The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1914-01-18
/ WATER ON THE sIDE"-A comedy
acts. By william Collier and Grant
(Hudson thca:cr)

trHING entirely out of the
}lnary Is "A Thousand Years
RI has poetry, Imagination,
. remoteness, bizarre beauty,
Nnckaye, one OF our few dra-
|noets, went 10 an ancient
Ilegend for his Inspiration. n
A monk OF the thirteenth cen
III the fantastic tale of Turan-
5ncess of China; three hun
ears later, the Italian, Carlo
made a comredia delIarte or
IA Ferucio Busori used as the
OF an orchestral suite, TWO
70 Or. Karl Voelmoeller derived
tstic entertainment from both
e, which the German genius
rdt, staged IN a brilliant, fanci-
eccentric manner IN Berlin.
Law and presentation. in an
Version. were made known In
4 BIZ Sir George Alexander, and
-nported to this country. But.
few trial performances in
ring small cities. the venture
.Andoncd on the very eve OF
!. IN York premiere. Since then,
ackaye has written new
i the same subject, which Is
nd and declared by some im-
observers to be a wholly diff
-bjece. and ]. G., Huffman has
new production. How much
4 accomplished Americans alb
CIR took deliberately from Drs-
Her and Reinhardt I cannot
M IL does not matter much
!. <cers in general, The I'm
,fact to us Is that the result is
Mic, picturesque, blzar RE even
siv|gified fairy-talcs such as the
8, rarely offcrs-an Arabian
dream Of love and light and
1, beautiful Princess Turandot,
y he gentlest Of ladies'. has be-
<raDgely hard OF heart, She
that every suitor for her hand
i ness three riddles. and, fail
i be his head For Turandot.
~ has seen and become en-
= OF beggsr by the wayside.
VI Chinese court has come a
m strolllng Italian MINISTRIES.
hUico, Scaram Punchinel-
ttaIoon and Harlequin. Capoco-
"a merry fellow of glib tongue
fdnnic wit. offers 10 cure the
y OF her melancholia II her ia
~ make him emperor for n day.
y ais, off with his head, But
r0ico knows he Will not fall,
has seen that the princess
!. 1es from love. He introduces
!. 'ullng beggar into the court
| 1nce and sultor for her hand
Oh himself proposes the test
s. eecretly coaching his protege
4 answers. So the beggar-
TiDs Turandot. But she is
Ieera bic than ever, not hav-
,csnized him. In time, OF
9fter many dreams and mag
l comes to know him and 10
Wj and he is really n prince
~; and everyone Is happy,
fu'd take many more words
Il are possible at this crowded
- describe the fantastic beau
.srh which this fairy tale Is
w. Mr., Mackaye's poetic
arc felicitous, and. let mo
no means so weightlly poetic
nBhten average piaygoers, but
toucaed with unaffected
William Fursts musical set
ds 10 the charm OF tl1s re-
5ut. above all, Mr.. Huffman'a
Raging. with draperIcs instead
pps' suggestion instead OF
on, and supernatural effects
nlfnl. battling lightning, is the
of The entertainment n Ia
re OF sumurum," just as the
calls "kismet" in spirit. sbut
Putaor nor producer has been
Initiative, The latter's sense
~ uncommon and effective.
4pce. tnore Is the scene Of the
~ troubled dream. through :
Eh she endeavors TO guess the
her successful suitor. actu.
man she has been mining for
le dark, except for a metal
urapery at the back. dag
fyoss tllal cloth rises the black
OF hill. Up this incline
PlnS Frfncess tolls. a sIIbo,,
eli; And after her come al
Characters. When the RsN
uco appears. flashes OF red
" pt from below CLINT across hi,
race ior rcvealatory mo,
important. in such a deli.
oI1c, Is the acting. Excen
zone was generally too high
W maintain the air OF Iuys
oeSstul!y attained by all in,