The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1904-06-05

would play Orlando, and then We had
a nice, sociabie little chat over the
general scope OF thE eugsg cement. ANA
concluded that lt D. such q chance as
neither of as has ever had. TT means
q great deal 70 nae to have for co.
star a woman OF proved ability. and 20
look forward to supporting company
that VIII be composed of the very best
people our managers can obtain To
De thus surrounded IS in itself an iu-
splration to good work, and when the
inspiration and inclination are SO near
iy in line, the result cannot fail i am
sure my next season VIII be enc of
the most satisfactory in my whole ca
reer, and SO I look forward TO IL with
a great deal of pleasant anticipation"
Aubrey BOucicault. who. among other
Things. e. the son of Dion B0ucicault is
TO play the melancholy one in Ham
let with a Denver stock company this
summer, going out there for four
weeks engagement. Recently the
young man was interviewed and spoke
of his ideas of plays and play writing.
Z don't think myself thar there is
any field for American dramatists IN
England. There is too much prejudice
over there against our piayWrights.
Regarding cur own coming authors, I
can only say that they ought 90 be al
lowed bigger field. 3 qualify this by
saying that I never knew of good
English dramatist who didn't start Off
% his career with 4 one act play My
father did. He wrote The Old Guard'
for his school fellows, and he followed
it up-but you know the rest [ would
like 10 repeat what wrote some time
since about playWriting. how YOU
should take your subject cut Il into
climaXes, then into situations. and then
into scenes, and let the dialogue take
care of itself The dialogue VIII come
out of the situation. but certainly not
the situation out OF the dialogue. But
this is the subject.
Il have no fear for the FUTURE, nor
do / see why we should not have as
capable actors IN the future as we have
had ia tie past, iE they VIII only
trouble themselves with capable
theatrical education got ON the stage
] had an experience once with WyuG-
ham. which is amusing enough. and
shows how a man can get out of diff
ficulty and learn how to swim by him-
self I had part In a farce of an
impeeuHious young man. who WAS in
Cessantly getting into debt, and as in-
cessantly writing to his father for
money. Wei. d man was supposed 10
bring on letter for me- but me didn &
arrive. I tramped up and down the
stage while Wyndham looked on in am
amused way from tne wings ar my
predfcament Ny debts are cT0wding
on me- 1 shouted not being able 10
think of anything else. But the letter
did not come. Then 4 took another lap
up the room and sank on the couch,
which Immediately rose up and hit me
i'm the back of the neck. I rose with
ali the dignity 7 had left and crossed
over TO a chair on which I sat II
promptly broke. Then, i'm desperation,
] looked at the laughing Wyndham and
said. piteOusly:
There! Even my furniture won't
support me!'
THAT Overcame W5udham. VINO
promptly rang down the curtain. That's
what / mean by education.
The theatrical world is used to sur
prises. and ii is universally acknOWl-
edged that it is the unexpected that
happens. but even i'm view of these
accepted facts il is hardly 10 be be-
Iieved that the playgoing population
of the south was ready for the APP
pended announcement which recently
appeared in the headlines Of a Memphis
paper.
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