The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1914-01-11
THEATR1cALLY speaking. the old


glory No less than six new plays
' In half as many nights. Ana; as
might have been expected OF nifn,
Bernard Shaw got on record WIZ u
piece OF his as the very last oil tHe
husdreGs hun pro1HGied due n Ge,nse! meM o'N
Although "The Philanderer was
one OF the f1rst plays Shaw wrote,
Il has never been acted In New tork
until the other night. Appropriatey,
| Il appears at Winthrop Ames's Litlle
or people Of the taste and culture. to
enjoy a comedy OF Wit and satire,
The company. however, is almost
wholly English. having been, engaged
In London and rehearsed by SnaN
4 himself, when not too busy sitting
for his figure in wax, which, when
/ fnished. caused him 10 exclaim, how
Beautiful" and to add, II palticu-
lnrly admire my. Whiskers.
II may be said Immediately that.
i in spite OF its seniority. TO most Shaw %
plays. there are no whlshers on the
Pbilanderer' Its zigzag flashes OF
Wit, always in q new and unexpected
place, are as dazzling as thoush
+ penned yesterday. The play anout
the young man whose clever. lmaei-
native and humorous ways make a.,
most every woman fall in love with
him Is too well known to readers TO
bear rehearsal here, OF course, you
are familiar with the amatory export
ences Of this I,ondoner who never
payO ANY any special v,s6 ssten!lSm 1Soesn:p 70
care a bit less Tor one woman
than another" And: after all. 1t
iB not so much thenl-the
hcrapes he gets into between tho
cllnging, sentimental woman OF the
old type and the self-reliant. calm,
- nc M
aid he gets from the monocled and
fnannish SylvIs---it IL much less these
occurrences tnsn the Shav'an shaits
or wit and ridicule and satire that
make the comedy Thoroughly d.
vertlng
|THE night before The Philander-
err" We got two new musical
farces, both produced on an eccep-
top8lly elaborat te scale. even FOR THIS
estraNa CANT age One was nome
made and with native cast: the
Drought over from the LONDON
4aiety. with all the favorites of the
permanent company Of that famous
theater.
| II is something new 10 look for the
name OF the librettist OF a Broad
way comic opera and hnd that OF a
Fading novelist Of the period: Only
the other day. Victor Herbert
charmed us with his latest piece
The Madcap Duchess the libretyo
on which was written. in large part.
BY Justin Huntley Mccarthy. And
now Robert ". Chambers comes FOR
ward in. the saple capacity; Ihls
novelty is something more than Just
9. novelty. IT means the lptroduc-
non OF fresh note IN a style OF en-
tertsinment that he's been. growing
stale. TO say the least: an element of
inagination; a touch OF literary grace;
IN refashioning his novel called
'Iclc'' for the stage. Mr.. Chambers
very wisely collaborateA with Ben
teal. one Of the most artistic and
experienced producers OF rrothy
roles that our stage boasts. And
,ney were fortunate in the score, by
William Frederick Peters, who Intro
I aaced himself TO us sgreeably last
7prinE with The Purple Road" He
mas treated the delicate and unique
5atire In a sympathetic spirit, orig
mating. whimsical motifs for tie 'seV-
val chara cters, quaint strains Tor
''eshes In tho story. and dispensing