Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1906-06-16

man, in her new comedy MARY. May
Quite Contrary" !, has been "a long
lime since Miss Crosman appeared IN
salt Lake. and during that time many
NJ our residents who visit the east have
witnessed her performance Of sweet
Kitty Bellalrs" Mistress Nell ana
AS You Like Il. successes which have
kent her on Broadway nearly all the
last six years. Her new play, which
has not yet been seen in the west ls
said 10 give her ore Of the best oppor'
,unities she has yet had Tor a display
Of her sparkling talents. The char
scter portrays one Miss Mary, rich
New York girl belonging 10 the eN'
elusive social set. and st details her
adventures with a man Of the world
whom she meets while visiting in the
country. She thinks II necessary for
The peace Of mind Of her cousin. 10
drive this man from the house, and she
sets forth 90 accomplish this task uy
using her wits. The man Dauyers, sees
through her design and opposes bis wits
10 hers Their plotting entangles lE-
erybody On the house, creates letl-
ousies and suspicious and leads % all
sorts Of mlxups The play u said 20
be uncommonly cleveL and Miss Cros-
man brings with her capable COM
pany including such wcll known play
ers as BOYD Putnam, Addison Pitt, Bes-
sic Brown Howard. Ida Vernon and
several others.
ones first thought on witnessing a
charming presentation such as that
given By Mir MacLean's company In
"Old Heidelberg Is that It is thous-
and piues newspaper criticisms must
be written after FIRST night prosenia-
tions The Verdlcts Of the press mean
80 much 10 a company Ike this, which
IS striving might and main to please
the public. and which has tremendous
expense bills piled UP that must be met,
whether the public IS pleased or not
that Il would almost seem the right
thing II criticisms could be deferred
until second or third performances. Ne
now given. cold Heidelberg runs with
a smOotheness and charm simply Won
derful when one considers the short
time IN which the performance has
been worked up. Tho business took an
upward bound In the last few nights,
the praises the audiences carried away
with them doing much 10 Offset the nm
favorable tone Of the first day's press
reports.
Speaking Of these press reports.
some Of them were fearfully and
wonderfully made Mr. Mayall and his
players must have been rather startled
20 read that among other shortcom-
ings they failed 10 render the piece
with a German accent What the ne
cessity In for rendering play cast IN
Germany with a German accent Is
rather q puzzle 10 figure out That cs-
pccial critic would no doubt take the
ground that "The MIkado' ought to te
played with n Japanese accent. and he
would probably roast any tragedldn
who essayed shylock and did not i'm
part a touch OF the HebraiC
II Is probable that Mir MacLeans
company viii not remain longer than
TWO weeks more "A period altogether
too shOu for the many friends they
They have demonstrated what most
people rldlculed before that there was
n profitable field Ia Salt Lake FOR a
stock company " high standard
with a management not afraid 10 Sc
cure the best grade NJ royalty plays,
II their departure really Is so near al
hand. We shall all join IN the hope that
their farewell may be o brief one.
What II so uncertain as a first night
verdict? Last weeks London letter told
Of the English success Of two Ameri-
can plays. "The Lion and the Mouse"
and shore Acres" This report was
written after the hrst performance. A
few nights presentation, however told
another tale. and now comes the follow
ing dispatch. which caps the climax.
The closing ~ a shortlIyed season
OF The Lion add the Mouse at the
Duke Of NoIk's theater last night. AMI
the announcement that shore Acres"
viii be withdrawn from tho Waldorf on
June - draw attention On the fact that
American plays for some time have
been unsuccessful an London.
Among the failures were William Gill
lettc's "Clarice," the plot Of which was
laid IN the southern states, and which
was not understood owing 10 the dialo,t
and lack of knowledge Of the charac-
tiers portrayed, and a Gnded Fool"
which Nat 4. Goodwin presented for
the first time here. Mr. Goodwin's ~.
yiyal OF "An American citizen" though
u Was a success some years ago. als)
failed.
''The Lion and the Mouse was
warmly praised by most ~ the critics,
and It's success was predicted Two rca-
sons are advanced for its failure-flrst.
that I.ondoners We're not able 60 gage
Ryder the American multl-millionaire
or 10 understand the trust question,
and. second. that the names OF the
American actors, though their work
was highly complimented, dld not ap.
peal 20 Lond0ners. who prefer 70 pin
their allegiance 20 old fayorltes
shore Acres however. was acted
by an English company headed by Cy.
ri Maude and Wlnifred Emery. The
scene Of this play was transferred from
Long Island 20 Cornwall, but IN spite
Of the change, playgoers here failed %
the theme or the dialogue.
which retained some Of its American
flavor
Shenandoah, THE Offering Of the cley-
or orpheum stock company next week,
combines the beautiful. the interesting
and instructive. The average
theater-goer loves a story embracing
love, strife and tho relief OF comedy. In
this regard Bronson Towards great
play combines an three. Manager
MAcLeAn prides himself that HE spe-
llalty n the production 90 war plays.
Re himself fought for his country In
Cuba, and went through the B0er war
rs free lance correspondent accord
ngly he fauers himself that he has
he art Of making local color" az his
finger tips The fact that HE father
fought With the Confederacy and he
himself. was reared On Virginia !nsures
IN historically correct staging. As an
Snow Shenandoah" is an education In
history Tor 80 deals with Incl
Tents from the time the first shot was
ired on Fort sumter 20 the surrender
N Gen. Johnson which ended he war
mot the surrender % Gen. Ice. az
hree out Of Eve people suppose. From