. The part
OF David Ccpperfield vas played oy an
actress. Mile. Monna Gondre.. one OF the
Youngest pensionaires OF the OGeon. ms
Is explained by the fact that NJ. Maurcy
has chosen only tho youthful career Of
David as described by Dickens.
Regular Dickens Medley.
The play turns out TO be vcrltable
Dickens mixture; an entire act being Dor,
fhs chief Characters OF .'Copperheld." IN
cluding Peggoty LltIle EN- ly' AsnGis
cswher. Uriah Ileep. Betsy Trotwood and
Mr. Dick are the most prominent char
scters. and appear In almost every
scene.
4 daring innovation is tho converting
OF Mlcawbcr into a schoolmasrer. for II
is to the scholastic esta a6lishment Kept
sent NJ. Vilbcrt gave n delightful rem
deTinS OF the character. In one scene he
comes on the stage with shrimpins net.
David Becomes Pickpocket.
Urish Heep. helps to, contrIve parld's
rum the result De}ns t1a' h al the sesn nssI IN
Fagip's kitchen, being initiated, much
against his will. Into the art OF pocket
picking. Thus David changes places with
Oliver Twist for the noncc.
Tho denouemcnt is reached with tho
arrival OF David Copperneid 1T Betsy
Trotwoods cottage after his weary tramp
ters and the adoption OF David BY his
sreat-aunt.
Near-Panic in Theater.
Stage fright is well known trouble
which actors and Actresses have 10 cope
with. but another kind OF stage fright
seems now TO affect the spectators.
curious 3nstance OF II occurred at the
Francois. where during performance
any plausible reason. Shortly after the
curtain had risen four ive Young
ladies' Ia one or the 'front.' rows Sudcenly
cot up and left the building hurricdly,
without saying anything. But apparently
they were very much excited. Other
spectators looked round in wonder. but
could sec nothing. Many however took
fright. and left their eeats to rush for
the doors.
In an instant nearly everybody was on
foot and making hurried attempts 10
reach the exits. The audience consisted
mostly OF young girls and their mothers.
and though they Jostled each other i 1T
tie. no great harm WIS zone. Ono of
the actors on the stageNnoticcd the bc-
ginning OF the panic. He addressed the
public and told them that theS were abb
soiutcly safe and had nothing TO fear
This did not suffice, and y fireman who
stepped on the stage also made vain
appeals to the public, There was noth-
ing. 10 stop them until nearly all the stalls
iiad been evacuated The directors sec
rotary then appeared on the stage and
succeeded at last in pcrsuading the spec
tators that there had been q false alarm
and induced them 10 return TO their
places.
The excitement lasted soune ten min
uies. and the only material damage was
Somo crushed hats aud crunrleJ rib
bons.