Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1904-04-30
Special Correspondence.

Special Correspondence.
= ONDON, April 16.--There seems to
be no doubt that Sunday the
romantic play produced at the
Comedy theater, Is what every
London manager has been seeking
another "Mice and Men" with long
run here In front of II. and favor In
| the United States as well. This Is the
piece upon which three young menibers
| OF Wilson Barrett's company collabor-
ated under the name OF Thomas Race
| wood" Its atmosphere Is largely
| American, two out OF the four scenes
being laid In q western mining town.
Fred Terry and his wife. Julia Nelson,
produced the play, and It's success or
| failure meant lot to them, These two
capable stage folk made an uncommon
success In Paul Kesters Sweet Nell nf
| Old Drury," but since have come crop
pers with two unsuccessful plays, with
| the result that they have been rather
under cloud. This by the way, was
exactly the position Of Forbes Robert-
son and Gertrude Elliott before they hit
on mice and Men,
Sunday" is exactly the simple sort
OF play with happy ending, and no
ambition to teach anything. which the
public on both sides of the water IN
slsts upon liking best In spite OF the
folk who think It ought to like some
thing else. Its heroine Is a founding
who, like Robinson Crusoes henchman
was named for the day on which she
was born, Like The Imp In when we
were Twenty-one," too Sunday has
been brought up by four comrades,
rough miners, who have not failed
among other things, to teach the girl
how TO use a six shooter Moreover
they have advised her to use her
knowledge In case OF Insult
TO the town there comes handsome,
devil -may-care Englshman named
Brinthorpe, who makes love to sun
day." But when he declares himself
the girl finds that marriage is not IN
cluded In his scheme. The two are IN q
mountain pass and imagine themselves
alone. Sunday has her hand on her re-
yolver and is ready to shoot down the
man who has insulted her In such
deadly fashion, when there is re.
port and the man falls--the victim OF
The "gun" OF one OF Sundays four pro-
tectors, who has overheard the inter-
view and taken II upon himself to
ayenge the girl. The body Is buried
and the incident closed. Then, through
circumstances which need not be de-
srclbed In detail, this western girl IL
taken to England by q woman or Title
ana introduced IN society here. Event.
ually she finds herself guest at the
baronial hall OF certain Col. Brin-
thorpe. whom, she discovers, ls the
brother OF the man whom her foster
paront Tower, had shot Col. Brln-
thorn loves Sunday and she returns MS
love but I'm n morbid way she considers
herself the cause of mis- brothers death,
and 80 she repuses him, and, unwilling
10 explain her attitude, puts
England behind her and re-
turns to her first home--Silver
Creek. But Col. Brlnthorp follows, and,
one night, turns up In the little cabn
where Sunday and her four protectors
are sitting In the twilight, the girl try
Ing 10 respond 10 the nen's cheerful.
ness. Brnthrop begs Sunday TO marry
him and she responds by telling MN
the story OF his brothers death, Dut
leaves the inference that he died by
her revolver. Tower, however has
tens TO clear up the situation by con-
Tossing that Il was he who shot the
EnglIshman. The end Is prettily pa
thetIc. In the gloom OF the cabin room,
II Is impossible to see from Col, brin-
thorp's face what effect the revelations
have had upon him. But evidently sun
day has no doubt. Sadly, she picks up
her candle and going up to each OF her
friends, says, Goodnight but when
she turns to the man she loves, II IL