Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1906-10-13
THEATRE GOSSIP

Young Irving was kindly received In
New York No too and Francesca,
but has not The town.
Anna BIT aho is playing the
role of a ms. 10 Marrying Mary"
will be sent on tour of Ireland next
year In one of Dion Boucicaults old
plays, brought up TO date by George
Y. Hobart.
H. II. Sothern has bought n hippo.
drome camel. which he viii have
Killed and nayed. so that he can wear
part Of the hide In John the Bap-
list" SO says his press agent.
A. W. PIneros next new play II Is
announced will be OF serious charac-
ter of nature similar to His House
IN Order" The completion of the far
cia piece which he had promised has
been postponed.
Mary Shaw has concluded five
years contract with Sweely, Shipman
& Co. Her first vehicle viii be Alice
Sit-hy.the- Fire" and In connection
with this tour she will present Ibsen
plays, and, later IN the season. Lady
Macbeth.
Forbes Robertson does not start on
his American tour until the end OF
October. New York piaygoers VIII
then have the pleasure OF seeing him
again In Hamlet and later he VIII
introduce to them Mr.. Bernard shaw's
"Caesar ana Cleopatra
According to an alleged interview
with him. published IN London paper,
Sir Charles Wyndhnm Is quite uncer-
tain as To whether he WI visit the
United States this Winte. o. not He
is rather inclined to act at his own
Criterion theater instead.
Edith Taliaferro. formerly an ex-
cellent Child" actress. is now sufi-
cleutly gowned 10 enact the part OF
I.ovey Mary in Mrs. Wigs Of the
Cabbage Patch" I'm which she will be
seen this season. Her sister, Mabel, has
recently been playing In Australia with
William Collier.
II was reported last week that ~ G.
Goodwin and Miss Maxine Elliott will
be seen again as co-stars next season.
They have not appeared together since
they played In "The Altar of Friend
shin" four years ago. A Joint tour by
Mr., Goodwin and Miss May Irwin sea-
son after next Is also being launched,
Max Freeman, formerly stage direc-
tor at the Tivoli. who has the reputa-
ton of being erratic as he Is ar
tistic, withdrew from his position as
stage manager for May Irwin last
week In New York because he was
asked TO play a part In the produce
ton that was not TO his liking
Miss Camille Clifford. whose engage
mont 10 Henry Lyndhurst Bruce, Sec
ond son OF Lord Abedare, has been an
nounced by cable. will not leave the
stage because Of her approaching mar
rage. While Miss Clifford was on her
vacation last July she arranged to re-
turn to Edna Mays London company,
Sept. 5.
Mr. Belasco has written another play,
and probably he will produce u IN NO.
| yomber. with a fine cast The scene
| M n is laid In California, at a time
| nrevIous TO the annexation or that
| realm by the United States. The lead
iny narts viii be intrusted TO actors
| ~ distinction. but no player VIII be
starred" The new play is romantic
| IN character.
| The inauguration of the Astor thea
ter and the presentation there OF a
new shakespearean star has been the
event OF the New York dramatic season.
The inaugural performance occurred on
Friday evening. Sept. Il. The star Is
Annie Russell who appeared TOT the
first time as Puck IN production OF
shakespeares "a Midsummer NIGHTS
Dream with a company OF To- payers
srhAre are 10 be rival Macbeths IN
rondon. Mr. Beerbohm Tree and Mr.,
Arthur Boucher have announced their
intention Of lmpersonatlng the guilty
'rhane. A London commentator an
ao,nces that Mr.. Tree will give the
suhtler and Mr. Bourchier the more
dramatic side Of Macbeth's character.
Tho writer probably had some idea OF
What he meant, but leaves a good deal
to the Imagination OF his readers.
The will of John Lawrence Toole,
who died last July which has re-
Gently been filcd In London Is dated
1894. II is a remarkable document II
contains 70 codiclls; and comprises al
together $3.50 words. There are about
II beneaciaries, Including many who
are famous in art, the drama and lit
era ulre. Several of those named In the
VIII are dead, The value OF the estate Is
nearly esO000.
One OF the most interesting things
that Mr.. Frohman Will do this season
will be the production OF the new play
by Augustus Thomas, probably the first
OF Americas dramatists, After having
written three OF the most successful
American comedies, MIR. Thomas re-
turns 10 the earlier style--"Alablma"
and Arizona The new play deals
with the subject Of psychic force and
is said to be the biggest play that Mr..
Thomas has written.
Ben Greet announces that ne will
inaugurate his fifth consecutive Amerl-
oan tour this month when the Ben
Greet players. famous for their shakes
pearean performances, will return from
England, where they are now giving
interesting appearances at Oxford,
Cambridge, carIsbrooke Castle and
chatsworth Hall. This winter Mr.