The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1884-08-17

greet 1t very much, for I should
greatly like to have you see him
act"
"What is your opinion Of WILSON
Barrett?"
ga very god sctor; he should do
we'll in America"
SIS he relation of yours ?"
1Oh, no. 1 believe we can both
trace back to a common stock
Irish, you know. but we are not re
latives D.
81 notice in g recent paper" sid
the reporter, "tbat William Winter.
The cii'ic, is ut yonr house in Lon
don; Gees your family reside in
Englanlf"
81 to k housa in L ndon for six
months, thal'e all America ia nv
home, you know. Mr.. Winter ia a
personal friend of mine-nct al
was my bsst critic, but that he is
with my family ia incorrect"
"The dramatic papers stated soma
time ago that you AID Dir. Boxer,
the author of Francesca. had dis.
agreed on the question of royalties.
Was there anything in that?'
"The dramatic papers!' answered
Mr.. Barrett, with a contemptuous
smile. 81 never read them; l never
CT nsider them. Not cant have I
squandered on one. Mr.. Boxer and
myself are, as we always have been,
the closest OF friends
els Mr.. Howells merely the trans
lator or part author OF Yorick's
Lcve?'
"Mr. Howells deserves more than
the name of translator. Yorick's
Love -"and the esrnes'nsss with
which the actor spoke revealed the
place which that work occupied in
his esteem-''in the Spanish is
merely prose drama; Mr.. Howells
has made Of 1t what | would almost
consider ella sic. The blank verse
idea IL his, and several of the char
acters in the play were introduced
by him. Yorick's Love is continu-
ally growing In popularity with the
public, and I have every reason to
believe that it will ultimately take
its place among the permanent fix
lures of English dramatic litsra-
ture."
"Concerning your two new plays
promised, what of them?"
Il am st II engaged in studying
upon them. I never put piece
upon the stage, no matter in how
excellent shape it may have come
to me from the author, until l have
thoroughly mastered the whole
work in my mind, and carefully
weighed every scene, every situa.
ton. Thomas A Beckett /
have still hopes of doing in
San Francisco; the Blot o. the
Scutcheon is not 81 nearly ready,
but both are beautiful plays and l
hsve the bsst of hopes for their sues
GERS with the public
mir, Barrett" said the reporter,
81 would like to ask yol 8 que ton
on what may be forbidden topic
with you-if II is, pray inform ne.
The notorious Princess Ct Wales let
ter; did it have any effect on your
London eng4gement?"
The tragedisn's lip curled, and MS
manner manifested the only signs Of
impatience observable during the
interview.
IN t in the least" sad he very
distinctly. "It was in sll respects
too absurd. too evidently mslicious
even to be touched by the English
newspapers; but don't let US think
OF that; it is too much beneath no.
tice to be referred to-"
"And the reports Of the failure Of
the London engagements"
"Were equally untrue," replied
Mr.. Barrett in q tone evidently de-
signed to set the question forever at
rest; "my engagement artlslically
was everything I could have dared
hope for; financially 1t was equal to
that of any of the other thealers
running at the time. OnIy one
American actor that 1 know of has
met with a greater reception-that
Ia Mr.. Jefferson. Miss Anderson, of
course, must form an exception; her
success has been something quite
beyond parallel"
HHave you given up your idea of
New York management"
"Far from it; I have always cher
iahed the idea of owning a New
York theatre, and only await q
favorable opportunity to carry nay
ideas into effect; the financial tights
ness recently has merely caused a
nostponment."
."Y ou have limited your repertoire,
have You notw
Eyes, to six productions; l find l
can do better justice to my repre-
sensations by narrowing my list
than by ranging over too broad a
field; at present devote my whole
attention@to francesca, Yorick,
Richelieu, Hamlet, Shylock, and
j ulius :Caser; David Garrick /
sometimes do with Shylock."
(which is four favorite among
these chsracters?" inquired the re-
porter.
"Oh," responded the actor with q
smile, "I am too loyal to my repre-
toire to name performance. 1t
makes but little difference to me
which l play 80 long as it is one OF
these"
In the course CT an hours CONVEX
sstion--of which the above quota
lions give but imperfec. glimpse
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