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

grown ups, and those merry pieces,
Blue Bell In Fairyland" and THE
Cherry Girl" were the result. These
Hicks followed up with THE Earl ana
the Girl q sure-enOugh musical COM
edy, which ended a years run only u
few weeks ago. and which Is to be pro-
duced in the United States pretty soon.
II seemed then as II II were about time
Tor the young actOr.authOr to draw u
blank, but no, THE Catch of the Sea-
SON. which Hicks wrote with Cosmo
Hamilton is the biggest kind OF "a hit at
vaudeville ana IS sure 10 DE exported
sooner or later for the entertainment
OF American audiences. While he was
working ON this play Hicks was also
occupying himself with musical CONE
edy 20 serve as successor TO THE
Earl ana the Girl" and this piece which
Is called "The Talk of the Town." saw
the light az the Lyric last Thursday
night. II caught ON instantly not be-
cause the story was especially original,
the jokes especially new, or the music
especially good, but because the whole
thing was put on iu exactly the right
way and played for all II was worth
by clever people. IL win go I'M America
too. The hero rs a young arstoCrat
who has spent all his money. lie has
n friend, however, who has just learned
that hs II heir TO a huge fortune ana
who has promised 70 give Reggie Drum
mond $4,000. The plutocratic friend,
whose name Is Hambledon, IL not TO
arrive IN London for a week and mean
while bailiff named Snipe Is sent to
take possession Of Drummonds big
house. Now Il happens that Snpe Is a
former valet Of Drummonds and de-
voted to the young man and In order
to keep the "duns' at bay he consents
to impcrsOnate the coming Hambledon.
complications naturally follow espec-
tally as the money Hamilton thinks
Is his really belongs To Elaine Levin,
the pretty heroine Of the play Walter
Passmore, the former comedian Of the
Savoy Is screamingly funny as the
balllff masquer8ding as millionaire
n part OF which some American funny
man viii also doubtless make good use
Louis N. Parker IL none Of your UNI
compromising conscientious, art
or-nothing dramatIsts of the PInero
brand. He is proving II by the ingen-
ious II somewhat startling manner in
which he ~ now transforming his play
THE Cardinal 10 suit the needs OF an
American actress AS playgoers at
home win remember THE Cardinal"
was written for r. $. willard, who
produced II on the other side OF the
water and appeared In it there for a
year or more before bringing Il TO this
country. He played It I'm London and
TO some extent IN the provinces but
when he began making plans for his
forthcoming American tour he found
himself 20 uncommonly well supplied
with new pieces That hQ decided not to
play "The CARDINAL at all but to dis
pose Of all the acting rights. The
British ones Were secured by Mrs. Russ
Whytall, an American member OF VIII
lard's own company and she will take
the play into the provinces Immediately.
Meanwhile his piece is being entirely
rewritten for Mrs .Whytall by Parker In
such n way that whereas previously
the cardinal dominated all the scenes
the heroine now VIII do so. Whether
the piece stlll Will be called THE Car
dlnal" has not, ! believe, been decided.
Evidently Mrs Whytall, whose appear
ances with Willard In this country were
specially successful has decided TO try
her hand at act ACKNOWLEDGEMENT over
here for some little time, for she has
also obtained the rights to several other
plays. Her provincial tour begins on
the 18th at Eastbourne Mr.. Willard IL
leaving for the United States next week
where he win produce the late Wilson
Barrett's play Lucky Durham IN
New York on the 23rd. Wizards re-
pertoire also includes, THE Optlmist"
by Capus, a new play by Tom Gallon,
and David Garrick."
Having heard OF the American sue
cess of David Belasco's MADAME Du-
barry" Londoners are looking forward