The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1914-03-15

WHEAT effect have three decades.
w ON a drama once held in high
esteem? Some help toward answer
ing that has been given by two natl
nees of the week, at which successes
Of the famous little old Madison
Square theater. now but memory.
We're brought 70 light frankly,
late Archibald Clavering Gunter. was
ever deemed more than an amusing,
ephemeral farce; and II surely would
not have been kept alive until
The good fortune to be associated with
Richard ManSneld's fame. When he
produced II. in May. 1886: the char
acter Of the German nobleman dis
guised as courier and employed by
a family Of vulgar Americans. en-
abled him TO make one OF his first
hits; but II Is TO be remembered
that the Mansfield OF that day was
not a star Of much consequence.
coming 10 New York only as a sum
regular Madison Square company was
resting. Mansfield, as most people
know, began as a drawing room en-
tertainer, with a repertoire OF comic
played his own accompaniment and
monologues and recitations. These he
introduced into the third act Of
Prince Karl, thus greatly augment
Ing the popularity of the farce: but
IA later years, whether through a
sense Of dignity or mere lazinsss. he
dropped his specially" though he
continued 10 give few performa noes
OF Prince Kari when playing roper
tolre sea sons. For the benefit OF the
City History club. and under distin-
euished patrona ge. Douglas j. Wood,
an accomplished actor. undertook the
Mansfield role. one afternoon last
week with Virginia Pearson and Lu-
Ill Z
need add?-after the play there
Was lea and general dancing.
Although Broken Hearts" by The
late w S, Gilbert did not appear at
the Madison SQUARE anti' February
earlier and acted at the London Hay.
market with Mr. and Mrs. Kendall
a. tho youthful lovers. q. w. Anson
a. r.. Anson's father as the de
Hollingshead as the pathetic Lady
Vavir over here those characters
were flled by Louis Mason, the late
Maude Harrison. the late W. J. Le-
Moyne and Annie Russell. respective
girlish fame as Lady Vavir. In spite
of being older than Mr.. Gunter's
play. Sir Williams Is sure 70 last
much longer. for II holds place in
widely popular on the stage. II wac
the last Of those whimsical poetic
plays. OF which ''Pysmalion and Gal
atea' and THE Palace of Truth" are
tho most famous that Gilbert wrote.
thereafter devoting his genius 10 the
incompara BILE partnership with Sir Ar
thur sullivan. The fantasy is brief
and ensiye-too elusive FOR the stu
dents of Franklin Sargent's School OF
Acting who attempted 1t. though they
did themselves reasonable credit.
Probably you are familiar with the
play: 81 not. should advise YOU to
hasten and secure a COPY and enjoy
venture into u falrvland as enchant-
Ing as ans Barrie could conduct
you to.
a group OF lovely inaldens. each
pning for a love she lost. have with
drawn TO a deserted. but enchanted
island there TO pass their remaining
days In mourning and away from
men. guarded by weird. half-sav-
age humpback. Mousta. sort OF
Calibau, each maid has selected
some inanImate object to represent 10
her the love she lost, to which she
may pour out her ieart-Lady Hilda
worshiping "A fountain; Lady Vavir.
sundial Lady Meiusine. her mir
ror. and SO on. A fair prince pepe-
tratos the island. But he brings a
scarf which, when thrown about his
head, renders him invisible. And
thus. unseen. hearing each maids
condolences TO her symbol, he speaks
In answer, and In a voice they be-
lieve to come from the cherished OBJ
ject SO IT comes about that the un-