Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1905-11-25
: 2eeIaI Correspondence.

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played, posters announce that the
five hundredth performance Is close at
hand. Nevertheless this phenomenally
successful musical comedy Is expected
to run ON in London until the begin
ming Of February at least, and mean
while, with Edna May as its heroine.
the piece comes to be enjoying quite as
much favor in the United States. 1t
derella provided with modern setting
by Cosmo Hamilton and Seymour
Hicks, and its success has convinced
those interested that other as familiar
themes can be made the ground work
for musical comedies.
That Edna May is to make her recap
pearance at the Vaudeville in an up-to-
date musical version Of Romeo and
Juliet the Geographic dispatches prob-'
ably have already announced, and il
may be added that Captain Robert
Marshall whose idea at originally was
To make Cinderella" into musical play
Is thinking seriously of committing the
same indignity upon Don Quixote,
while Seymour Hicks and Cosmo Ham
iltOn have their eyes on the musical
comedy possibilities Of David Garrick'
no less
The Vaudeville version OF Romeo
and Juliet is being made by two eX-
perienced librettists, Captain Basil
Hood and Charles Brookneld OF
course, the play which they are writing
for Edna May Is intended to bear only
the slightest resemblance TO the story
Of Shakespeare's lovers-for Instance, in
this musical comedy the antagonism
between the Montague and the Capulets
becomes q feud between aristocratic
poverty on the one hand and low-bred
plutocraCy on the other But the most
promising thing about the new piece is
that the score WIN be furnished by
Leslie Stuart, who composed "Florodo-
ra and who set people humming again
on both sides of the Atlantic with THE
School Girl" The Gattls and Charles
Frohman. who control the Vaudeville,
win produce the new piece, which is eA-
pected to be ready for Miss Mays use
on her return from her American tour,
next spring.
1t is rather interesting to learn that,
reputation, he is one Of the many folk
who want to get plays produced and
can't. 1t seems that inspired by the
success OF Sherlock Holmes on
the stage, Dr. Doyle conceived
the idea Of making a play out OF his
".4iYcutuIJo % Brigadier Gerard, and
did so. Managers however, failed TO
be attracted by it, Il offered Il 10 a
good many conhded Dr.. Doyle to an
interviewer this week. only to have 10
refused, but ! am still confident that It
would make a good play, although the
managers are equally certain that 10
would not. ! hoped at one time that
Martin Harvey would accept it and ap-
pear as Gerard, but this proved lmprac-
ticable." In the same interview Or,
Doyle declared that the work Of pre-
pairing his Sherlock Holmes" for the
stage was entirely that of William Gill
lette. He took my story said Sir
Arthur, and used it to obtain the best
effect | think ne has a wonderful
genius for situations
I'm spite Of the fact that there is
new play by Pinero coming on, the the
atrical sensation Of this season seems
likely to be the production Of Stephen
Phillips Nero which Tree IS going
10 pN- on IN january, YOU can count on
tremendous stage effects az His Majes-
" whenever Ihere Is the slightest cN-
cuse for them, and there VIII De an
uncommonly good excuse in play
about Nero, but there Is also likely to
be some uncommonly good poetry In
Phillips new poetic drama. az well as
some striking situations" There have
been few finer works IN the last decade
tndn the same autnOr's "PaOlO and
francesca gwen ny George Alexan-
der there were striking lines In both
ms 'Herod' and Ulysses, and there
- reason 10 expect even better things
IN Nero That IL because the char
ac'er OF me pagan emperor has at
traCted TINS play wright eyer since his
poyhood' IN iact, stephen Phillips told
an acquaintance the other day that the
upslHnb lneS o. ms three-act drama
WY " lilteH Nhtl ne was only -.
Tnl!llps Is convinced that Nero was
no monster, but above an thnzs. n
utSdh'tI ana poet, and lu support of
tnls we" ne points out that as soon
as ne assumed the purple he summoned
10 l"e imperial court the singer, Terp-
uus, ana henceIorlh devoted himself TO
HiuS,l,, painting sculpture and the COM
poslHoh OF verse
,.,
ihe passion Tor art says Phillips,
So'VItd every lhought and action II
nis sle' Even When he committed
~, utl ne 'ohSluefed the artistic pos
elpl'l'IeS re uasedy would afford. And
Mitn 70 nm aeetn was but a question
OF seconds ana ne heard the noise Of
olo's 'he ROAD. ne iell TO quoting Hom-
e.. HuI Vleu eHGlai,nllls' what an artist
II 'os' u, me. such was the Nero I
nave eIueaVofed TO resuscitate In my
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