Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1906-03-17

nui one. Next week the bill will he
MY Tomboy Girl" In which George
Cooper will enact the leading role.
John Barrymore Is to accompany VIII
liam Collier on his Australian tour,
playing the telegraph operator In The
Dictator" and the duke IN "On the
Quiet
The English actor and author Chas.
Cartwright, will act as the general pro-
Queer OF Eleanor Robsons repertoire
during her all-season engagement in
New York. starting next fall
Charles Frohman has signed corr
tracts with Mrs Edith Wharton and
clyde Fitch by which they are TO make
a dramatization OF Mrs Wharton's now
FL, The House Of Mirth.'
Mabel Taliaferro, who has been doing
variety of things lately, and who
seems to be In constant demand, Is 10
accompany William Collier on his Aus
tralian trip as his leading lady
F.. H. Sothern holds record OF a Pc
culiar kind. AZ performance given for
the Actors Home numher OF years
ago he appeared IN 10 different acts
from 10 different plays.
A deep mystery surrounds the theme
OF the play Rostsnd Is writing for
Eleanor Robson. and It is made known
by her managers that this mystery Will
not be cleared up until the rise of the
curtain next year.
Julia Dean has received from a for
mer actress a scrap OF silk gown
once worn Oh the stage by her famous
aunt, Julia Dean Hayne, Miss Dean
has fashioned IL into q bag for her
opera glasses for those glad nights
when she sits on'the hither side OF the
footlights and watches other actresses
act,
Wilton Lackaye, who has long de-
sired to play Sir Giles, Is AT work With
William A. Brady on revision of "a
New Way to Pay Old Debts The
play has been In disuse since the late
f.. l., Davenport appeared as Overreach.
The revival will probably be made In
Chicago, and the play VIII be retained
for occasional use as feature OF Mr.
Lackaye's repcrtory.
Nance O'Neil, the American TRACED
ienne, Is doing Il remarkable businees
on the Pacific coast. In Portland, Seat
tie, Tacoma. Victoria, Vancouver and
Spokane, the theaters IN which she has
played, have recorded exceptionally
large business, though the distinguished
actress followed close to the English
Opera company ~ Henry Savage, which
also did record breaking business,
During the Shakespeare festival week
April % to Is, Mr., Tree viii revive, AZ
His Majestys theater, In London, "Ths
Tempest" Much Ado about Nothing
Hamlet" with scenery In the evening
and without scenery at matinee,
Twelfth Night" Julius Caesar" and
Henry w." Part J. for one night an1
one afternoon performance. The sue.
cessrul run Of Nero" viii be resumed
on Monday, April 80.
II ia said that Mr. Lewis Waller, the
popular English actor, who has been
very successful IN various characters ~
heroic mould. has received a highly
fatterlng offer TO star In this country
next season, but Is prevented from con-
sidering It by his responsibilities as
manager Of the London Imperial thea
ter. There Is possibility, however,
that he might entertain II II he could
find suitable tenant for his own house.
Charles Frohmans production Of
Ella Wheeler Wilcox's play, "Mlzpah,"
founded upon the Biblical love ro-
nance OF Queen Esther, Is being pre-.
sented at the Majestic Theater. Bos-
ton. II is In four acts and 10 scenes.
"A L. 81. L
days OF King Ahasuerus, The leading
roles have been given to J. II. Gilmore.
as King Ahasuerus. Adele Block, who
was 30 fascinating as the Egyptian
Iras In Ben Hur," is Esther.
II begins TO look as though Wild
western plays might become epidemic
Up TO date this season the list OF new
ones include THE Squaw Man" Bed
lords Hope" and THE Girl From the
Golden West" with Ernest Lamson
TO be heard from. Mr. Lamson an
nounces that he has written drama
called "A Romance Of Bright Angel
Trail" with the scenes laid In the
mountains Of Arizona. and has ar
ranged to produce It at one of the
Broadway thesters In New York next
fall -
The real name of Joseph Arthur,
the playwright, who died last week IN
New York, was Joseph Smith. His
first hit as dramatlst was made with
THE Still Alarm" which he wrote for
Harry Lacey; II created big sensation,
portraying some OF those melo-dra-
matte types and situations that were
destined TO make the author famous.
The play was subsequently, taken Ia
London and had a long run there.
Blue Jeans" was his next success. It
was followed by Lost River" and
THE Cherry Pickers."
f.. H. Sothern and Julia Marlowe
cease to be Frohman stars on June
20, when their present tour reaches its
conclusion at Des Moines. Iowa, The
two stars who will then have appeared
Jointly for three years, pass under the
direction OF the Shuberts In September
and will be seen almost Immediately at
the Lyric theater, New York. Suisse
quently they are to play an extended
engagement at the Waldorf thester.
London, which Is managed by the Shu-
berts and occupied by Cyril Maude.
The English comedian will devote the
period of his exile to series Of per-
formances In America.
Margaret Anglln has been playing
to exceptionally large business on the
road, where 'Zra" Is voted the best
play the actress has had since the days
Of Mrs, Danes Defence" Next sea-
son. Miss Anglin will head a remark
able stock company to be conducted