The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-11-24

GOLDSMITH; following "She stoops td
Conquer . with Shakespeare 'NIuch
ADO. next representing Sheridan
with THE Rivals and finally bflns@
Ing the semi educational series tn au
end with play not yet announced,
In short. Miss Russell has laid thd
coIner-ston OF z. new thcater. Tbd
NIst aGdience--So representative al
tic oldest. quetest and most cultured
society OF New York that the usuaI
first mig hter" would hardly have rec y
oeni2cd familiar face-saw a COR
rect, Intelligent and generally ale-
quatc performance of the heartIcsI
and most wholesome comedy Of did
Except for the cNcision of those ou-
casional lines which would strike tl,6
modern ear, at least. as gross. and
for merging Of some scenes 10 ob-
Viate a change OF set" the coined,
is acted as the author wrote It wflci,
is also TO saS. that il Is shown TO re.
cent generations for ths first TIM
business which have ATTACHED
themselves TO ii through neaIiy CEN
;ury and half of constant ust
White commendable on the whole,
this process has somewhat reduced
the farcicel viyacity of The pIecd'
for who can wholly disagree with Sli
Arthur Wing piuero'S cynical rcmarl
that "a comedy Is farce by dead
author"
Especially questionable Is Mis-
Eussclls effort 10 excuse the "ssides4
nv having them spoken vaguely and
haIf-henrtc cdly, neither comments 10
visible person nor set .onie "ihinla
Ing aloud" the result being AS con-
Gusins and disiliusjDning as a poly
SlOt performance of opera,
Il; is more aereca bic TO point OIL
The merits in the performance OF
Ella ssic that is as jolly and alive a
though II. ink that wrote 1t were no
dry: and which We get interpreted %
2 company Of correctly educated me-
and women vino speak the Englis
language. with nice discretion. PaE
convey an unjustly luliewarn esti
mate Of its value, because no ono
excellent. yet p good level is main
tanned With one conspicuous cXcnp
tiou. II is safe to say that In ne
own field the delivery OF racy. Keen
noservant monOlocues-MisS Bealricl
IlcYford is without q peer: but In iel
FIRST professional essay as an actres'
hor failure was little less than lam
en;a6le. Undertaking the importan
charactor of Mrs. TIardcsstle, sh'
took 1Ip her cues so slowly and spokl
Ier lines so iudistnctlv as TO bal
he action every time she old or dif
not epesl5. For "A time il seemed ~
though size might bring tile who'll
venture 20 disaster.
Miss Russell in gowns that Rom-
Dey o. GaiusDorough could not hay'
made more lovely. brought a somo
what more pTim archness TO the De
ccntlomS o. Kate Hardcastle than ON
naturally would associate WITH tu'
role: hut she was charming ID eiIec
and in method. always The actres'
Mo SHOWS her dainty art as cunning
Is as does the carver OF NorE; AIh'''
the men. Fred Prrmaln brings
Souiyn Hard castle the richest teenni
fn,. old comedy, while I1ttteusl
Powers Diggory is as admlrap,e
WITHIN its limitations. and EeoIS'
Gidden'g Jonv I,umpEn suilers OH; ~;
from Yne unsuitahiliIv with %hlch on
acc bns b,Iriened him for the imper'
souation OF = bog OF u. l's nu'"y
is sin uuctious; and one mas ~
,louht nf It's complete effectiveness u
Inc old days oi WallacES s tbeats.
when il sporied with the Sny,.
ia r,icasile Of John Gilbert, the Ne
Ea,dcustle OF Madame Ponisi, nnu ar,
youthful lovers or Rose CoGhlai' a''s
The gentle subject OF she stoop
"a CONQUER" and Miss Russell can
no, % d" dropped without a mentor, . .
she bcauiiiul and lnva'uahlc antIauG, 5,ntn
with which the EIardcastle nome ., ,
furnished. The nre:-doeS, the Iusr' ~,
candlesticlls, the bright brass Msam'
ins-pan. the Olh Blue and sne sra's
ful. spindly furniture are a,n,n,itI, ainlor i,
eloonent rs lae words ot bola' i so,,,
for Miss Russell has borrowed iTon
i,o rare collections OF her own nom
ana OF her wealthier friends I? en,n,,
playGocrs a lovely picture ot o'
Iu2i.ni.