The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-02-23

Tho friends OF Rebecca. who made her
Acquaintance in book form, will find ad =
ditIonal charm in this wholesome young
woman by renewing That acquaintance
on the stage. ''Eebecca OF Sunnybrooll
Farm tells the story OF her life from
the time she breaks into the pious aus
terlty Of the Brick House to live with
her two prudish aunts, until her grad
| uatien from the academy. The first act
shows her arrival in the big. lumber
some bus at the farmhouse in River
boro: her romp with the village chill
dren; the upbraiding she receives from
Miranda: her Eight through the rain
storm 20 Uncle Jerry's kitchen and her
return to the Brlck House, rcpcntant.
In tho second act she, with her COM
panIons who are Gin the secret" meets
Mr. Aladdin" who buys her soap,
(which child could eat with the utmost
relish" and becomes her faithful friend
ever after \ realistic barn scene in
the autumn time is the third act In
one corner a pile OF rich, yellow pump
| llns mellow in the sparkling vitality OF
the autumn atmosphere; hampers loaded
| with big, red, juicy apples Sroan with
| their bulSins burdens; through the door.
out into the field beyond the yellow grain
awaits the final touches Of the harvest
| Ing. IL IL here that in her sweet, inno-
| cent way, Rebecca obtains from her Alad-
din Il wedding ring, which she arilessly
gives to harum-scarum Simpson 10 be-
stow upon his wife in reparation OF his
| neglect.
| In the four,h act Eepacca is found
hestating on the threshold OF woman
hood, II is her graduation day Her
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| CLOTH cings In fun folds TO her de-
| murelv proud figure In way that adds
to the dignity of the occasion. That
same evening, as she soliloquizes on her
future from her window her Aladdin in
| the garden hears her voice. He calls 10
| her and before the curtain falls she is
| in fun realization OF the deeper lifc OPEN
| Ing before her--and her Aladdin,
'Rcbecca OF Sunnybrook Farm" loses
! such plot as It has In the simplicity of
it's scenes. action and characters, 1t ss :
| yors of the melodramatic, though II Is
not mclodrama. II teaches a. pretty les
los and Ii is mol a problem play II Is
not Il ripping comedy, yet it's Wholesome
fun and humor lurk in every scene and
| line It is an idealization OF childhood:
sweet and pure and simple
II is refreshing To live for few mo
ments with Innocent, frank and !oyable
! Eebecca. To come under the influence ol
| her wholesome radiance, to glimpse into
| the lives Of the people with whom and
| among whom che livcs-simple, sympa-
thctic, unsophstIcated souls who live in
an atmosphere OF ethical ausierity,
The pastoral is episode In ke-up;
each act is complete in itself, The In
probable. Ilumor ripplcs e'tcrNescently
through most of the situations. and Tho
pretty romancn which Is Inst ,,1,,.os,s IN .ne :
| that which is usually worked out Tor
the satisfaction Of the audience in stage
romance.
| large The portrayals arc varied. con-
sistent and effective. Ursula st George
would he hard TO Improve upon as kr
| yurlous stages Of development with a
Il naive dignity that ia nothing short Of
fascinating. Maud KHam stoycr docs a
Il hIt OF genuine characterization In her
1 portrayaI of Aunt Miranda Sawycr. Her
ncril Wit, tinGcd with pstnos. in the
last net. rings Win inc sp'r't oi 'n'
jeremiah Cobb. the Villag" stage driv-
er. is played with all the good nature;
expect 90 find In such character. by
sam Reed. Adam Ladd tMr. Aladdin is
plcasngly portrayed by Alfred hudson,
IN The other characters nfc indur lp
reflect their full values.
Henry Woodruff. who is starring m,
dor ,hc Mort II. Singer banner. op"ucJ
ni tnc Colonial In Tho Prince "f To-
night" with special matinee Yesterday
aft crnoon. :, .-;.
fantasy Of the fairy-tal variety. IT con
Germs a ne'cr -dn~wel who has failed To
strike his gait In life. with whom nothing
seems 10 go right. lie is goodiooknG
| ,.ouu,. fellow. the admiration OF the fair
onsa' his love affairs being many: and
therein lies the secret of nIs failure 10
Tirc,Imatances q, takes him TO Florida.
and bc becon,cs n lIfe-s and swim
ming instructor Although he cannot
| swim 81 stroke the prospect OF cndcavor-
Ing 10 teach swimming 10 the societ.'
bellies who arc winterinG at the beach.
nerves him TO accept tho position
Ills arrival at the Florida sea resort
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