Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1901-02-09

/ ment in the run Of THE Great Ruby
She soon found 1t convenient to resign
/ from that company, and then for a sea-
! son her light was buried under a
bushel in that very aimless production
Naughty Anthony MI Frohman
| has always kept his eye ON her how
! ever, as the following aruc.e IN last
| Sundays New York Herald indicates.
On Tuesday night at the Garden
thcater Miss BlauChe Bates is To come
forwarded in the character OF Cigarette,
the Niyandlere, in dramatizaton by
Paul NJ. Potter Of Ouiua's celebrated
| romance, Under Two Flags
Evidently MI Potter dIu not spend
all his days during his long holiday IN
Switzerland IN looking al the Alps,
nor In decoratin. himself with laurels
from The Conquerors,' but gave some
Of his time 10 lashlOning a new play
which, to judge from the reception ac-
corded his previous works, is awaited
with no SMALL interest.
II is said tnat the dramatization Of
Ouidas famous novel owes nothing
whatever to the prevailing craze for
dramatized books The idea is stated
to have suggested itself to Mr.. Potter
and Mr.. Frohman, under whose man
ag5ment the production is made, when
they attended the sale of Ouida S manu-
scripts and bric-a- braC in Florence,
and were amazed 10 observe how the
American bidders fought for every
souvenir of the woman novelist.
The pre-eminence Of Under Two
Flags among Ouida's books. is attrl-
buted to Wonen's appreciation Of and
their affection for the wild, Maynard,
brave loving, self-sacrihcing Cigarette,
and to the story OF unrequited love in
which the yiyandieres adventures are
set.
The novel was published al time
when other works OF Mile. Louise de
la Rance (who gave herself the nom
de plume OF Ouida from her childish
INSTRUMENTATION of her Christian
name) were under critical ban The
daughter OF a Frenchman. she had
lived for more than twenty years iu
the quiet English town OF Bury ST.
Edmunds There she had followed the
hounds had acquired a passion foi
dogs and horses. ana had had a lleet-
ing acquaintance with British officers,
on Whom she patterned the all too
magnificent guard smen OF her earlier
books These productions were consid-
cred outre. They were the prey of re-
viewers. The author was called "ignor-
ant and her novels vulgar and mas
~"
IL was at this period In her career
that Under Two Flags made It's app
pearance. with the story laid In Az
geria. her ornate, superabundgnt STYLE
became suitable % the scenes which she
described. Moreover I'm the midst OF
the broad sunshine that flooded the
northern coast of Africa she had placed
character that was Immediately ac-
corted. especially by women as "a type
81 much that was finest In their nature. /
This was the character of q Young girl
born In camp. brought up a Ia grace dc |
Dlou. brave as lionnss, generous. long |
suffering. living f0r her soldiers and /
her country. and dying for her love
In Mr. Potters play the story OF the |
novel Is said 90 have been much re- /
fashioned. buf is spirit retained. Above |
Ell the character Of Cigarette has been /
kent IN all iis full. free scope. This /
character win be enacted by Miss |
Blanche Bates Mr. Belasco's belief |
that be had in her an actress who could /
realize The varying moods ~ Cigarette. |
having had not little to do with the |
planning and writing Of the play and |