Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1894-10-13
Dramatic and Gypio.
The Trade Revival TheatrcasRoylos Success ana
Future Plans-Robert Downngs Careor-Eiason-
Amateur opera-Rohan's Sucooss.

There Is little doubt that the tLeaisr
IL participating In the general irade
awakenins, and n the receipts for The
last dozen nights could be compared
with those Of a similar number In tie
sprlng or early summcb We do MOI
doubt that the same Increase would be
ohown that IL evident In cur banh
sieArancss aud other business avenues
OF course tho FAIR and Conference
helped matters lately, but the Fan
really hurt the thestcr duting the htsi
part ofthe week. more than II aidod IL,
and the phenomenal business done BY
OLD Kentucky some weeks ago, and ~
Royle'a Friends sinos the Far wa
over, show that there 10 better feeling
among tho classes who have money TO
spend for amusemeni', AMI that good
attractions at regular theatrical rates
not MY por cent hdvanoe-may cou.
fidenuy count on tho old rcmuner'
alive patronage during the coming
season. We believe Downing Will have
a good opening night, anu that his
iecond appearance viii depend entire
ly on the Impression he makoa In hih
firsl.
We asked Ned Royle the other DAY
what mad become Of the two oihrt
plays he had written. 81 am uiiil nt
work on them" he sail. "My play
which 4 finished during vacation lat
summer, 1 have read 10 SIT. Lyons anu
other members VI the company. They
think well Of II, and In all PROBABILITY
1 shall give II n production next yeaI
ia New YORK. the little OF the piece
l. One Plus One, Equals Three u u 90
the new order OF pisys, alter tue unou
school, though without the lbsen
gloom. Il might describe II best ~
saying II h something ON the ofdef u
Sowing the Wind"
"And what about the play you wrote
60 Salt Lake the year before last, the
drama laid In Mtxic ~
~ still have that by me, aud expect
10 produce II. Hut h on the heavy,
scenic, spectacular order, AM u woull
take $4,000 10 properly stage H.
have strong hopes of n, however, anu
~ our good fortune with tfienaa con
tInuea during the remainder Of tue
teasou, we shall 90 10 work on the
Mexican piece In elaborate style"
That Mr.. Royle. anu at the same time
his paftnet, Mrs. Royle and Mr. Hru-
derson, are mak'ug money very rapld'
ly this season theiS can DO no doubt
In Bait Lake -tneir three nights
ran close 10 $1,000, o. which
they receive about sixty Icf
cent; Ia Ogden they had good
house, and In San Franuisco, OAKLAND
and even In thAt theatrical graVeysr',
Sacramento, they sold standing room.
In the Puget SOUND district. where last
year they played TO $500, 500 anu taOO,
their receipts were this yoaf 5000, sou
anu 500. While the cast u Frlenas
u made up " people who get gooi
&. taiarics, III list ia = snort one, aud
salaries are nov IothinE like tuey used
" 10 two or three years ago. ~ eau b.
sot down M certain, therefore, that the
three partners lay away Asnug sum %
their credit Ia a New York bank every
week that passes. Were this not thu
Gaze Mr.. koyls would not be talking 20
freely Of $4,000 production next
year.
Mr., Royle'a face beam the look Of u
man VINO works untihngly and uu-
csAsingly. Indeed Ia mis- company
they make no boncHi Of saying that 81
he doesn't pull up he will work him.
self 20 atlck bed. 81 never saw Any.
thing like the way that young man
applies himseli,n said Jolly anu gray
haired Harry Allen the Otner day, "he
never telHNea. " hen he iun't acting,
he IL Whiting, anu when no .an't doing
eithor he throws bis whole heart, mind
aud soul into his work with au iutouH
lily that makes me toll hun he IL burn
ing the candle NJ life ~ both ends.
frequently say 10 him, 'Remumbof, my
boy, all this whole world IN nothing Il
man whose vito IL WIDOW W.
were all GLAD when he resolved 10 taxi
u day OF Ia SAlt Lake, lof u IL a rss
he very much neeis."
Robert Downing, the young TRACE
dian, will make his irut appearance II
this city next week, playing an en-
Ragemsnl OF two nights only Tuesday
and Wednesday October lBlh anu l7tt
In n grand scenic production OF bau
mets great play, The Gladiator. MIR
Downing should need no intrUduotiyi
10 this public, having been 40 Ions
talked OF In the eastern pspbra ~ the
legitimate successor Ia heavy tragedy
OF the great masteta Of the art, Fnrfes
AID Mccullough, Mr. Dnwuing'i
Tlse In public estimation, keeping pac,
with his art, has beuu steadp anu cnu'
slant There has been no iruuElri
effort nj advertising, no sudden leap
into startling nOlOflety, hut Away
faithful work, we'll difroled ctlorl aul
the NATURAL result OF satisfactory per
iormancss. Hts art, his reputation
anu his business have Increased stuad
lily and together ksUpipg pace win
each other. Mr. D3wning'a nutiTt
stage career shows the possession %
uncommon common sense. From Nj
LOnuOwn u, his business manager W.
learn he began Ia the best school %
the drama. the stock company
When the task for the hisluluil
art asserted itself no secured toe posi-
ton Of call boy Ia John II. FUrI'
Washington tnoater, lie was Oirve
apprentice, Aud did not remHin Ia tha
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