Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1905-04-01
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ffuulTuulrul ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS V
really striking success has been reg
istered by Henry V. Donnelly In the
role OF Gillain. There IL indeed no
doubt at all that Mr.. Donnely plays
this part very much better than anyone
else has played Il In America. Adele
Richie 10 most attractive as Lady
Holyrood and Maude Lambert is
mclodious and physically charming Do
lor1s, Cyril Scott as Captain Donegal
Eliza Ryan as Angela, PIN II. Ryley as
Tweodlepunch, and the others complet-
ing the company are admirably adapt
ed TO their various tasks and the sex
tet buds are delight quite beyond
words. The Spanish girls who were
feature Of earlier performances, have
been superseded by the champagne
dancers who made such stirring hit
IN THE Silver Slipper" and these have
fully repeated the sensation they orig
inally scored. "Florodora' viii prob
ably oh out the remainder OF the season
at the Broadway,
william Gillette has but a fortnight
longer TO remain at the Empire thea
ter with Sherlock Holmes and at the
end of that time Marie Tempest will
appear upon thestage In 'rhe Freedom
OF Suzanne" which has been running
all winter IN London. Miss Tempest
and her associates Will remain In AM
erica for n single month and will then
go back to their old quarters In the
British metropolis, resuming their run.
About two years ago Charles Froh-
man knocked the British public quito
off It's pins by taking THE Admirable
Crlchton'' to Paris intact for a single
performance and then returning II to
London. The leading newspapers treat
ed this enterprise with stately dignity
In editorials running from a column
to a column and half In length, and
some went SO far az to question the
sanity of the American manager. They
probably haven't "tumbled even now
TO the fact that they assisted him to an
advertisement which no amount OF
money could have bought. And the
chances are that they will do It all
over again when Miss Tempest's flying
trip is begun,
Wright Lorimer has attracted a good
deal OF attention by making a speech
In front Of the curtain at New York
York theater the other night In which
he complained Of unfair treatment at
the hands OF the critics. He said in
substance that he was and American
citizen who had made very costly and
elaborate production OF play that
had won the regard Of the
public and that he and his enterprise
had been treated with ridcule while "A
company OF Russian actors giving 81
single performance Of a play that no.
body understood, had been greeted with
appreciation falling little short Of hys-
terla. All this is perfectly true. When
Lorimer made his first presentment Of
pcrf NJ tho
Knickerbocker theater he was laughed
at and help up to scorn. But by and by
the public began to think his play wor-
thy Of endorsement, and II has been one
of the very great successes of the cur
rent theatrical season. But the critics
don't seem TO regard 1t as being 1T for
serious treatment even now. Mr.. Lori
mer thinks that II he were foreigner
he might have been accorded better
recognition on the theory that a proph
ct Is not without honor save In his own
country.
The Barnum and Bailey circus is hav-
ing it's usual enormous patronage, TIE
crowds cannot be said TO be greater
than ever before for the big show al
ways fills the great Madison Square
Garden to its outside capacity The
show itself is as bewllderug as ever,
and the person who tries to see ii all at
one sitting Is apt to come away with
deep sense Of impending strablsmus.
Thompson and Dundy are not yet re-
lleved of the exasperatlng delays which
have prevented the opening Of the great
New York hippodrome, The show that
IL to be presented Is In entire readiness,
having been rehearsed for several
weeks at Luna park. The completion
OF the building itself has caused the
numerous postponements and the pro-
moters Of the extraordinary enter
prise have stopped naming the time
Until they are entirely sure Of their
ground. Meanwhile day and night
shifts of men are putting on the finish
ing touches as rapidly as possible.
II is limited by one apparently In an
authoritative position that u. 5. VIII
lard has accepted for production a play
from the pen OF no less noted writer
than Rudyard Kipling. The scene OF
this work IL said to be laid In India
amid martial surroundings and Mr..
Willard will give II u London produce
ton next autumn, II the piece makes
the success anticipated for 1t Mr.. Will
lard may postpone his return to Ameri-
ca as his time here Is being held with
the proyiso that Il may be temporarily
cancelled under the conditions referred
to.
The vast drawing power Of Ignace
PaderewsM may be realized from the
hitherto unpublished statement that
the net profits OF the pink haired plan
list up 10 the current period OF the pres
ent season amount to 100000 Pader-
ewski, already very rich man, con-
tinues TO make hay, although not wear
Ing II for whiskers,
James ]. Corbett still commands ex-
traordnary popularity. lie ia playing
this week at the American theater 10
very large audiences In a comedy call
ed pals" In which he assumes the
leading role with ease, grace and con-
victioh. Corbett is really a commend
able actor
In London the music halls have cut
into the regular theatars to an extent
that has filed legitimate managers
with dismay. II seems possible that a
similar situation may arise in New
York where vaudeville has taken a
tremendous hold upon the public at
large. The variety theaters, continuous
and otherwise, are making money hand !
over hand, while the production and
combination theaters have not had an
entirely satisfactory season, Perhaps I
the managers may devise some scheme I
TO head off the new craze which threat |