The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1904-06-12

What DO you think Of the plan
which some dramatists pursue in writ
ing their last act drst?"
well. to me il would, if followed,
simply mean writing two last acts. for
never yet did / bring a play exactly to
the point which / had intended to make
such a previously constructed ter
mination tit on neatly. Some Of the
characters always grow inevitably more
important than I had fOTeseen, or de
EelOp some popularity which quite be-
lies the promise of their youth, making
a ready written fate an impossible en-
terprise for them.
The only play I have written which
i'm it's inception began with the last act
is The Golden Silence one afternoon,
while walking up Fifth avenue, in New
York L suddenly got the idea of the
last scene. 1t so Overcame me that
I had to turn into Central park TO avoid
the crowd. j walked eXcitedly for an
hour. and then went back TO my rooms
and wrote 1T down. The next day I
started to build my play up to that
idea"
Are you ever at a loss for a plOt?',
mo. my difficulty is rather which or
several equally attractive stories TO
choose. Life is so full of stories!"
Then your stage folks are your
neighbors, endowed with a few new
qualities? ."
"sav. rather, carefully edited for
dramatic purposes. Believe me- we
writer's for the stage who take our
craft seriously do keep as near 10 ma
ture as we can in our plays ana as
much as pOgsibIe write from expert
ence rather than from hearsay. For in
stance. the. scenes in The Fatal cara
the melodrama- I did with Mr. Sic
venson for the Adelphi-cOncernlng
thieves and their manners ana Gus
toms. were studied first hand in a not
particularly delectable quarter or Lon
don"
Ellen Terry has taken up the ad-
vanced drama, and is meeting Win
such success that it is doubtful II SIC
win agree to join with Sir Henry next
/ season i'm a revival Of their ola roper
/ toire.
Miss Terrv's newest play is called
/ ssTbe Good Hope" The toll levied by
/ the sea is the theme of the play, and
the piece is a powerful indictment
J AGAINST rotten vessels. Miss Terry has
/ "a cOueenial part I'm the role of a r1sh-
/ ermau's widow. Tie poor woman, con-
/ scientiously striving to do her duty,
/ forces her younger. son. Barend. to JON
/ the crew Of the Good Hope, and one OF
/ the most effective scenes of the play Is
4 that where the mother urges the
/ frightened lad TO go on board and place
! his trust in God.
1--WE take the FISH. and God takes
us" mutters an old fisherman, Cobus'
I as. seated i'm q chair in the widow s
cottage. he philosophers over the lot
/ of those who are dependent upon the
/ cruel sea for a living.
I'VE pay dearly for the fish" cry the
/ women Of TIE quaint little Dutch VII
/ Iage, as they listen to the raging Of the
/ storm.
/ did I ever tell you about what I had
! to do with n. b. Curtis 'Saml OF
/ POseu' ." asked Charles Dickson. Cur
, tbs was living at the old Clarendon no
/ tel. at Eighteenth street and Fourth
/ avenue and he and / were smoking in
/ the Office one night when the character
/ of Saml of POsen was evolved from
J our anecdotes.
/ II had a relative named Plastrik who
( kept a store ON the east side. He was
/ a man whom I had never liked, and
/ / remember that 1 asked Mr.. Curtis to
name his character Samuel Plastrik.
] Gle did 80, and I felt delighted at
/ having held my relative up TO public
/ scorn.
NH. pleasure did not last. Curtis
made such a success that his play act
ed as am ad for my relative and both
/ men made fortunes.
Never waste time i'm enmities.'
{ Wright LOTimer, whose magnificent
/ production of THE Shepherd King is
/ winning favor in New York. tells an
I amusing story Of q visit 20 a friend s
I house i'm England.
+ II was making an unexpected call on
1 a friend whom L had not seen in
/ wears" said MT LOrimeT When the
/ servant came to the door / asked If
/ Mt. ArbutmaTt was in.
90 Master has gone out was the re-
+ ply.
i rs Mrs Arbutmart int
90 'Afissus has gone out too.
" Wen, I think Tll come in and warm
by the fire before start back to Lon
( don
You're very welcome to come in,
/ sir said the servant, but the fires
gone cut, too.
/ Here's a neatly romantic story from
/ the theatrical columns of one of the
I English newspapers: AT one Of the
/ chief London music halls o king pro-
tege is to appear next week. This is
I Yvonne Lamor who is of Spanish
I Irish extraction. and who viii give a
/ sort of musical moHologue- Mile La
/ mar's kingly protector was not Leopold
this time. but the ill fated Alexander
/ Of servia, When the actress was q