Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1893-06-24

rom ~. II. SOtheth-r cDhI ANY
merely Temporary. There Is only q
slight part for her In MI cothern's
new play, and che II Therefore % be
utilized In another work Tor which n
woman Of her Or mstio ability 10 re-
quired.
The play which Paul NJ. Potter has
written uuon Richard Brinsley Sherl'
dan Tor r.. Il. Sotaern deals with MS
romantic courtehip and marriage Win
Miss binley A number Of the chntac'
tore are intendeI To- suggest thtir
prototypes 10 The school ior Scandal
and The Rivals.
The company now sailing under
the title OF George Fhntchef anu
His Operate Extravaganza Go. aud
appealing In the now spectacular
cumic opera AfrCl, u enc Of the
largest and strongest organizations OF
the kind on the road. IL viii play
Stwo nights engagement at the The
alter In July.
The Lille ana Art Of Edwin Booth,
~ the title ora volume that William
Winter has almost com 1letej. II
Will be published by Macmillan and
Company. A mart Of the edition Will
be- illustrated with many uharacierls
tic pictures Of Booth aud places closely
associated with his career. Up o. this
time of his illnoss, Mt. Booth assl'ted
Mr. Winter on the biographical part OF
the book.
Mr.. Dsly's lhcatcr on Leicester
square, London. opened On Tuesday
last. The company VIII act there until
July, when II Will rest Tor a month. a
few Of the memlun, headed by james
Lewis, will then rutu;n 10 America TO
act Ia A Midsummer Nighps Dream.
Aiier July the members left In London
will act again. During the forthcoming
season they will tour the EHrllsh
provinces, Scotland and Ireland. They
will appear at the Leicester square,
however, during the height o. the
season. The company Will not return
10 America until next summer.
A great event Of the season at tho
rheatcr Will be- the appearance a.
Daniel FfohmGn's company from tho
Lyceum thcater, New York. There ~
no question that this ~ ono Of tie
finest dramatic organizations In Amer.
lea, and that they will draw the
Target md most brilliant audiences.
The opening play will be Americans
Abroad, written for this company b.
Nictorien Sardou, and the other plays
In the repertoire will be The Grey
Mare, Charity Hall, The WIS, White
Roses, anu OH Heads aud Young
Hearts.
The Henderson Brothers lost some
where In the neighbOrhoOd Of 10000 on
tho recent engagement OF the Fencing
Master az their Chicago opera house
owing to the fact that the public, hRv-
Ing been kindly disposed 10 Maria
Tempest at nrst, inally resented her
frequent absence from the cast without
notice, by letting her anu Manager
Hin, VINO does not deserve such ttunt.
ment, severely alone. Miss Tempest
takes TOO many liberties with the pub.
lie Tor her value as an artistic. In
direct contrast 20 her habit OF dlsap-
pointing audiences In the custom Of
Lillian Russell 10 play under any and
all circumstances VI she can possibly
do 90. During her entire season under
Mr.. French's management she never
missed a periormance.-Musio aud
Drama.
III An Article pTlnteu IN q Wnhhlng-
ton paper Mrs. Potter apeREs very
ffankly. She says: 81 have never
been on rapport with the American
public. America refuses 10 consider
me from any standpoint but the per-
sonal one. The press psthists In trying
to find In my plays a commentary up-
on my private history, anu instead Of
critiolsinR mofairly as an artist falls up
on me In my unprofessional character.
| see now moreover that have never
had the play suited TO American audi
ences. | know well enough what sort
OF plsy Il should be. II secured =
light comedy with q background u
New York society, arrayed myself In
Paris gowns and provided real London
dress suits for tho gentlemen Of the
company, could go through the coun-
try drawing great houses and making
no end OF money. But this nm re-
solved not TO do. I would rather get o
baro living playing Therese Raquin
than TO make money In a line unsuitei
10 me-"