Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1906-03-31

The actor whose performances have
thus given relief to his fellow-country-
men In the metropolis, 10 James Carew,
formerly Of Maxine Elliott's company
In Her Own Way" and one Is re-
minded Of the yeoman service that ne
has done here by the announcement
that he is going to play the part OF
Captain Stephens. L. $. n. In Bernard
shaws play. Captain Brassbounols
Conversion" which is about to be re-
vived at the Court. In the hands OF
an English actor. this character might
be grotesaue enough. In those OF Mr..
Carew II Ia sure to be--well. Amer1-
can, at any rate. And this II Is that Is
apt to make one rage inwardly when
watching u British player trying to
speak with an American accent.
guessing and Calculating and
wearing supposedly TRANSATLANTIC
dress. that he not only Is absurd ana
offensive. but absolutely unlike any
American that anyone ever saw or
heard OF.
Hence the real satisfaction that has
been derived from seeing Mr.. Carew
In the several American parts which
he has created In London since he
came over here with Maxine Elliot.
last season. and played the unsuccess-
full lover In Her own Way" His per
Torrance then attracted good deal of
attention. and as soon as the run or
Her own Way" was over. Carew was
engaged to play the part Of the Amer
lean speculator In Robert V. Harcourts
piece. IAN Angel Unawares" which,
however was complete failure.
And now a word for George Bernard
Shaw. The part OF Hector Malone. the
young American IN Man and Super
man" was a comparatively small one
and most playwrights would probably
have given II to an English actor. but
not Mr.. Shaw. He promptly engaged
Carev for the part, and the
sure enough Yankees performance
was one Of the most memoir
able in the English production
OF the piece, OF late, 1t is true, Mr..
Carew has been playing the part of a
| Dritisher--or rather a cosmopolitan
| In Michael Morton's Little Stranger"
| but he will come back into his own
again shortly when capt. Brassbound"
| comes on at the Court. and car be
| depended upon. one thinks. for cred
| liable performance of the American
| part therein.
| With one or two brilliant exceptions.
| this has been a season or theatrical
| disappointments. and the latest Of
| these has Just been furnished by Bran
| don Thomas. Thomas, Of course. Is
! the author Of "Charley's Aunt" and
| when it was announced, several
| months ago. that new piece from
| his pen would be produced by James
| WEIGH. q good deal Of pleasurable an
| ticipation was aroused, for II is now
| nearly II years since his last piece
Marriage" saw the light OF day. In
me interim, Thomas, who Is well
known here rs an actor. has beer
| playing almost constantly, and one
hopes that no great part of his leisure
! time has been devoted to the construc-
| lion 81 "A Judges Memory" as hi:
| new play Is called for apart from some
| rather clever lines and situations, II
| must be described as an unimportan'
and feeble production. Its hero Il
an elderly Scotchman who has sur
fered an unjust sentence OF five years
penal servitude, and afterwards com'
into fortune. Meanwhile his son
the apple OF his eye, has been brough
up In ignorance Of his fathers dis
grace" and when the play opens hi
had just fallen In love with the only
daughter of the Judge who original,
convicted his iather-and the girl Will
him.
Despite the plays title. however, 4
Is the memory. not of the judge. bu
the judges wife, that now makes trou
| BILE. for, opposed 10 the match 10 star
J with, she finally identified old FrazeI
with a convicted criminal whom SIN
saw her husband sentence. ant
promptly shows him up Needless 4
state, all ends happily, but Brandon
Thomas piece Is too long for its plo
/ 4. - % 4.
acts. and TO speak plainly. proved
more than little tedious. That !
will succeed Is decidedly doubtful, ant
this Is the more a pity as THE Heroic
Stubs" with which James WEIGH re
Gently started business as an acto
manager at Terry's, was an absolute
and entire failure. However, tn
comedian Is said 10 have a really eoot
adaptation by II. @. Wells of his novel
"The Wheels OF Chance" up his sleeve
so perhaps his third venture will prov
happier than his first and second
one can only suppose that Hal
Game Is fond OF losing money. Ante
the run OF his ''Prodigal SON az Drur'
Lane, Il may be remembered, the au
thor announced that despite the fac
that II was an acknowledged success
he was something like $4,000 out o
pocket by the transaction OF producing
IL. He explained this novel situa
ton by stating that the time h
! had devoted 10 writing his pla,
getting local color for II at Mont
Carlo and elsewhere and conductin
rehearsals both IN this country an
America, would, II utilized In produc
ing a new romance have brought In a
least $1,000 more than he actual
received In royalties. So It is some
what surprising to learn that the nov
elist has Just undertaken TO make
stage adaptation Of yet another OF hi
novels This Is The Bondsman," an
Il seems that Hall Game. who Is !
the Engadine, Is even now at work o