Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1903-04-11

ros the reason Nance o'Nell
A. accepted in LondonY' was the
" ~ ~, TO her manager, Mr. Nc
p" ~ at the boxohice, last night.
n.nLlr paused moment before
ssd Then he said; 1.-THE reasons
!, many; and unless person mad. had a
,.,, understanding of the peculiar
ISL i, conditions existing In Lon
don't know that he could fully
'', Z them. Every house SCI. has
.i,nele, and every theater gives a
s.AI kind Of entertainment, one ml-
\, another vaudeville, another melo
another the legitimate drama,
- on. No house can deyiate from
ala without running a risk. We
Z. the mistake of booking Miss o.
a. the Adelphi, q theater entirely
as,ated with melo drama. ! knew
l. =. were running risk, but that
I, no best we could do. We were
.,oaly booked in the Lyceum, a
~ devoted to the higher class OF
.r,,l,als the theater at whose stage
N Terriss was murdered. l put up
,ssss,ary deposit 10 secure the Ly-
"a. $4,000, or $4,000 in our money
4 At the last moment the London
rao1tles condemned the house, on
vrupt Of its unsafe condition, and 1t
NJ ,ot allowed to reopen. Accord
M 4 was the Adelphi or nothing
a g Then. too, we had the post
MI coronation Of King Edward to
x.,d with. This ruined thousands
tral tradesmen and upset business
rsaly. Another cause was that we
s,.sl month too early, Still another.
- he widespread prejudice existing,
Eaally in professional circles, TO
n, 4 called the American INVASION"
n te:e causes contributed TO hurt
nui in three weeks l lost $4,000 in
nd bard coin. However, Miss o'Neil's
mn continued to attract attention,
4 yhen she presented Elizabeth"
uss did In the third week, the critics
ssid 10 saying she was the foremost
Egsh speaking actresses. That
rid was all / desired. 1t was, in
q what had come TO London for.
Il ONe1, with her customary perse-
Ble and determination, would like |
,hye gone on, but l saw no use of |
I'D closed the season. We came to |
y York, where We made our arrange
zn for opening next fall with Lady |
1ssth Then proceeding to San Fran
\, We opened there, where we have |
( played a 10 weeks season 10 re-
- Of over $4,000. What We are do
ia the road you can see for your
kttn tonlghts audience. 1t is sim
"a sample Of what We have every
xs'
4 Rankin himself Is a whole en-
s4ieia Of theatrical "reminiscences.
siayd on engagement Of six weeks
q VIA his wife, the once famous
~ Blanchard. in 1870, and tells with
Asa how Manager John r. Game
ray secured him for SIS night
n'h played to standing room only
y altr week. Later Mr.. Rankin
1 lT central figure in the famous
w The Danites,' and he was also
Hghal Jacques in the famous
\ square production Of "The Two
A.n He has been acting all his
~ ais later years have been pass
'sieloplng the genius Of Nance
~ california girl, whom he dis
Nv ualned, and brought out. That
. YelIable gold mine to him, no
~ familiar with her record can J
AT Rankin, though his hair
-pAlaehe are bleached a snowy
shl though he Is a little shaky
,slnausm still preserves mil
at''ness Of figure, and his con-
1~l Is as bright and snappy az
sn Miss O'Nell closes her Salt
s s, with presentation OF the
a'oaIed lbsen play, "Hedda
ms will be the first time
y losen drama has ever been
|" ge salt Lake theater, and It
\, us hFsl one ever presented in
nv, WIN the exception Of "rhe
"Suss rendered some time ago
wsnl' People posted on the
W lhe day need not be told
. 'Sl play IL one of the most
" s.glssed things before the pub
"ne is such that II was pio-
M !, london for a long time. IL
u, n.y.. picture OF realism that
M ~ People shudder. one crit
s. '-a' while It's theme Is some
~, Nv rs dialogue is daring al
A. "s point Of obscenity. II ends !
Tv,T murder Of the heroine.
3 su II credited with being one
49, opponents OF Ibsen's va
,,ss a hef performance Of He'd
i,,s I,ounced as an Illumination to
F0s OF The abnormal poet.
resuler good Friday. and n time
e,s,,s, not sufficient to prevent
y lsr,.Iv sslng thronged last night.
IN ~ construction OF the
h rs,,, Ian the Forsaken," IS the
ss,r,s.,..e'ofy Of an Nance O'Neips
Hs8 AZ vi course, nothing that
VIZ M ~ could be ranked as com
nv. v ,., We're we In Mr.. Rankln's
M ~, s.'l certainly elimlnate"The
g,,,s. htr repertoire. Not only
n h, Issuing when she IS of the
; srg, y hopelessly old stvle. its
tssls,.'., ana with the exception of
shls l yer there Is not a char.
s,rk, piay aside from the lew
NJ o', Y, serious attention. Miss
,,.1,,,SSaf'Vuniiles too. all lie IN
f'nsls c'. w which she launches
"a ~. upon the head OF her
r,,3s,,s,,i e The eyertlon even for
IA, ~ physique, Is so tremen.
"a va, ~ voice could stand the
esu,s ,S, Of g. hers certainly last
ls,,,.. mat such Leviathan work
n. i close TO the dancer
~, \. audience was enthusiasts
endless curtain calls.
f,ru,s,n,l h'trels are coming 10
',,,,,si 'uon equal 10 that OF the
~ ~, Organizations that YET