Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1904-01-16

How hard the lines really gre among
The thcaters Of New York. one hardly
realizes until Doc sees some such COM
pilation Of facts as That in the New
York News of last week. That paper
gives an entire page 10 picturIng noted
actors ana actresses who have either
been called TO-. or had to change their
season plans. Among those whose
faces appear ar, Julia Marlowe, who
failed in Fools Of Nature a case, Of
course, In which the play was entirely
to blame, Arthur Byron. who made his
hit here with Mary Manncring in THE
Subborunoss of Geraldine looked for
great things tn clyde Fitch's Major
Andre but that play ran for hardly
10 performances before It was retired,
Mr., Byron was then lucky enough to
secure his old place with Miss Manner
ing. Nat GoodWin's face also appears.
Ills lamontablc failure in "A Mdsum.
mer Nights Dream is wei known tie
then took up with Ned ROyle's MY
WIZ lluHDhllAf bNI 90 AltHN Wv ~
. suit him, he fell back on "A Gildcd
Fool and In Ml2zoura,' IN which
plays h. viii probably be- seen in this
city. Willie Collier tried three plays
and failed in all Of them. Jessie Milward |
had to give up the ghost after trying
hard TO make the public accept "A
Clean Slate, James *. Hackett went |
down under the weight Of John Err
mine OF the Yellowstone our old
friend Orrin johnson came out with a |
great flourish of trumpcts In Hearts |
Courageous but the production ala |
not live TO reach the road, and Mr.. |
johnson was made the lover In "A |
Japanese Nightingale Blanche Ring |
failed utterly In The Jersey LILY
Alice Fischer had what looked like a |
good play in What's the Matter with |
Susan but after two weeks, she doors
were closed, The list ends with Ed
ward Harrigan, an old-time favorite, |
who II was thought would leap back in
TO popularity with his own play en-
titled Under Cover" but no amount OF
booming could atone for the crudity Of
the construction, and that, too, went
the way Of the others.
Reports this week indicate that there |
is general looking up along Broad
way. and certainly the horde Of dis.
heartened actors aud actresses who |
have been waiting fot the tide to turn,
viii receive the news with thankful
ness.
After n long stretch Of silence the |
Theater doors Will he re-opened Mon |
day night the attraction being Henrik |
lbsen's Ghosts presented by the tai.
entcd actress Miss Alberta dallatln. |
This lady made her professional debut |
In 1890 with Mrs. ID. +. Bowers, and |
since then she has supported Richard
Mansfield. ThoS. w. keenc. Sothcrn, |
and Joe Jefferson She has had wide |
experience with stock companies Tn all |
parts of the land and comes well |
equipped 10 present what many people |
can Ibsen's masterpiece.
As all who follow the drama know, |
Ghosts has had a highly successful |
run In New York and while II Is mark
cd by all the gloomy pecularities that |
distinguish lbsens works. Il has fas-
clnation that draws all classes 10 tho |
theater. The Norwegian playwright |
has his admirers In this city, and no |
doubt Miss Gallatin will be greeted by |
a full house Monday night,
At the Grand tonight the hilarious
comedy, Hello Bin" winds up the
week Next week the patrons Of the
house will have to 90 on half rations,
for only the first three days are open.
They viii be occupied boy that old-timc
favorltc, "Yon Yonson" which never
seems TO grow old This year the CONF
pany is headed by Nelse Erickson, who
Is said 10 be one of the best Scandina- |
Wan actors going Included In the com-
pany Is the umbcrmen's comedy quar-
tette, lyon Yonson" never knew what |
It was 10 play to poor business In Salt !
Lake. and no doubt the old record VIII !
be kept up next week.
The New York Herald has the follow |
ing regarding the lroQu1is fire, and the !
closing IN OF the "Bcn HUI company. |
After all 1t seems that European the |
Rtrical scenery Is not fire proof. ms an |
the scenery and nearly every one Of the !
stage properties used I'm Mr. Blue |
beard" which burned like finder In |
the lroQuois thctter frp In Chicago. |
came from London. Not only was all |
the scenery made In England, but II |
WAS also used for long time there |
when the spectacle was given at the !
Drury Lane.
When Klaw &, ErMugcr bought the |
production for America they also |
bought the scenery and properties II |
was this English scenery that was used |
here IN New York. on the road and !
finally burned in Chicago
This would seem TO pretty VOL dis !
prove the statement that English scon-
cry Is nrerroof Tor II burned quite as
easily as though it had been made In
New York.
In addition TO the "Ruehearl" aud
"Tho Bilionalrp' companies the ma
jorlty OF whose members are now back
In this city, the members Of the "Hcn
IIur' company win be back here and