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

stage IN the title role Of Reginald Ken
| neay CoX's play, Mary Stuart In
! which she Is now appearing IN England.
|
II Is reported that Lionel Barry
more intends 10 quit The stage and de-
vote himself to art he will study In
( Paris for The next year and then re-
turn TO New York 10 take up work at
his new profession.
Mr.. Arthur Bourchler IS about 20 pro-
| duce In London a one.act comedy by
Mrs Blundell, entitled The Third Time
! Of Asking The scene Is IN a country
/ village, and he assumes the part Of
/ village Samson.
The Lonely MllllonairesD having
/ proved q failure at the London Adelphi
:ht management has fallen back upon a
revival OF The Tanning Of the Shrew'
With Oscar Asche and Lily Drayton Ia
the principal characters once more.
Mr. J. /. c. Clark's dramatic version
| Of Gen. Lew Whlace's THE Prince of
! India" Is TO be presented In the Broad
way theater on the first Of October
| This ia expected 20 be q stage show OF
almost unprecedented gorgeousness.
Arnold DAILY will 20 on tour m the
autumn IN a Shaw repertofy composed
| OF Arms and the Man" "CandldI.'
You Never Can Tell" "'rhe Man II
Destiny and How lie Lied 10 Her
| Husband Later he Will produce four
new plays. not by shaw.
Eastern managers say they will con-
| tlnue % send attractions 10 the Pacific
/ coast, despite the fact that they cam
not play them IN san Francisco They
| VIII depend upon Sacramento. Oakland
! Stockton. San Jose, Los Angeles and
| other cities ior patronage.
Robert Hllliard has finished his regu-
| lar season with Blanche Bates COM
pany IN The Girl Of the Golden West"
and has retired from the cast 10 pre-
| pare for a short season In vaudeville.
He will Join the company again next
season. For the rest Of the season the
role Of Ramerez will be played by
Thomas j. McGrane.
Bernhardts most successful Amcn-
can tour ended with an engagement OF
three performances at the Lyric the
ater New York, on June Il and 10,
when she gave one performance OF
Camille" and two OF composite bill
including act II Of Hamlet" act III
Of "Frou Frou.' act ii or "L'Aiglon,
aud act ~ Of La Sorciere." The great
French actress will sail for home on
June H.
There Is a possibility that Sarah
Bernhard may appear In Tess Of the
D'Urberyilles," IN which Mrs. Fiske
won one Of her most notable triumphs.
Madame Bernhardt has applied 10 Har.
rison Grey Fiske for the rights Of the
Lormer Stoddard dramatzation Of the
Hardy story with view 10 her appear
ance IN IL in Paris. Mr. Fiske has sent
her the manuscript which she Is now
considering.
Z. II. Sothern and Julia Marlowe will
have repertoire OF nine plays I'M
der Shubert management next season.
Besides including their present Shakes
pearlan repertoire and other plays by
the bard In which they have not APP |
peared Jointly, II will embrace a mag |
nihcent production OF Joan OF Are |
and also productions Of two or three |
other new plays which are now being |
selected.
Charles B. Hanford has closed his |
season and has returned TO his home |
I'm Washington. d. c.. for the summer |
Mr. Hanford last season made a tour 90 |
the Pacific coast, playing In Shakes
pearean roles with gratifying sue |
cess He states that the last was |
by far the most prosperous season he 4
has ever experienced. He expects 10 |
tour the same territory next season, /
opening in the fall with shakespear-
can plays.
Annie Russell as Puck in a revival |
Of "A Midsummer Nights Dream" 10 |
be made by her managers Wagrnhals
a. Kemper, will be one Of the most en-
phatic novelties OF the coming season,
Miss Russell will. however, retain IN
her repertory Friend Hannah" the
romantic comedy by Paul Kester that
received not 1.-THE OF the apprecia.
ton Il deserved upon It's bringing out
at the Park theater In Boston q few
months ago.
The announcement that Charlie.
Frohman has engaged Cyril Maude
seems to give assurance that this Ia
vorite English actor will really be seen
I'm America next autumn. All the Lon
don critics agree that the Is a remark
ably skilful and versatile performer IN
all kinds OF eccentric character II Is
said that he Will act both I'm old md
new comedy. This probably means that
he will appear as Tony Lumpkin IN
conjunction with his wife. Winfield
Emery, as Miss Hardcastle. II would
be interesting II he should revive
Beauty and the Barge and show US
why q piece which was such disls-
trous failure here was 50 successful IN
London
The production Of shore Acres" n
London must have been "A sorry trav-
ely OF the original. which certainly
deserved better treatment. although L
never was such masterpiece as a few
ENTHUSIASTS proclaimed Il 10 be. ono
London critic says. by changing the
scene 70 Cornwall. Mr.. Cyril Maude has
succeeded IN reducing the piece 10 The
level OF a very poor provincial melo-
drama. That Il all ] can say about
Shore Acres except that, II any one
could save the piece from utter fulfill
ny Mr.. Maude would do Il hy the
genial ripeness Of his performance IN
the part OF an old man who appears 10
have walked straight out Of one Of
Dickens Christmas Stories. II Is true
that. like an such softhesrted and pul5-
headed creatures, Nathaniel Barron IL
tlresome figure on the stage having
no dramatic value whatever. But thst
Is not the fault Of Mr. Maude, the COM
cdian. His acting IL 20 good that n
makes The old bore almost intolerably
real