Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1905-01-28

with a good deal OF interest 10 Mrs.
Brown Potter's coming production of
the Bichepin play OF the same name,
which It's author accused Belosco OF
plagarl2iug. II VIII be done at the
Savoy--Where the American nctress Is
now appearing IN her drumatizcd ver-
sion OF 81 Pagliacco' land Mrs Brown
Potter viii be the DubaUy and Gil
bert Hare the King Louis Charles
Brookheld has made the translation Of
"Dubarry' which rs In four acts the
most Important scenes being those or
the boJutys famous bodchamber ana
OF the brilliant fcte at Versailles at
which she inst met with disgrace II 10
going 10 be really sumptuous produc-
tion-wth scenery by Joseph Harker,
and costumes by Worth, OF Paris, and
there is a general hope that the play
VIII be worthy of its setting For dur
ing her senson AT the Savoy, Mrs. Pot
ter certainly has shown great pluck, X
rather less Judgment, Few actress
managers would have survived two
such failures as those OF 'lho Golden
Light and Church and stage' the
Vicar uf Gorlestou's new play but Mrs.
Brown Potter had some luck with her
adaptation of "C1valleril Rusticana,'
and 81 pagliacco' in drama form seems
have TO mako way for 'Dubarry az
the end Of this month, however as NJ.
RicheEln insists that his play shall be
performed here at thc earliest possl-
BILE date Probably he is afraid that n
It isn't, some one win get ahead of him
ON this side Of the water, too.
Pucclnl the author OF "La Bohme'
and "Manon Lcscuut," who was IN Lon
don not long ago, has returned to Milan
and Is working on "A new opera which is
on the subject OF Beatrice Cenct Tho
maestro made "a flying visit TO Rome
last week for the purpose Of studying
the records of the Genet family Con
siderable surprise Is felt I'm Italy That
Pucciui should have selected 30 grue-
some theme for an opera,
Eleanora buses only daughter llli-
zabeth. arrived in This country few
days ago, having come to study farm
ing and horticulture at Hu English coll
lege devoted Ia those pursuits, IN which
she takes d greut interest aud may
possibly adopt as a profession. she
Is only seventeen and hitherto has gone
10 school i'm Germany. Much TO her
mothers delight Elizabeth Duse has no
desire whatever for "a stage lii" ana
never even has seen Duse act other
wise. however, specially I'm appearance
the two are quite remarkably alike
II Is Madame Duse's chief wish now TO
retire from the stage and make her
home with her daughter probably at
her beautiful Pala2zo In Venice
There is a good deal Of curiosity in
London 10 see " II. G. Carton has sue
ceeded I'm getting back into MS oid
form I'm the new play he has lust had
accepted by Frank Cur2on, II " now
three years or moro since the author OF
Lord and Lady AlRy' has hit the
bulls eye Lady HuutWorths En-
pertinent" was his last success since
when we have had "The Undercurrent'
"a Clean Slate" and "The Rich Mrs
Roptou." all Of which have failed on
both sides Of the water Perhaps Mr.
Carton. who has written for Charles
Frohmau hitherto, hopes 10 change
the luck 10y having his play produced
by the atler's young rival IN London
Tho niece. which Is a three-act farce,
has not vet been named, but II VIII be
produced by Curzon at the Avenue
theater early I'm February
Alfred Sutro's play "rhe Walls of
Jericho" which Hackett has IN the
United States IS so great success m
London that there ~ much interest III
the new play by this author which has
lust been secured by George Alexander
II has the rather curious title of Mol
lentrave on Women" ana In II Alexan-
der expects 10 make his appearance
as soon as the run OF Lady Winder-
meres Fan" comes 20 an end at his
theater. CURTIS BROWN.