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

sprightly Nell Gwyn. possessed rose
Du Barry locks, whirh we're a delight
10 their owners. The great Mrs. Sid
dons had a passion for sunset hair,
Tor Horace Walpole said 10 her: - Her
hair was either red or she had no OBJ
lection 60 its being thought so, aud
she used rcd powder on it. -
2 Aud then the famous Mrs. Hartley,
( OF whom Garricll said: 'A 6ner crea-
tnre ! never saw. had hair like
claret shot with sunshine. She refused
10 wear wig on any account. for she
considered her owu. hair the finest in
the world. One reads IN tho life Of Sir
Joshua Reynolds, who painted her PIE
ture. that Mrs lIartleY had that
| golden auburn hair which the early
! italian painters loved. and this color
has always exercised the most power
fnl witcherv on map.
Sir Joshua might have pointed out
! with truth that the greatest Of all
witches, Cleopatra. was one OF these,
for her brow was bound with burn.
| ing gold
1t has really come TO that pass that
I when 4 blonde or brunette is called
upon TO play an emotional role they
generally rush posthaste for n bottle
Of cinDahar or some magic surcoliue.
Mrs Carter may not be wholly re-
| spouSlble for this condition Of affairs.
J but her Influence must have been great
! III this direction. IL was on this account
/ very likely. that the bard penned those
famous lines: ''Some are born Titan.
some who achieve Titinn. aud some who
harre Titan thrust upon them
Under the latter category one finds
/ Viola Allen, When Miss Allen burst
! forth a star in 1.-The Christian it
| was necessary that she wear al
! amarantine wig. since she had to say
to John Storm in the first act. 81 can
no more. help being CAV than I can
/ help having red hair And Miss Allen
years that everybody thought that was
the color of her own hair, but in point
of fact she Is a brunette. Miss Allen IS
/ next play was - in the Palace Of the
King. and another rubicund. scorn-
gold Wig was necessity, for +. Marion
Crawford described Dona Dolores. to-
| Wit: 'S She was very fair, with golden
hair and deep gray eyes Furthermore.
lateriticiou5 locks proved. in Miss Al
len s case, most attractive.
il nas been amply demonstrated that
the prediction for carroty locks is
no new feminine passion. Queen Eliza.
beth was possessed Of an incnrDedine
head covering, that was the delight
Of the court as well as the dear lady
herself
Knowing that Elizabeth led the style,
IT is easy TO divine why all tie beauties
of the court few 20 the red wig or the
ever handy essence Of cochineal.
Shakespeare had fondness for
erubesccnt hair that is astonishing: but
it is more than likely that he was do
ing nothing more than following the
style set bv the Virgin Queen. Orlando
and PoTtia when properly dressed
should wear rosy capillary adornments;
so. also, juliet who was o golden
haired young lady. In 1915 when her
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| 81 her hair rippled round her heal IN
crisp curling gold
When Wilson Barrett was seen AS
; Hamlet at the Princess theater. Octo-
Der Is. 1884. f. s Willard. who APP
peared as the king. wore a splendid
magenta canopy of hair. The critics
tore this wig metaphoricallY asunder,
but when they took time 70 examine
their Shakespeare they found that Mr..
Willard was quite correct.
But this was not the first time that
a red wig in a Shakespearean produc-
tion raised rumpus. a number OF
years ago Jeanette Achurch WAS seen
at sydney. Australia as Lady Macbeth
TO George Rignold S Macbeth. and she
wore shock of red hair that shone
like the roon-day sun or the mouth OF
, furnace There was a row, but Miss
Achurch had right and reason on her
side and the fault finders were soon put
to rout-
Even the Prince of Denmark himself
has often appeared on the stage topped
with a ruhicunI pate-cover. Donaldson
in his Recollections of An Actor
tells us that it was thus that Steven
Kemble dressed Hamlet.
And then Charles Fechter 8 couleur
de rose Hamlet wig is now to be seen
in the museum OF the Players club.
Edwin Booth was always crowned with
: cd ,,ln bo
beth.
Incidentallv, up TO the time of Mack
lin, Sbvlocll was always played as a
comedy part and the actor wore q wig
as fiery as the sun s stored rays,
Graham Moffat. who wrote "Bunty
Pulls the srings,'' Nigh, have been a
famous author long before had his IA
ther placed any confidence in the boz.
The youngstcr used to "elocute" much
to the disgust Of his stern parent.
After father died said Mr Moffat
recently in London Il had TO turn 20
something. and my sister and. myself be
one-sct plays in Braid scots NY idea
was to institute = society in Scotland Tor
the exploitation of national drama. siml-
! "You know l. Is remarkable thing.
but there bad never been any Scotch
Dl3SS performed IN SCplidnOs 1 mere may
have been scattered instances. AZ any
! rate. 7 am proud Of the fact that In
troducci Scottish plays by Scottish ac-
tors
IL became playwright by force OF
! circumstances. often found IL ex-
trameIy difficult To obtain sketches Tor
! my entertainments. which / was giving
with ny Sister III the smaller towns. so
I commenced writing them myself. From
tha, the idea grew, for ! saw no reason
| why work written for the PLATFORM
should not prove even stronger " adapt
| ed for stage purposes. I found II Infinite
! ly easier 10 write a piece for five or SIX
cha racters backed mp with all OF the hum
dyad and orc theatrical articles than
| 10 write FOR concert platform. where
! tho only stage setting Is usually table
and a chair and d glass of water.
| az this way that 'Bunty grew
from g slender sketch. The finished plsv
| represents manv -eaVs cf work, but II
! was aiways work ~ pleasure because
/ love the cha ~act ers-- ercl-N onH OF them.
! / used 10 Polish up the sketch from tine
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