The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-11-19

ton end company viii be taken to Lon
don for another try of luck Mr.. Fang
VIII mas faith in his play. and does not
/ intend to see it sent to oblivion bv The
mere trifiing circumstance of New York :
| disapproval. = :
p Another big tragic failure was Stuart
unfortunate in his selection Of PLAYS for
a couple of seasons past. and Thought
that in The Gadflyi he had found a piece
h;l would retrieve his fortunes and
ms Tame. Most elaborate preparations
We're made for the production. and Mr..
Robson put enough study on the title
roe 10 have made it the hit of his career
me story OF the novel seemed to promise
well for a dramatic version. but ii was;
found that by the time everything which
could possibly offend had been eliminated.
the production was Il dire failure
Robson's one-time partner, William H
Srane has also experienced a season of
Brander Matthews and Bronson Howard.
was heralded as one of the seasons big
successes. 1t was produced. and the
was that the best turned thing in the
play was Peter'S-woOden leg, next to
which came Mr.. Cranes skill i'm the
mfahh iI 1, 81 It and the concealment
.Nived not longer than two weeks Last
week. Mr.. Crane produced another new
comedy entitled "A Rich Mans Son. by !
Michael Morton. The story of the play
Is such as to make one wonder how Mr. |
Crane came to accept it in the first place |
IL treats with the son of retired mil
honaire lumberman. who returns from 4
abroad with socialistic notions He I
scorns his fathers money. and refuses to
take advantage of its Influence He /
wishes to make Il beginning in the world /
purely on his own merits unaided by
luxury and wealth. In order TO cure him
OF this eccentr1city. the father determines 4
to give him a taste of poverty. He de-
clares that he has lost all by rash specu-
lation. and moves, with his son and
daughter, TO tenement called Poverty
Fiat. The son undertakes TO make a
tects plans. but fails. until he is
secretly assisted by wealthy girl who
IS in love with him.. She is finally forced
10 confess, and at the same time the old
man acknowledges his deception. Pre-
all ends happily. The story is
Utterly absurd. and would furnish the
,riately than for a dignified comedy. The
Comedians part is one of the familiar
sranee pattern, and it remains to be seen
whether this will suffice TO render the
,lay popular. The indications are that
dr. Crane will be forced to find still an {
ther vehicle for his talents this season. ,
One of the most brilliant, giittering
ailures of this season. was Julia /;
ArthurS very much advertised produce I
ion of More Than Queen" Miss
Arthur's ability to give the piece an un-
most of by the press agent, and iler I
owns We're described in e>~orate detail !
efore the opening night = ne result was q
hat people found the scenery and the /
ostumes the principal part of the pro- '
uction, while the play in comparison. !
eemed to be very insignificant indeed. C
Il one of the performances. Miss Arthur f
aw fit to rebuke a box party from the [
tage for talking too audibly. Alan Dale S
( the Journal in commenting on the s
says the only thing to dis p
lrb in More Than Queen is the frou- I
rou of Josephine's gowns. The prevail v
lg opinion is that the. piece is a gor- a
eous spectacle rather than a drama, and I
is doubtful if Miss Arthur will realize Z
nything like the amount she spent on C
6 production. a
A handsome woman in handsome gowns il
Oes not serve to satisfy audiences now C.
days. They demand that. it is true, but Il