Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1903-04-04
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sItel'' work.. April LAS Lent wanes
N'g .,,yle grows holder ana Ihespls
NE dlyYylV avn. When the peneten-
zones lh'o hogan we were all for de-
isl season oi S, and the theaters We're
gIng o SS But doing peilance ,, Is t theu
hh sm5 Workers ana pre ysS,,S az ~ ~.
% New back TO the play. Ml'h ohS ,,. VI
.neaSsu e,Siions-such as "The Daring
tso eA Wy y oThe sultan of Sulu ana
d the wv, 1gu, ri of Oz"-Our theaters' m
fhe W. iot crowded still the most
l''I ss@ are paying expenses ,I esco a M baUE.
q VIII. .n onr managers VIII eseape w., a. m
'oy s' although now conlronteu Wy Wv. '',',
upley' " most serious disadvantages
Aise l,V the stage-Lent, the circus
nd poor plays ,,,s .etrpps
pm w pieces offered last week,
Toe my 49, and "The Suburban,
'Pe'N usII Frances Aymar Math-
81 lVlpb y was not received with a
Ws COIii'1 auplause from the newspa-
taolu some OF our critics being uhilet-
Fh, ,O" gevere ON the play True ~ Is
ts'dll! stroke of artistic construction
% pva e'isndic and theatric rather than
bang s lP,,., and dramatic. But Peggy
nl'sVunsi ms aim to provide Grace
NNvs "5ib suitable medium Tor the
g,%s sy of her comic ability ana emo
.splI' sypresslon, neither OF Whlch is
u9u4i doouence. The setting ana
q sl'@' engagement which Mr. Brady
9Ass nn m This work are excellent. In
-'s s sr,rih act a bit Of business hrst
us iV sanous In "Kean' is used with
n ,'., 'r The enemies Of Peg VOL
.as,oo composed Of players III fancy
llsv% msh down the aisles OF the
.y' 'y,as lou8ly denouncing her perform
'l' ,l an tho stage filling the auditorium
.1 nv eIomor and terrifying nervous W0-
''sH monr the spectators, who had re-
w, ,~,5 M warning of this uproar. on
~ srst night this incident nearly Ieil
", disaster. The supernumeraries
~. INA 10 fake part in 1t, became victims
.,'I MAJ may be called auditorium
IN, and finding themselves thrust
Dss, thousand spectators
-l,'"o courage and would nave
NY hebind the scenes. Where
!, Mr.. Brady, coming up behind
',ksd Ind leaders Of the mob win
WY .a vebemence and rushing ahead OF
\. ~. mners outyoiced them all, with a
.s, tse the Bull of Bashan, In denun-
,I,tons OF Peggy. Brady is handy
.~sband 10 have around the house. But
N ms energetic conduct on this oc-
~son the most exciting episode OF the
ssy would have miscarried' lie
rl5tei leadership, however, saved the
ssre and made the most sensational
Incident Of the dramatic season. There
I excellent comedy stun in Pretty
p.gEyo itself and In her new character
X Mistress Wellington our little act
Nd has arrived at the finest achieve
rsBi of her career. Therefore, taking
M natter an in all the play has agree
l5e promise al the Herald Square
nd subsequently, en- tour.
ANOTHER DAzEY PLAY.
The Suburban" Dazeys new piece,
running smartly at the Academy.
ihis work. like all modern melodramas,
B a mbbishy story arranged around
} mechanical scene, after the fashion
4 The Dark Secret" which was built
q a tank Of real water, blue Jeans"
yhIch reyOlyed around a buzz saw,
The Great Ruby" which hung upon
ibalOon.and Ninety and Nine, which
ns carried by a burning locomotive.
horse race is the sensation Of "The
suburban II is well managed by real
tkeys on real horses, and with the H.
a;lon Of the track neatly managed.
The play itself is conventional and te-
i9ls but its central episode arouses
Gsal applause, and its chief actors are
ANes Of quality Even the police re-
gstt them In order to get into proper
i.fae for their race across the stage,
DE equine actors are allowed TO start
fourteenth street, outside the the
f'f i Is a municipal concession, not
lhe drama, but to Bucephalus, who
als high favor in the esteem OF the
sliop0s. A squadron OF police is de-
a.el nightly to keep in check the
pau boy Who when the horses make
lsli appearance IN Fourteenth street,
almost uncomfortable In his desire
% a jockey Thus with excitement
nae and outside the Academy, this
-solrama has established itself in
'aeral applause.
AtNRf MILLER RE-APPEARS.
~ " Monday night of this week Henry
alti came back to town and intro
,...e al the Savoy his new play. THE
.lalng Of Helen" A work OF more
-gel'ance than its intrinsic merits, be-
s-s s lhk Is the first unaided effort of
..aaia Harding Davis at playmak-
,g IN MS first attempt at dramatic
s.lotShip he was assisted by r. II.
~, ssFih m his second by Robert Hill.
~ NJ, u 4, ms third by Augustus Thomas.
,. ,~u nls fourth and first Individual
.r -1.y MI. Davis takes all the authors
'''S IN case Of success a stage
~ we Is much larger than a library
WI ae' George Du Maurier earned
IA. ron "Trilby" in book form.
y. -s rall Potter's dramatizatlon of
nv ~ plla In royalties TO its au-
~. we .',-, considerable sum OF sl25.OOO.
1 NJ n me Little Minister as a book
M a. carrie received $4,000. as a play,
Alexander Dumas sold his
|rsl " Ia Dame Aux Camellias" for
|e,,.. he We're alive at present his
!. e ieeelf'S from Camille" would
,oy al - ,, u 100000. Shenandoah" as
N might have paid its author S.
rsirs, heio1rama Bronson Howard
|r,i' ~, !. ON u 100000. As a novelist |
p. il'en might earn $4,000 a year
~. a iecuud writer: as a play
G us income approximates slO0.- |
NJ. %N DAVIS has been popular au-
nm N, , ..' with seminary girls and
~ n ~ ~, stories he has earned an aver
N }, g0"o year, II he makes a
IN ~ yt,e,y writing he should earn al
IN !, '.'vw year. A dramatist earns
s,',r,ee average 10 per cent OF the gross
,rTrsS, ,Ehlch with a fairly good PLAY.
IN sr. ~. 70 about 1880 a night. giving
IA s --'ugf something like 500 n week
nrft,,g.' N can earn so much, however |
lanatigt '' "'e'ues 10 popular
ps mn DAVIS START IN LIFE.
ssi - years ago a young man ap-
Piss ,or we EDITOR OF the Philadelphia
',gr,,o,.,,n 2 position. He came well
isisro,j,'',l sl ana was engaged on the
sua s,s S..H His first assignment
Es he "a. send the Cub TO cover IT.
,ti 10 ~ ,li,oF but It may be Just as
N, tor au ,gNNpericnoed man 20 with
i's a,. ~ y likely 10 fall down on his
; sii 49, Di. a, iL II was stormy
s,si rs g.n me Cub and the expert