Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1902-12-20

social correspondence =,
sp'" a, Dec. l7.--This is an OH
New the drama. 1t is nearing
week 20 People are busy shopping
c en- SoI,aay gifts. The money which at !,
for n0u ossons is spent for the play is
o'her s aont claimed by Santa claus'
a. r,oy now until New Year sSe p, .n
r,v get along on d'm'nisneu in,
mus productions Of Importance VIII
, g. rsr. The changes at the tnealers are
:, Nose made necessary py ensasS'"e"''
in other cities -
woodon Grossmith and his COM
0.ry, booked for Canadian 'out' naa
panD me Princess on Saturday night.
10 leo'e t' Ia, "a comes an adaptation by
in lhen tloucleault OF "Alt Heidelberg,
AupIes comedy that ran SIX weeks
uern, ao,, nj the Irving Place. a SIX
thlS ss' r',n M this house Is equivalent
week oa6.niqht run In a fashionable
70 o Herr Conried's chenille Is
pro-, His performances IN neri''. .,,s az
sla" at only the Germans, authors WIN
uaVt, invention and the critics; MS NJ
ou' IA fashioned house Is situated III
We V nSoaper quarter of New YORK, de-
tne s. ~ beer meiodrama and museums
yo'eu ws,lerity OF the Irving Place has
Ihe "a various authors TO borrow lt5
enap,sS rlse 10 fame on them. For
plNs o. "a years Augustin DAILY drew his
he"5, from this source, ana some
coiheu' .,,ot ~ credit them To this
umss actine edition OF "Frou-Frou'
gay ms under the authorship Of Au-
w. naiv, and doubtless he would
gusn Named Camille too. II Clement
raw nad NOT cot ahead OF him. Most
seoh ntavs which Martha Morton
y. v for William H. Crane were de-
NiOS rom the German. princess
nseSSe and "Are You MasonY' were
German in the original also AZ the
Comforts Of Home DraHausts vi
all Kinds haunt the Irving Place, STUDY
inc The new pieces from Berlin and
nnning hard bargains with Herr Com
r, for the English speaking rights OF
nm Sometimes these worthless take
T"n,onlo plays as their own. and then
- ls n fine row among the critics,
uhn assault the embezzlers hip and
,hish occasionally running tnein. as
,,os The case a few years ago with a
Young woman who sold as an original
yyork play which she had adapted
,rom little known German farce Few
~ our critics understand the German
language hut In order to be prepared
for miracles OF this kind, they attend
,be irving Place regularly and make u
mental note of each play, to eaten Il IN
subsequent English adaptation AIT
Heidelberg ran too long ana was TOO
much talked about to allow Aubrey
Bopclcault any hope Of claiming II as
4 his own. even II he had desired to emu
late the example Of his less scrupulous
predecessors. The son Of Dion, who is
sim eager TO follow In the footsteps of
his father, has made worthy trans
latIon of the play, and as It was pro-
dneed IN the Princess theater on Mon
day night Heidelberg seemed qua =
anteed some fortune. The story con-
4 Germs the college adventures OF Prince
4 sachsen. Harrisburg, When he arrives
at Heidelberg this young nobleman Is
shy and retiring to a degree, but pres
emily the good fellowship Of the uni
verslty sets him 50 much at ease that
he becomes one Of the gayest spirits 1T
college. Among his exploits Is an amour
with pretty Kathie. his landlady's
4 daughter whom be sincerely loves His
position as hereditary Prince OF Sach-
sen precludes all idea OF a marriage
with this lowly maid. but. boy like he
Is deeply enamoured OF her The affec-
lions of these two and the rollicklng
sports OF the collegians form pleasant
comedy, as Tom Browns School Days
made an agreeable book. Oddly enough
the east Is made up of actors who are
the farthesi removed from that sophis-
tlcatlon OF youth which the play is sup
posed 10 Illustrate. and this may inter-
fere with the popularity in English OF
a work which, more lnnocently per-
formed, had great success in German.
The star, Aubrey Boucicault, appearing
as the shy college boy, In reality has
had a varlegated matrimonial career
and Is generally known as q divvyle
among the ladies. His leading woman,
Minnie Dupree, who plays the simple
kathle, has heen knocking around In
melodrama for 10 years or more. Rob.
ert Lorraine Is the unhappy spouse OF
Julie Opp. Augustus Cook has had
connublal troubles that have been ex-
plotted In the newspapers. The secret
Of Charles Frohmans success Is that
dlscardlng the old stock company idea
OF suiling the drama to the actors, he
selects players to III the play. In
Heidelberg" the performers have been
engaged In violent opposition to the