Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1906-06-02
LONDON STAGE NEWS.

| DICK" The Cabinet Minister and
The Amazons and such powerful
dramas as The Profligate." THE No
torious Mrs Ehbsmith.' The Second
Mrs TauQueray' and Iris 40 man
or his time has done more 10 enrich
English dramatic literature and 50
everyone will congratulate Mr.. Piuero.
and hope h. MAY havc a golden dra-
matte Jubilee as we'll as silver one
u viii be- Interesting 90 see what
happens to play entitled "The Lone
ly Millionaire" by Mrs Henry de IA
Pasture. produced al the Adelphi
rhe9tsr this week Except for per-
fcrmancf by amateurs this is the first
time fhe author has appeared 10 public
o. q playwright. although her novels
now rival those u Mrs Humphrey
Ward IN success among the social elect
The Lonely Milhonaires' il not a
dramatization OF one of the authors
books. hut was the direct outcome Of
Mrs. De Ia Pastures love ~ the stage.
] understand that tho financial results
ana personal prestige Of stage success
are not of much value 90 her. for she
has about an that mortal could want
already ~ she was free 20 pursue any
ideals she might choose. The result
IN the csse ~ The Lonely Milion-
aires was not IN the least ''highfalu-
TN. On the contrary Il was 50 sim
pie and gentle, and goud-humored and
ingenious that The gallery booed al
a. The story was the smiable'one OF
the rough kindly old millionaire. with
the lovely impulsiyc young daugh-
ter. the designing oleaginous Ital-
Ian drawing master who made love
90 the daughter while ne had
wife IN his garnet and
he manly secretary who turned
out 90 Boz a millionaire baronet In dis
gulse. There were no complexities. ana
there was little excitement. yet d AIS
sl done With such excellent humur and
good taste with 80 many nice little
touches ~ character and hy such an
aimiranIs company. headed by uscar
Aschc and Lily Bayton. that it NAV
TroNo 90 be Of importance as an eXam-
pie ~ what success may be achieved
by eood.natured refusal to strive Tor
effects.
,. " Homung's "Rafaes" came SUD.
denly 20 the Comedy iheater this week
in place OF the Barrie play. Josephine"
which failed 80 disastrously. aud iudr.
INK oy The enthusiasm with which Il
was received IL u likely 10 stay a long
time. The American version was con.
siderahy modified Tor English use. aul
was given me benefit Of what might 81.
most be called an sll-star company.
Gerald du Maurier hasn't enough dcr.
htry 90 him 90 be a really good Raffes.
and appeared to Hay the part without
much relish. whereas Bunny" who
cut rather poor figure I'm the stories
on which the play was founded came
out Unexpectedly strong in the pcf.
son ~ Grahsme Browne Dion BouCl.
cault made the detective a far different
character from the ordinary stage de-
teciite.
Walter SchultIe % Chicago. who vas
for four years FIRST violin Of the Thom-
a. orchestra. during the last two years
of which he taught AZ the Chicago Mu-
steal college, made his debut before
london audience with the Symphony 90.
chesira this week. and created dis
tinctly favorable impression. He has
been studying with sevck N Prague
for the last three years ana eXpec's %
SO 10 lsaye this summer for interrre-
tation and expression | have heard
that BE- u one of the most promlslns %
the American Niolnists
CURTIS BROWN.