The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-07-27
With tIbe Players

/ E. D, Price. formerly manager of
Richard Mansfield, Will continue next
season as general manager OF William
A. Brady's production of Lovers
Lane" The piece wiz be presented by
three distinct organizations. as here
/ tofore.
/ May Robson, the comedienne. has
been engaged as one Of the principals
OF the support of Jerome Sykes in
/ Harry Il. Smith and Gus Kerker's new
musical comedy. The Millionaire"
which Klaw & Erlanger will produce
on a magnificent scale in October.
! The unexpected success of the old
morality play, Every Man" which has
/ been played to crowded houses over
and over again in London, has encour-
/ aged Mr. Ben Greet to further expert
/ ments in the same direction. Early
next year he proposes to produce a
series Of the Old English mystery plays,
| in the well known st. Georges hall
which is to be rebuilt and redecorated
| The public interest exhibited in Every
/ Man, a serious allegory, wholly de-
/ VOID OF spectacle, sensation or vulgar
/ lty, Is one more proof of the existence
I of a constant and generally unsatisfied
| demand for rea sonable entertainment
1t is not likely that there is any fierce
/ craving for a long course of morali-
| ties or mysteries which are apt to be
somewhat lacking in spice and va
/ riety, but even they would be infinitely
more amusing than most of our mod
! ern farcical comedies.
! Mary Shaw, who is to head one of
the George Fawcett stock companies
| next season, viii appear as Hamlet at
| a special performance to be given by
the company early in the autumn. The
/ performance will take place in New
York, it is said, the company coming
from Baltimore for the purpose The
statement that the performance would
be given in the Manhattan theatre is
unfounded.
| Londoners are wondering what is the
nature of the play by Rudyard Kipling,
with which Mrs. Lewis Waller prom
lses to reopen the London Royalty the
atre in September. It is remarked that
/ many managers have announced plays
by Mr.. kipling, but none has ever sue
ceeded in bringing one to the footlights
The guess is hazarded that Mrs. Waller
may have secured a drama tiZation of
The Story of the Gadsbys."
Only a few of the smaller cities will
/ be visited by Broadhurst & Currie's
i production of Sweet Clover" next sea-
son, although the attraction has played
| TO large receipts everywhere. The cast
is too expensive and the scenic produc-
ton too heavy to prove profitable only
Tor long engagements in the largest
cities.
1t remained for an enterprising Lon
don manager to put Miss Ellen NJ.
stone on the stage by proxy. of course.
II is one of the things that the recently
| noerated missionary seems to be most
| proud of. that she has never seen a
play in her life. But ii is quite possible
| that she would be tempted to enter a
| theatre If she were within reach of
The Bandits" Frank Parker made
the production at the London Hippo
| drome, and one of the features is a
huge tank $50 feet above the stage and
| holding 1900 gallons OF water. During
one of the exciting scenes this water is
dashed upon the stage, washing away
| A bridge Weighing FIVE tons. a four-in-
hand coach with sixteen persons in or
on IL, and q band of brigandS. The
| play calls for forty horses, two coaches,
| 400 persons. four scenes. f20 tons of
| scenery and 12S,G00 gallons of water
day.
Rose Coghlan, in announcing that she
| will devote her entire attention next
season to Alice of Old Vincennes. de-
clares emphatieany that she has had
quite enough of the vaudeville stage
In her own words she is tired of hav-
ing her play sandwiched in between d
| band of colored cake walkers and an
/ educated pig" In the future Miss
COghlan asserts nothing will ever tempt
her from the legitimate drama.
a new play is called 1.-THE Tie That
Binds" 1t will have it's first produc-
ton at the Grand opera house, New
/ in,
Clyde Fitch may now write NJ A.
after his signature. Amherst college
has just conferred the degree of master
of arts upon the eminent young Amer
lean playwright. Mr.. Fitch has been
spending a. few days with Paul Potter
at Ouchy. Although far from well, Mr..
Fitch has delivered to Mr.. Frohman
his manuscripts of The Flirt" for
Ethel Barrymore, his new comedy.
The Girl With the Green Eyes, and a
comedy entitled "A Bird in a Cage,
which Frohman will produce at the
Vaudeville, London, after the produc-
ton there of Barrie's Quality Street.
with Ellaline Terriss and Seymour
Hicks in the leading roles.
THE Girl and the judge the play
by Clyde Fitch that Annie Russell pro-
duced with success last season. will be
I
first starring tour of Helen GRAVITY
4 James Il. Belcher, Miss Grantly's man
ager, secured last week the rights to
che play. Miss Russell will present II
| for the first six weeks of the season
! Immediately thereafter Mr.. BelcheI
will assume control of the play, to-
gether with the original scenery and
accessories. He expects also to engage
most of Miss RusselTs company to con-
tinue in their roles. Miss GRAVITY
: played Katherine the past season il
Charles B. Hanford's revival of THE
Tanning of the Shrew" and achieved q
decided success.
Wilson Barrett wrote a play of four
acts and the better part of a move
, while on his South African tour.
, Charles p. Salisbury will open his new
, piece "Alphonse and CASTOR" at the
: Empire theatre, Atlantic City, Aug. 4
John W. Although. jr.. has been en-
> gagged for the leading part in Captain
I, | Molly the new play by George c
! HazeltOn.
When "A Chinese Honeymoon" wa.