The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1913-02-16

PldF- anu II served TO introduce 20
America such good actors as
George Arliss, X. c. Herr and j.
+. Dodsou.
IN 1.-The Dreamer we have a
Il dignified, serious, reverent and,
frequently exalted. recital of the
story of Joseph. L, is by Mre.
Percy Dearmcr, an Englishwoman;
and its merit lies chiefly iu the
quality Of its blank verse. The
production, made IN the frequently
unsused music hall IN the building
that contains Madison Square gar
den and the Garden uheater and
coming more or less appropriately
at the beginning of Lent, occurred
simultaneously with one night of
'Oedlpus Rex. ln the Garden
theater. John 4. Kellerd reap
poared as the maddened king but
this once, and then resumed his
notably long 'run' OF Hamlet.
Amelia Gardner was Jocssta and,
IN Shakespeare tragedy, Queen
Gertrude.
Mrs. Dcarmer drama is in five
acts. the first OF which concerns
Joseph S estrangement from his
us III u Ills Neu-
erable father s anger: and the sell
ing of him TO the Midianites. AT.
ter this, we see his Interpretation
OF Pharaoh S dream: his appoint
mcnt as steward; the giving of
Asenath TO him IN marriage. and,
finally his reunion with his broth.
ers. As a reverent poem. Mrs.
Dearmer s recital of the story is
much to be commended; but as stir.
ring, stiking, "actable' drama il
is not to be compared with the
Joseph and His Brethren - OF
Louis \. Parker. To which the
answer is, no one said it wanted to
be. AS we'll measure the ancient
''Everyman,p resurrected, by Ben
Greet, and the modern ~ Every
woman,' by Walter Browne.
A ND now, from Joseph and his
N brethren to George Ade. The
western humorist could not be dull
if he tried. "Talking to Father"
is the merest trihe, hardly longer
than an AIDE fable. And it is only
talk. But what more fertile scene
and subject for AIDES glib Ameri-
canIsm than the interview OF a
penniless young man with a wealthy
old one, whose daughter he desires
10 wed? The suitor, when put to
1t, needs an intinitesimallv small
piece OF paper on which TO record
his tangible assets in full, for the
assurance of the Pickle King.
Things look dark for Romeo But
when he proves himself able to
invest check for $4,000 so as
to transfer it into property worth
a hundred thousand-and without
leaving the room-Pop thinks bet
ter of loves young dream.
tears; this time Giannetta g
Tears. - The comedy, by Frances
ca PastoDchi, received this perfor.
nance outside Of Italy In New
York, in German, that circumstance
arising from the presence here Of
Mathilde Brandt. That presuma
bly attractive and professionally
adroit young actress is exception
ally well suited to the Frou-Frou-
like Giannetta. The role would
suit Grace George, were there any
reason to tempt disaster with
play so fragile and so foreign
Gianuetta is married TO the young
er brother of the legal guardian of
her girlhood. She does not quite
know why she married, In any
case, she never loved her husband.
And she does love young man
with whom she is rebearsing for
amateur theatricals. Her perform
ance promises to be excellent in
every particular except her iuabili
tY to simulate tears. Her husband,
discovering the liaison, sends for
his elder brother, and untolds his
plight. In the final and chief act,
the ex-guardian has a serious and
long talk with Giannetta. His rev.
elation of his brother g unhappy
discovery and coincidental ruin.
and of his broad, condoning atti-
tude toward his young wife, soften
Giaunetta. She renounces her low
er forever. resigning herself to
life of sorrow. Then her brother
in-law talks to her, with great elo-
quence and feeling, of the sacri-
fice and hopeless love in his own
life. She does not realize that she
was the object of this love; but
she is moved. Dropping toward
him, she weeps with tender feel
ing. And her associates IN the
amateur tbeatricals, entering at
that moment, applaud her final mas
terry of the art of tears.
All of which would be more sat,