The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1913-02-09
THE play by Tolstol. as was not

II BiSiS ny A'h'No'' WOO HSN
Il generally his wont, is conver-
Germs the nobility OF Moscow, with
servants and peasants introduced for
contrast. There is no plot. Spirit
ualism as social fad Is discussed
by the square mile, with such side
cuts into any other field as the au-
thor happens To fancy. quite In the
ShavIan manner. AS the comedy was
written a quarter Of a century or
more ago. the sparkle has rather
gone off some Of the issues" Others
were never issues with us at any
date. In short. the comedy moves
along with all clarity and rush and
general charm OF the Chicago river.
Professor Crawford OF the English
literature department Of Yale. Is
credited with having cut" the play,
and accept the statement as true.
But, II / may be allowed to say st,
the comedy seems quite as long In
performance as when / read 1t, TWO
OF three years ago. in an unabridged
as a group. are 10 be commended;
though 1 VIII not go so far as to say
they would not handle. a football
better than satlric comedy Still this
is Russian comedy. Thbt Is to be
Henry Miller could have excelled
them in tho ease with which they let
fall trippingly from the tongue such
names as I.eonid Zvezdintsev and
Aleskef Nladlm!rovlch Krooglosviet-
loy. Sam Bernard, OF course, might
equal them. but then, everyone ad-
mits there is only one Bernard. On
the whole. l think he might make
something out OF TolstoPs comedy.
In his old WeberHeldlan wig and
dress as Mrs. Broome of Broome
street, he might squeeze several
laughs out OF Tanya. the saucy maid
TN 1906. ''The Superior Miss Pellen-
der" a comedy by Sydney Bow
kett, an English actor who has played
here. was produced In London by
known az Winifred Emery, (ouite
"by the way" Mr.. and Mrs. Maude
are to come over. here next season
actor-manngers. neither having acted
IN this country for nearly thirty
Years. when he. at least. was wholly
inconspicuous) Mr.. Bowkett's play,
which got its first New York hearing
only this week, and then but for
thing. wholly agrecable-as for as
" goes. Mrs Pellcpder Is a young
and pretty widow with three daugh
tors and a little boy. she lives In
cially Of the eldest girl. the superior
Miss PelIeuder. IJor own desire Is
TO marry fussy. kind, rather old
ish man. aptlv known rs Mr. lister;
hut they dare not approach the chill
dren An clopement IA decided on.
However. II still takes three acts
OF quiet fun--three very short acts
for the mature pair to screw their
courage TO the sticking point.
In the bill with Tho SUPERIOR Miss
Il Pellendcr." a drama in one act,
was introduced. II was called Tho
Separation IN the translation by
Mortimer Delapo. from tho French of
Valentine de Saint-Poinct, II might
as we'll have been LETT In tho original.
in which form everybody who does
not understand French might have
gusheS over y ecststicslly. The lit
Tie piece ia depressing without being
Important; and after lot OF futile
and unpleasant talk. II ends I'm doubt.
The wife Of a paralytic husband be-
comes cnamored OF q youth She
talks OF clipping with him. and then
she talks OF suicide; vet in the end
we nre left uncertain as 10 which
course she pursues. Rather stnSy
OF tho author. after we had listened
10 so much. on the other hand. no.
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