The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-01-28

next week by the famous Road snow |
directed by Mr. Martin Beck
-H HE GarricIl. when it finishes the
week which begins with to-
3 nights performance, viii nave |
rounded ont twenty weeks OF
its second season as a hich,class STOCK
house ratering TO the most critical
among local plavgoers and presenting
during those twcr..v weeks some OF the
most artistic and finished productions
ever seen here in stock,
The success that such theatcr rs
the Garrick has proven ltsel 10 pe
should be something Of personal sat
isfaction to every playgoer who mas
passed N doors. The house - so es'
scr%islly n salt Lake INSTITUTION tnat
one is almost predostined to look Wlth
favor upop it and its attractions be
fore even the opening curtain asceudS
on the latter.
The management of the house has
spent large sum OF money so far TINS
season to provide for rs patrons
series of plays seldom attempted IN
stock II even the larger th1atrieal cen.
teTs OF the east. That these efforts
have been thoroughly appreciated rs
obvious. for .'he Garrick has housed hIg
audiences ell season.
For the coming week. beginning with
tonight s performance. q play that TOR
Nt least twelve wears past has NOT beeh
seen in Salt Lake, 1.-The Crisis, the
story of southern days Just previous
10 aud during the civil WY. bT Winston
Churchill VIII DC The attraction nj the
Gayrick Z" The Crisis was adaE'ed 10
The stage hv Mr.. Churchill himself, rs
ne would cNtTust TO no other hands the
delicate task Of setting the scenes ana
incidents and theme Of his tale TO the
stage. Certainly i'm .'he transition Mt.
Churchill knew where 10 draw the line,
aud The result was 4 stage success Tor
the dramatized version Of tho "The
Crisis that has all but exceeded tho
novel itself in popularity with the
American public.
In has been so long since "The
Crisis has been played in SAL Lake
that il will lac Ike welcoming an oil
friend to again witness the unfolding
hack of the footlightS of ;hc dramatic
vouug no;fhcrncr who, two years before
the outbreak Of tho civil war. finds
himscif IN -. Louis ard IN love with
Virginia Caryol. southern girl whose
family has owned slaves for genera.
tiou or more and who tries TO make
herself dcspise the northern man whose
convictions on the question Of slave
owncrabip arc 90 at variance with her
own ideas,
Brce has bocn in ST Louis only
day wien from the windows of the
! law Office Of the eccentric old Judge
/ who has taken him in aud who HIM
! self is a strong northern sympa,thizer,
! he BUYS a black @irl who is being
! auctioned Of al 4 slave sale below,
The love affair of Brice and Vir
/ pinia tarTc has been termed one Of
/ the most skillfullv written stories of
/ the are "Thc Crisis is tale OF
/ Cupid : havoc, for through the alarms
/ Of war in the south sounds the weet
/ call of love the, knows no barriers
! and that flows its uneven way 10 de
| denoucmcnt strikipglv dramatic.
"The Crisis VIII he one OF The
| finest scenic productions of the season
! at the Garrick. and the costumes are
those picturesque affairs Of the period
| in .,ho south with which the play deals.
! To Nir. Durkin goes the role. Of Brice,
and III the Characterization Of the i'm.
! pulsIve, deep.thinking. manly norther.
ncr tho leading man will find role
J that requires great versatility. Miss
, Adair as Virginia Carvcl may bc de-
pcNdnd upon 20 nSe her rich voice with
splendid effect. and As her own beauty
IS Of the southern type. one may fore.
see a very heautiful Miss Caryel in
I Miss Adoir s imuersonation.
Beginning tonight "Thc Crisis will
he played all week at the Garrick. with