Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1905-10-07

A ; the News New York CORES.
II pendent tersly told in last SAT-
n urdays issue. Nat Goodwiu's
new play so long awaited and
so arduously rehearsed. has scored
failure. and has been Withdrawn after
two weeks trial The New York
herald sent a man TO ask the actor
how il rclt to ial and this lis the con-
yCrsatiou that resulted.
"Ot course ! feel bal over "a play that
fails 10 please. I'm not philosopher
enough TO laugh mt one. I'm afraid
said Mn Nat g. Goodwin 10 a Herald
reporter the other night. as he sat iu
his dressing room In the Lycoum
th,ate"
"u hurts. then does #? You have
not become callouHed To the way the
public takes to play you are ln, even
though your individual work pcases
them?'
"Callousei, Why. my boy, ] feel It
AN the way through It's narrowing
that's what 1t is. narrowing. To be
sure, don't 20 around crying about
1t There ia no use IN doing that; but
don't make any mistake about my be
ing imperyous to public sentiment.
When / am its time for me TO stop act
ing and get Oft the stage. I'm 50 ner-
vous that when We We're all sWamped
I'm this food tide aud went down to-
gethcr the Beauty and the Barge ana
the whole lot Of uy. ! felt sick to my
stomach That's exactly the way !
felt, ana I've not recovered yet
THE BANANA PEEL
"Why did it fan? can YOU tell now e'
Certainly ! can tell now. It's easy
enough 10 see the banana peel after
you have slipped on It and bumped
your head. This Is why Mr., Jacobs
and Mir. parker's comedy failed TO
please because the American public
didn't ike A. There are several rea-
sons why they didn't
Mr. Goodwin had settled down TO real
work I'm front Of hH makeup table.
John. his dresser had stripped him Of
his outer clothes even 90 his shoes
and stood ready at hand TO pass cos
mpti,s. towels or stage garments. Pre-
viuusly he had acted 10 the capacity OF
private secretary. taking out brief ana
bugnessliSc messages 10 the half do2-
pu or so men who had called at the
stage door. and replying to the notes
and cards shat mad been sent In from
! the font.
DID NOT UNDERSTAND.
conc reason u.s." continued Mr., Good
/ win AZ ne smrotpd hl9 face with grease
/ r9mt chat the American public did
rot understand tie atmosphere Of the
/ pl.y They had never seen and scarcely
/ heard even of such characters. They
/ didn't know yayy well What IT was all
| about. I don't drink blame them for
/ sitting stll AND NOT euthusing under
/ nose conc. lions
DO you understand them?'
Naturally | do. because | have lived
! ln England 80 much that those Thames
! Vatorside' people are as familiar Ia me
| us Sew York policemen or Colorado
/ y0wbuy.'
YOU Thought 10 q good play. then|'
! "GudcCd. ! did. So did Charles FrOh-
man who owns the play and selected
! me company to support me. We had
every confidence bon the world IN IL.
| For that matter wc were all cock sure
| that n would be % success. hut what's
| tho good of being sure about anything,
! especially about uutried plays and
! which horse is going TO VIM The wise
| forccustcrs info D. off about as accurate.
| is Inn one case us they do IN the other
"You think the whole reason for the
! failure of the play lies In the fact that
! The American tBcltcr going public DO
! not understand the numerous types OF
! English NE, u spite OF the fact that
| they are depicted boy such Witty and
popular writer AS Mr. W. W, Jacobs
and portrayed by such a Stage fayorltc
| as yOurscIf''
~ ann simply an Incident IN the
play ua are the o.her character types
and think they were quite understood
IN THIS SOLEMN EVENT,
as far as am concerned, have mo-
| personal grievance. They seem 20 like
! my work. and my most severe critics
have spoken very notterngly about Il
| IN this unhappy and mournfUL yes
| even solemn event. san there Is an-
other reason than that the play Is not
understood and that is that The Ameri-
can public does not Ike 10 be- kept
waiting. u does not like 20 sit patiently
| while the action beats around the
bush
How DO you mcau?"
| why, as IN this play, when lt takes