The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1901-01-31

playing THE Little Minister" in Salt
Lake City. 1t is needless to say to you
that the version which they viii do is
not the play written by J. NJ. Barrie,
the author Of the book, and played so
successfully by Maude Adams and our
various COMPANIES.
Through a technical point raised i'm
the copyright law Mr.. Fraser has
brought suit against US for the rights
OF doing the play Until such suit is
decided in the United States court We
have to sit by and allow this Mr.
Fraser to do his version. which, OF
course, is nothing like ours in any
shape or form. I wish you would see
all the newspaper men in salt Lake ana
explain this matter fully to them and
show them this letter if necessary. l
hope they will see the justice of it and
Will call eveTybOdy's attention in Salt
Lake to the fact that the production of
The Little Minister to be made at
the Grand Opera house is not the YER
sion made by J. NJ. Barrie and present
ed so successfully for the past three
years by our various companies. Yours
very truly,
ALT HAYMAN.
Upon being asked for his version of
the case last night, Ralph f. Cum
mings made the following statement:
w. A. Fraser paid J. NJ. Barrie a
royalty for the privilege of DRAMATIC
ms us AADfEL anu Tie Il IdSEE version,
which we present, is She only author
lied and copyrighted version of the
work The F'rohman people got a man
20 dramatic il whose name they
never have published. but the play
written by him was never endorsed or
authorized by the author of the book.
For this reason. Fraser stopped the
FrOhman people from playing The
Little Minister by an injunction and
the question is now pending in the
United states court We can promise
the Salt Lake public. in spite of Mr.
Hdyman hammer magnificent
production of THE Little Minister
as sanctioned and authorized by the
author of the book. 1t is the best YER
sion of the two by far. Mr.. Frohman
has sent word to stock managers of the
country that if they produced this play
ne would not let them have any more
from him. We are not that dependent
on Mr.. Frohman. He can take an the
plays he has and burn them so far as
we are concerned We are going right
ahead with reheaTsals and will give
great production"
The Grand contained another good
sized audience for last nights per-
Dormance OF Lord Chumley' and the
good impression the play has made
was only strengthened. The piece is
running smoothly and the best scenes
never ran 10 get r0USlng plauditS- Yes
terday's matinee audience was fairly
large.
The committee having in hand the
Ridges testimonial reports very salts
factory progress thus far. In addition
10 the handsome contribution of the
Mormon church, free use of the tab
ernacie and $3.50 for 800 seats, .Heber J.
Grant, L. g NJ I. and Reed SmOot have
contributed 500 each, making $3.50 in
all Besides these there have been
many smaller contributions and re-
quests FOR seat reservations have liter
ally flowed into Manager Pyper's Of
nee The committee has issued a cir
cular letter advertising the concert and
soliciting assistance
SOUsa has just sent his evening
programme TO Professor Stephens. 1t
viii be the Paris exposition LAFAYETTE
programme The sale opens Monday
The matinee programme has not vet
arrived.