Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1897-06-12
MUSIC ANDDRAMA

ever produced In London, and indeed
few modern Eng isn playF, have
crea'sdth urors which 6ecret Service
has q rred up.
The Louuon Tel graph on the m rn.
Ing after the firsl performance
Secret Serv CO at the Adelphi hsu u
long criti que by Clement Scott,
praising the lady and piayers. rhis
paragraph was inciu led In II. "There
they sat some time after tue curtaib
hnu finally Inlleu, not exactly spell-
hound, but quite fascinated with al
American story admirably told ami
American acting distinctly and EN-.
phatically excellent. Toe effect OF
both play AMI acting o. the au deuce
wac = strange aud novel one. Nobody
appear d to have had enough OF IT,,
new Amsricau drama, aud many
would have liked TO encore some OF tb Q
dramatic episodes that had passed be
tore their eyes.
All tie other London papers spoke
with the same IavOr and cons ,ierable
eDthusiasm AMI before thu l. ,ndou
run was twenty our h,urs oil l At war
known all over the Euglist-spsakins
world that an Am Roam play had
made . greater sensation In the
English capitol than any nativo
drama had effected In years. Inside
Of = week 1t hal all the attention Of
theater.goers anu the AJeiphi since
the advent there OF Becfet Eefvioe, has
been playing to or W dei b. use, VIII Ie
the other tbeatsrs have beat doins
comparatively no bu.insss. The Piiuc
anu Princess Of Waies. tho duke an
dubhess oil York, witnessed n perform
ance Of Mr.. Giliette's pipy during Its
second week ana were delightef. Tue
Prince Of Wales gu N moned Mr.. Gil.
leite aud Charles Frohman to tue
royal box aud complimented the for.
msr upon bis play aui nis acting. As
he was leaving the therter the prince
said:
"Tell the comr any how much we
have all 81 dyed the petfor m not; an d
(addrssaiDg Mr.. GiIlette) 1 nope you
will write more plays rs good as tLis
one and bring them all to London"
1t is on account Of the tremendous
hit WHOM Secret 4ervice made tina!
Charles Ffohman IL anx Gus 10 keep Il
In London all summer and through
the coming autumn ald winter. d;
has written to the managers OF tn, a.
tiers here with whom he made con-
tracts ssme time ago, requesting rslea Q
from the obligations, aud 81 II 10 Prob.
able tnAt Secret Survice will not 10
seen here again for another seasiu.
The London triumph OF Giileste's
war play cam right on top OF its great
success In New York, later In Boston.
Secret Service was OuH o. the great
sensations OF the '96.i97 New York
season. The Others were Two Il :
tie Migrants and Under the R,I
R)be. Charles Frohmsn pro 1uceu all
thrse. Under the Rsu II be, the most
charming love play seeu 10 Nav Yurs
in years and In which gay cavalier.
and noble lA1ies min 10 la sentimental
battles, has not yet run its oourse, al
though IL has been a. the Empire
tbeatsr for almost $50 psrfor msnces.
Twice Mr.. Frohman had his MUD
made up 10 end the Empire B,ason out
the demand for Unier the R,J R1De
was so strong and persistent that eacn
time he had to extend Its term. Now
he has concluded TO give 1t iull rel
end 40 the Empire will remaia open
and U nder the r d Il be will coatiuu ,
to oil II .for some time to come. Tn I
play has been the greatest Of oil EN-.
pire thsatsr successes.
Another great Frohman triumph oil
the season Just closing is the P.rlsian
farce Never Again, which foiI,weu
Secret bervice At the Carlos the .ter.
This farce has surpassed In popularity
AMI profits CnArlsy's Aunt, The Gay
ParisiaHs, and Too Mucn Johason. l
10 the funniest farce ever be II here
and deals With domestic duplicii- an 4
mother.in.lawry. There are twenty
i've characters In It and this enormou,
CAst hiss been fitted by Mr.. FrohmRo
with actors Of such professional i'm.
porisuce and ability that for i've
months 1t has been the talk OF thu
town. The Garrick has not been alb Q
10 accommodate half the people wno
have tried to soc 1t. Manager Fro !.
mon, who has had . complete mo nope-
Iy of the theatrical successes and SEN
sations OF the season, says tnat Never
Again 10 the greatest farce success he
has ever handled. 1t began q long
., n 0 a m n ~ n fhioavn lima