The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1914-03-01

er Just or unjust.
ONE OF the great treats Of the dra-
" matte season has been deemed
worthy (boXofficeiy) OF only three
nights and a matinee In New York.
What a commentary on public that
will pay any price demanded TO see
the prurlent To-day" or the Duerile
Potash and Perlmutter". Truo. we
did have William Favershams re-
a year ago. But all the chief char
acters except Marc Antony are now In
other hands And admirable as his
company was twelve months ago, al
most every change has beeu for the
better 1t would be difficult to choose
between the Portia OF then and now,
Julie Opp and Constance Collier-the
actresses are much alike in their
queenly grace and majestic elevation
of utterancc, and the incidental role
OF Calpurnta is, perhaps, a little less
effectively treated by It's present ac-
tress than by her predecessor, But
only in some OF Shakespeare's re-
hearsals on English history (as he
chose TO read iD are the female
chara cters OF such small account as
r. D, MacLenu succeeds Tyrone
Power In the leading role Of Marcus
Brutus, and. as in the lesser case Of
Miss Opp and Miss Collier, 1t Is hard
10 SAY WHICH Is lNc DelLPf. ct IL
seems 10 me that, with equally sono-
rous voices, Mr.. MacLean makes the
meaning of his lines more clear, and
l feel sure his has a little more dig
nifty and poise and frank humanity
But all these things In small degree
and excellence. for Mr.. Powers Bru-
tus is a. very admirable achievement
But there is no such narrow line be-
tween the Caius Cassius OF Frank
Keenan, and Pedro De Cordoba.
Whereas MIR. De Cordoba's Cassie in
"Othello" week ago, was COM
plete success to the point Of triumph.
his Cassius might be improved; but
1t still Is tho best within my mem
ory. He speaks beautifully. with ap-
precia ton of the meaning and atten-
looks the lean and hungry Cassius"
without any loss OF the dignity and
state, or a senator Of Rome. The
cunning of Cassius is g. little lacking.
De Cordoba makes his most grlevous
blunder-he wiggle9 his eyebrows and
glowers TO degree almost ridicu-
lous. With a little more practice his
achievement. AS Caesar. Thomas r
Tracy In remarkable makeup
studied obviously at tho Vatican, is
good. though one might do with
little less Irish accent In hts Roman:
great deal. He is ms6e up as RIcaard
Crocleer. which may be n futurist hint
as 10 the timelness OF Julius
Caesar"
More than once William Faver-
sham's Marc Antony has been praised
In this place. n ia a noble achieve
mcnt. and as ] said a fortnight ago
in commencing his Iago. IT Is so per
cent better than anything he has done
The viriity, the heart, the brain. the
"go straight To it, OF Marc Antony
are oil there; healthy, good condl-
toned masculine beauty makes him
as attractive figure to mon as TO
sentimental women, and his forum
speech ia n masterpiece OF stage ar
rangement. as well as OF delivery I
admit that my dramatic knowledge
does not go back TO the palmy day\
but within my memory every actor has
spoken OF Marc Antony's ora ton e3~
actly as an GRAFTON. Faversham. how
ever, with a skill that thrills one,
feels his way. he watchcs the effect
OF every word on the emotional mob,
he is NOT a character in a play but
William j. Bryan in n toga. calcuist-
Ing every word and choosing the next
one according 10 the effect Of the one
before. This IL Shakespeare as Il
OF sound that frightcns manv people
INTO believing they are in tlc pres
ence Of great acting; but an futelli-
gent correct Interpretation OF a very
human dramstjst who has become oc-
cnsionally obscure only because OF the
cha nges In the English language.
While I hesitate TO class MIR Favor-
shams Mare Antony az highly as
Forbes Robertsons Hamlet. IL is of
the same exalted family.
But New York prefers To-day" and
Potash and Pcrlmuttcr.'