The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1914-03-22
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Blu Vanderheyden Fyles

ever. 1, might rea asonably be accepted
as symbolical OF mortal dread OF the
undiscovered country from whose
hourn no traveller returns 50 Even in
a wholly uninspircd translation by
Richard Hovey. much OF Mactcr-
linck's power 10 express himself In
shadow words is still there. No
dramatist Of the present day or any
other period has his genius for re-
creating the world of Jack the Giant
Killer and of Bluebeard which we all
but lost forever when we said good
by to childhood. And without cx-
tlstic play OF lights on hangines. the
production maintained the air OF re-
noteness In way that several tons
of scenery never could have done,
around the stage, from top to bot
tom. with a mound OF painted rocks
across the floor. rising In the middle
to height OF about three feet. Over
these bleak stones come the Princess
igraine, IN the nowing. graceful
robes OF nine centuries ago, leading
her little brother. Tintagiles. lie has
been sent home from some fsr-of
haven, back to the dismal glowerlns
castle IN the valley, falling TO decay,
shut off from all light and beauty
There is one. great tower. Ygrainc
tells him, Whispering so that mot
even. bird or blade OF grass may
the north end. where their aged
grandmother rules in solitude She
Is said TO have grown to all enormous
size. but none who has looked on
alive. She is Jealous OF her power:
everyone who might have wrested the
crown from her has died. Ygraine
fears f1r Tintsgiles The next nasEt three
chamber of the bedroom OF Ygrainc
and her sister, Bellangere. where
TintagiIes sleeps for safety. Their
only protector is hoary old retain,
er; but when he brings his great
wall. his old arms are too weak to
WELD IT, And Tinta giles once brave
and smiling. has succumbed to the
oppressive dread The beating OF his
heart against his sisters breast
speaks words of fear; his eyes start
ont at shadows; his very limbs lose
courage and he sinks to the ground.
In the next scene, in the blue OF mid
night: three strange women, yelled
chamber They are the handmaidens
10 the queen. One disappears behind
the tapestries to carry off the sleep
ing child, But she. returns az noise
tween his sisters. his arms about their
necks. his little hands entwined In
their hair. The tresses must be cut TO
steal him safely. The other hand
IHdlucIlS return WITH llel 10 90 tillS,
and presently. they appear between
the portieres, carrying the limp child
and glide away through the great iron
doors. Ygralne and BeIsngere awake
and call for Tiuta giles and rush out
after. him. The last scene is at the
threshold Of the windowless tower.
Ygraine. in her white robe and dis
hcveled locks. bearing a ilickering
lamp. has toiled up countless stairs
OF stone felt her way along damp.
black passages, shreked In terror at
her own shadow ON the moldering
stone walls. All tho time she cries
the name of Tintagilcs. At last. she
mounts the last stairs. ending in a
terrifying door that has no han andle.
Sine hears her brothers voice. He
calls for aid. All is blackness with
in, he says. but he can feel the breath
of the wicked queen on his cheek,
The frantic Ygrainc feels over every
inch of the cold door. but to no avail
She can find no handle. She tears at
il until her nails and hands are
bleeding. She pleads with the cruel
queen, she offers any sacrifice; and
all the time she tries TO reassure the
child Then he cries out to her that
the queen Is closing her hands about
his baby throat His voice grows
weaker. At last there Is no sound at
all, And the helpless Ygraine sinks
to the ground In tears for the dead
Tlntagiles.