Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1893-06-17
Dramatic and Ggpic.
Richard Mansfed's EngagomentThe Choir Trp-Another
Booth Coinoldenoo.-Farewel to Old Drury-
Patti tho Wano.-Noos.

laurel, while all the other graves IN
/ the lot are hidden beneath gf0wthB Of
I wy. This grave IL s,id 10 contain the
body ofJohn wilkes Booth, VINO killed
Prsiueut Lincoln.
II was believed that Edwin Booths
body would lilo by the side OF his par.
enis. As this 8. not TO be- u has been
suggested that fittiug tribute tor
Baltimofe-hia Birthplace 10 pay 10
the memory II the great actor would
be- 10 erect "a monument iu one 0i the
] public squares In the form " a status
" heroic size showing Booth no Liam.
lcL JOnn 4. Ford has starred the
/ fund.
"Oli Dmrytg With tinqe Of fond
regret has the news been received In
| Amerlc, that the Tnuaier Royal, Dury
Lane, In soon 10 be torn down. PROB.
ably the mOst historic OF all pipyhousus,
| II h beyond dispute the national thea.
Tor Of England, aud possesses cosmo.
| p0iitan Interest from ~ long lite u
more than two CcutufNa anu ~ insep.
arabic connection with the names of
the greatest actors aui Actresses the
world has known. There Bettefton,
Garrick, Mackin, John anu Charles
kemblc, } B. Booth, Jack aud Charles
Bauisier, Edmund kean, John Pal.
mer. MncreaBy, Nell Gwynue, Mrs.
didd0ns, Kilty GIVE. Mi.s Farfen,
Mfa. Jordan and Sire. Crouch, all
playc1 time and time again % Appft-
ciative audience, and Braham, tho ~
lustuous tenor also first appeared On
It's stage.
The Chicago Tribune tells IN that the
long threatened has come at last. The
eNigcncies Of London street improve.
menis have proved stronger thnn the
claims OF sentiment nnJ tradition.
Among L0nd0ners laymeu will soon
cease 10 speak Ut "Oll Drury" ~ n
factor In daily lie, and "thb prOie,-
sion" viii whisper Of "tho Lanon only
ne ifas rant memory. And yet the
-tor, OF the me.honored old theater
will never lOJue ils charm; the very
ground where II has stood for 80 years
Ia olassic soil
Drdry Lane was n fashionable resort
Of London In the time Of Queen
Elizabeth; the theater dates ffon the
time Of CHARLES | /, and II was on its
stage that that monarch first fell In
love with Nell Gwynnv; the ubiquitous
Pepyh used 10 venture buhiau the
scenes. Dury burned down In 1879,
but Sir Christopher Wren, tbe great
architect rebuilt II by the royal oruef
ia 1914, prologue written by Dry deu
wnH feCited ON the opening night the
second theater lasted l21 years and in
tue time OF Horace WarpOlr, that
minister said the house Of commons
was wont 10 adjourn 10 attend a special
performance there, Just ~ II adI0uTns
for Derby day. Garrick was manager u
the theater Ia l7i7. The old hOuss
was torn down IN 1891 and the final
performance was "a very memorable
one, the newspapUfs printing curious
obituaries Of cold mother Dfury0 lust
as II she had been human being.
The Third Dury Lane thtaier was
designed by Holland aud opened April
"a, 1904, nearly three years ait,r tue
Old house closed. John kumble was
manager aud the Inaugural play Mac.
beth. Several Innovations were notice.
able Ia this production Of ShakH-
speare's play. The ghost OF Banquo did
not appear In person, an idea
adOptt by the late tragediun Barry
sullivan, and Charles komble maze
his professional debut. Tue new thea.
ter cost c2OO,00D. The seating capacity
wa 3Bll. In length II measured 800
feet and In width 1855 feoi, the height
being IFS feet. The prOscunlum was
IS feet high ana ~ feet wide. The 70.
ueiptH VI a fun house, without dead
heads, reached ELL. John kumble
spoke the prologue, wilton by Gen,
Fitzpatrick, hud Miss Farron gave
the epilOgue, by George COlman Jr.
She said the audience need not fear
fire, az an iron curtain could be
lowered Mt an instaupa notice,
10 cut or tho stage from the pit, anu
further, that there was water enough
10 drown them all. The curtain was
raised aud b0atmnn WIS seen rowing
20 and fro Ia AN immonsu tank. THE
Drufy Lane WAS called the Apollo
theater, because VI the statue ON IL
roof, but It's existence was brief, FIRE
completely Destroying ~ Feb. "a, 1909,
Friday In Isn't. On account Ot the
season no performances had been held
Va the thenter for n week previous, the
water tank Was empty, and when
they tried 10 pull down the iron cur
tain II would not bulge An inch. Tho
chief owner at this tims was Richard
Bhnsley sheridan. The IRE was sup.
posed 10 have been the work Of an
iuOrudiary, for an epidemic Of fires
had prevailed IN public buildings Tor
some weeks previous.
The theatot that stands today at
Dfury lane aud Catherine street dates
from lhl2, anu was erected from the
designs VI Benjamin Wyatt, executed
20 the order Of Joint stock company
established by act of parliament. Tue
chief promoter was No whitehead,
aud the shares varied In value from
ElO) 10 $500, A committee, with LORD
byron NJ its head, undertook the mau.
agemeut and failed. Lori Byron wrota
tho prologue Tor the opening night.
Through the efforts Of Edmund Kean,