Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1904-03-05
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Special Correspondence,
A lew YORK, Feb. 29,.-The dosing
N up OF New York theator-or
rather, the refusal Of the authori-
ties to allow the house to reopen
is not an unmlxed grief TO Weber 6;
Fields, inasmuch as It has relieved
them Of n very considerable and contin-
uous expenditure. At the beginning
OF the season these gentlemen took
over the greater part Of the winter
term at the Bijou theater upon shar-
Ing contract, which contained n clause
guaranteeing Henry 3. Sire, the owner
Of the property, that his portion Of the
receipts should amount 10 at least ST.
800 a week, The failure Of william
Golfers first two plays caused his man
ayers to shut the doors Of the Bijou
but they were presently reopehed by
Alice Fischer under the management Of
Henry b, Harris, who assumed the We
Der q Fields agreement Tor a few
weeks, Mr. Sire, however, still holding
the original tenants and not releasing
them, Miss Fischer, too, proved the
very reverse OF popular success, and
the establishment was again shut up
light After a while Weber n Fields
offered Mr.. Sire $1,000 in "a lump sum
"a let them out Of the remainder Of
their undertaking. but he declined the
proposition. They then submitted two
attractions which they proposed to
place in the Bijou. but he would not
accept either OF these. Then came
sydney Roscnfcld with his Century
players undertaking to reopen the
house, at which time the authorIti ~
entered upon the scene fatty forbidding
the carrying out Of any such plan, The
Messrs Weber d Fields now take the
ground that they cannot be held to the
payment OF any further sums for the
use Of a playhouse which the municipal
government has stamped an unlawful
resort, There will probably be some
vigorous litigation over this state Of
affairs, for Mr. sire Is quite as much
a belllgcrcnt as his opponents, who
seem, however at the present stage of
the proceedings to have something Of an
advantage over him.
There arc rumors Of a secret pact be-
! TWEEN thq leading vaudeville managers
Of the country and the Klaw u Erlan-
ger-Stair * llaylin alliance the idea be-
ing 10 close even the variety theateIs
| In the large cities against the independ.
cnt ATTRACTIONS, CoinCldGntly with this
| report comes the publication OF an In
! tcryiew with David Bclasco which has
! been thc'rcal sensation a the week In
| the thcOtcr world In the course Of
| This. series OF remarks, which were
! couchcl I'm the vigorous terms custom
airy TO Mr. BcIusco, he losses defiance
| at thr Theatrical Syndicate, root and
| branch. beginning with the proposition
! thar although he was TO have been
| ohlltcratcd from the earths surface
| within ninety days, the time IL up and
| he is still able TO take nourlshment
and notice things MI Belasco goes
ON 90 say that the time of all his at.
| fractions In solidly booked for next
: year and that he win not be com.
PEELED 90 play IN tents ana churches
! although hc would do SO rather than
! give up the fight Mrs. Carter, he
states, rs TO be Mt the 3olasco theater
! all next Fcason, Miss Bates win go
into ST. Louis In August for four
months ana Henrietta Crosman, David
! Varied, In a new play and Brandon
lyman, IN an Irish drama bearing the
Belasco hall mark, are all provided
with satisfactory routes throughout
the country
II looks very much az though the
/ a Col
mad for some seasons 20 come, at least
until surfeted with that remarkable
work, As everyone knows by this time,
Mr., Conred will make It his chief at
! traction next season as this at the