The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-10-27

ir E1:l4 NAV tathflAe NouhliSs' Wv
N Sh/ nrw star at the Colonial, fee
y WV flat another ci,v has been
added TO the list that wei
comes her periodically in repcrtorics OF
those successes which offer her roles
which she is so we'll fitted TO play.
Miss Couutiss. supported by Wilfred
Roper and thc Colonial company, have
given Salt Lalcrs a most enjoyable
week OF il mt tho Colonial with The
Gsmblcrs. - and if the future produc-
tions at that house this season are 20
no made on the same scale of magplii-
cence, beauty aud artistry. the patrons
OF The house have in store season
that viii outrank any that has gone be-
fore In salt Lake.
Few women who have headed their
companies locally have had as much to
offer i'm the WY OF personal charm,
beauty. accomplishments and talent as
Miss Counties brings to her work. She
is today one OF the five highest salar-
led women on the American stage and
her wardrobe is rcpctc with thousands
of dollars worth of Partisan gowns and
frocbs
For The week that opens tonight mt
The Colonial "Zira' is TO be the bill,
and FOR those who have already seen
Miss Countiss ana who remember the
great role Margaret Amglin played here
f. in .'Iira il IS almost unnecessary 10
+ elaborate on the promises Manager
ketcbam makes for the production.
h 'sZira " is now conceded by all critics
10 he one Of the most remarkable emo
tional dramas and love stories ever
written aud in the role OF Hester
! Trout Margaret AUglin scored ono
Nof the urcat successes of her cuGire ca.
Icer. J. Hartley Manners and Henry
Miller wrote HXica' and through a
prologue and three acts of the drama
ruus its majestic way To climax that
is all-absorhiug.
Best of all, perhaps. is the fact that
the production Of thc play at the Col
unisl tonight aud for the ensuing week
will give Wilfred Rogers. the Oolonia'
company S new lcaIipg man, almost as
great au opportunity for effective work
as Miss Conntiss will have. Mr.. Bog
ers came 10 town almost as much Il
stranger to Local plsygocrs rs did Miss
Couutiss and be. 700, tho past week has
Fmadc good so emphatically that he
is already tavoritc with Colop.ai "s-
irons. iIc rs al actor OF the newer
school Of dramatic expression and the
fincssc that stamps bis work - the best
criterion hv which 10 iudgc his efforts.
In "zira" he viii play the role OF
the Rev. ClaYeriug, the young mission
nrv with whom Iira falls in love after
her transition from Hester Trent.
The prologue OF "Zlra opeus with
> South African sccno during the Boer
war. Hester Trent is Red Cross
nurse and up 10 that time her life had
been made very unhappy through y
series Of incidents over which sho had
had no control Almost desperate with
tho wcarineSs and misery Of it all. she
learns that q more or less famous Eng
lishwpman has supposedly died in an
obscure place and no one knows OF IT.
She determines to assume the woman s
name and place aud docs so. so that
he first act finds Hester Trent
changed tn Zjra and woman Of wealth,
moving in England y best society. She
has fallen in love with the Young mis-
sinuary. the Rev. Clavcring. and has
helped him greatly in his work.
Then like ttupderboi from n clear
~kv comes the news that the woman
whose place she mas assumed is still
alive aud that her own Identity has
becr discovered Then ensycs series
of most remarka bic incidents aud dra
NiIiT fl1HldSFS "ul'H JSf'N y h1u'pI'
mcnt that is at once surprising and
satisfying. Through all this action there
arc iuumuIerablc superb opportunities
for emotional acting and as "Zira is
thoroughly familiar 10 Miss Counties IT,
is expected she will rise 20 new heights
in her portrayal of the title role.
Every member OF the company vilI
have an exceptionally good part 10 play
n the production and Manager Keteb-
am has had his corrs OF sceoic artists
al work for ten DAYS on the scenery
and settings Cor the presentation, "
viii he one Of the most costly PLAYS
ever given at the Colonial and IN the
matter of costumes it will be particu-
lsFlv elaborate.
Opening tonight, "1irs 1uus
through the week AZ the CoIouaI with
matinees nm THURSDAY and Saturday.
The souvenir photographs of mem-
bers of tho COMPANY that are being
oiveu awsv 10 ladies attending the
THURSDAY afternoon performance have
made the biggest sort of hit.