The Salt Lake tribune. [volume], November 17, 1907, SUNDAY MAGAZINE, Page 6, Image 34

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I As to "Peter Pan'9
I No more striking evidence that Hie
heart of Lite American theater-goer is
Eound, ami that he will not only
ehoose, but liberally patronize the. best
when the best is offered, could be dc
ircd than the fine success of .1. M.
liarric's "Peter Pan," says the "Wash
ington Herald. The combination of
"Peter Pan" and Miss M"ande Adams
Forved to keep the theater crowded,
and almost as beautiful as the play
it was to watch I he happy faces of the
many children who were taken to tho
theater to sec brought to life thoso
dreams of child-world of which increas
ing years and experience of work-a-day
lite are unable, entirely, to rob any ol
us.
Right from the nursery, Ground
' which so many helpful and blessed
memories cluster, comes the grim old
pirate vessel which Peter Pan and i
the children capture from Cnpt Hook
and his merry men iu hand-to-hand
combat. "AVho are you, Pan?;' cries
the bold pirate capta'in as they fight.
Tho mimic swords clash together as
Peter Pan, an exultant note in his j
fresh young voice, erics. "I am youth,
eternal youth. I'm tho sun rising. I'm
p,octs singing. Tm -the new world. I 'm
joy, joy, joy! '
It is a triumphant declaration that
tings its way right inio the. hearts of
llioso who hear, and finds an echo
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there. As a play, "Peter Pan" stands
by itself. Abont every Jaw of" dra
matic construction is violated; the
conventions of the stage are disre
garded; the piece iB original; a law
unto itself. It bears about the same
relation to the conventional stage story
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highly polished sonnets of Sir Phillip
Siducv. but in its own way "Peter
Pan' is perfect.
The play appeals to the ideals that
are in every human heart. It recalls
to all who see it the memories of the
happiest periods of life; the time be
fore contact with the world had dulled
the Oner sense; when a ready belief in
goodness and virtue- was not only pos
sible, but instinctive. The time of
times when hands that we shall never
clasp again were held out to guide us;
when lips that, nevermore shall speak
to us made vibrant music of love and
sympathy; when qyes.. now closed for
ever, shone on our souls with a light as
from heaven. "The days that are
no more"; it is with their voice that
Peter Pan speaks to us; the days of
lost youth and hope and joy.
They speak often of this beautiful
play of Barrio's as if it were -written
for" children; but its appeal is equally
as strong to the children of a larger
growth. Jlo must be insensible, in
deed, who can not, as tho beautiful
fantasy of youth is worked out bofore
him. shake off for a lime the sordid
anxieties and perplexities of middle
age. and find hiriiS&lf dreaming, and
hoping, and trusting, with a child's
faith and confidence.
Life can destroy most of our il
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the air, chill some of our dearest and
best beliefs but as one follows the
fortunes of Peter Pan and the
Children, of Wendy, tho little mother,
I and John, tho dark-eyed, and little
Michael of the golden "hair, he comes
to sec with clearer vision that the ter
rors and delights of childhood, the
dreams, the castles, the hopes, tho
fears, were very real, indeed. Of
course there wero Indians and fairies
and pirates; and in some of these far
off dreams each innocent Child-heart
has set off on tho perilous journey
to the Never Never Land. Grizzled
hair and crabbed ago in ay try with
all the might of its materialism to re
sist, but as- it sits through Peter Pan
it comes to know and believe in Tinker
Bell, the fairy that was only a flash '
of light, and whose voice was onK
the sound of bells, so that onl3' those '
who really believe arc privileged to
understand. Wh', it's not nearly so
hard io believe in Tinker Bell as it is .
in wireless telegraphy.
It would be hard to determine how
much of the bcautj- of "Peter Pan",
is Mr. Barrio's and how much belongs .
to Miss Maude Adams. Tndccd, Miss i
Adams is a great "artist, and un- '
doubtcdly much of the illusion is due 1
to the line spirit in which she plays
the part of this youth who will not ,
grow up. Miss Adams's power over (
her audience is finely shown in thnt ,
passage of tho plav whore the pirates ,
iiavo driven the Indians away and
Hook has poisoned Tinker Bell. When ,
Peter Pan gets back, poor Tinker ,
j Bell's light is ver faint, and it is
growing dimmer. How unreal and ,
i fantastic tho idea is! And yet, Miss (
I Adams, with a heart-rending note in ,
her voice, turns from the fading light
I and cries that Tinker Bell is dying; 1
i that he will surely die unless those in (
j the audience reallv believe in fairies.
She runs to tho footlights and
1 stretches out her arms:
1 "Oh. won't you believe in fairies?"
she cries. "li you do reallv believe
I won 't you wave yonr handkerchiefs
j for a sign? If you believe, clap your
' hands." And tho appeal never fails.
I Of course the children clap because
they do really believe, God bless
! them, but tho oldsters clap, loo, and
stamp their feet to make it sure, and
'as Tinker Bell's light comes back and
; Peter Pan cries out that she is saved
I aud runs off to rescue the boys
from the pirates, it is not only the
children and their happy laughter that
j testifies to Miss Adams's power; it
' is the old heads nodded wisely in per
fect satisfaction, and the foolish, but
happy, tear that is furtively wiped
from dim eyes behind the spectacle.
Ah, it was good to have boon a boy
again, jnst for an hour! Good for the
soul and heart to have been permitted,
through such perfect art aud acting,
to travel baclt upon the trail which we
thought was lost forever, the trail that
leads to tho Never Never Land the
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