The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-12-16

the Penman. Always good. she has sell
dom been seen to better advantage than
IN the present play AT the Colonial Her
discovery OF the perildy of her husband
after twenty Years OF happiness is a
remarkably clever bit OF acting. II any
adverse criticism We're possible of Miss
Dallas II would be that she looks too
young for the part. She appears TO be
girl In her early twenties. rather than
a woman past forty. as the part calls
or exceptional merit was the work OF
j: Frank Burke as Baron HarlIeld. the
neaVy OF the cast. The part calls for
diliGult character impersonatlon and ex-
ceptionally clever acting. The part is
ard vivian Is very much at home as
Captain Redwood. the English bore who
develops into the detective. His inter
probation OF the part ranks with the best
he has done.
e. Forrest Taylor has appeared TO bet
ter advantage than. he does this week
acquits himself credita bly, Arthur Morse
Moon, the Salt Lake boy who has become
great favorite at the Colonial, proves
an ideal Lord Drelincourt. His work is
lily. e''''''' 0' ""'N'o i''s'F'oh'c aoi'-
Fanchon Everhardt. Meta Quinn. An
tony Burger. James IJIliss, w. A Salroy
and Harmon Weight are acceptable in
minor roles
Jim the Penman" will be at the CO.
lonial every night this week, with mat
Klaw & Erlanger's international pro-
duction of Ben Hur." a visualized spec
tacle set forth In those brilliant pages
on the edge of the Arizona desert and un-
der the old beech tree at his home in
Grawfordsville: Ind, VIII be the attrac-
nights and Thursday and Saturday matt
nees commencing Wednesday night. De-
eemberr Is. 1t was this special presenta-
tion OF the play that klaw & ISrlanger
sent TO England to astonlsh the London
ers and beat all records at the Thcater
Royal. Drury Lane, In magnihcence In
staging IA production. From the first mo-
lnent when the curtain rises In darkness
until its final fall in a glory OF light and
color and music the pictures unrolled be-
fore the. eyes of the spectators form u
full reproductions of the land where the
Christ lived, redeemed mankind and died
This special production was built last year
by Klaw & Erlanger with n view of the
presentation OF the spectacle in London
and VI was seen In only four American
ftifs last year yG o Boston philadelphia
coming engagement will be placed on sale
today
prohted by the addition of Mons, G.. Mo-
lasso's LA Dance Au VIojins" which
holds the head line distinction at the EN-
press this week. This pretentious Offering
is oommendabIe. as 1t is clean and
wholesome entertainment. There is
charm TO the programme this week that
places It among the best appearing at
the popular theater in a good while The
music Is OF the dreamy kind which en-
frances. Comedy. of a kind that drives
away all care and worry is dispensed by
the peerless comedians Collins and Hart
In building, the newes, war play. "The
Little Rebel" In which Dustin Farnum
will appear at the salt Lake theaier
Christmas week, he had a part written
especially for him. Edward Pepe. the
author. found IL necessary TO go to Vir-
ginta and write much OF an Important
scene near the famous Appomottox bat
tleheld. Edward MacGregor, who staged
the production for A. III, Woods. accom-
panied the author TO obtain data and at
mospherc. Army stores We're ranea cked
for old guns and side arms,