The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-01-20

Kate who masqueraded i'm her fathers
house as barmaid in order to win 2
bashful lover, George Giddens played
Tony LUnrDkin so well that the critics
declared he excelled in the character.
Fred Thorne was the Diggory. and Cy-
I'll Maudc the HardCastle. The revival
was a tremendous hit, and this gave
the American firm OF I.iebler q Co. the
idea that = revival here would be
equally successful. The difficulty
however. was i'm getting together a real
~ great cast. not merely a collection
ct wei known players. but people Of
distinction who were qualified not alone
~ ability. but by temperament as we'll
Tor the parts. Mr.. George Tyler Of
Liebler s. Co. never allowed the idea to
Siumber, and to ward off any other
manager stealing a march in him an
nounced that he had a revival OF the
comedy i'm preparation.
In the seasons raft OF new plays
was ore by Alfred Sutro, secured by
Charles Frohman for Mr.. Crane. called
THE Price Of Money" II had had a
ran Of five months in London. with
cyril Maudc in The pivotal character.
Upon its production I'm New York il
was found TO be a delightful literary
work, smartly written and with some
deity drawn characters. Mr. Crane
= y
and in the giving Of a highly artistic
presentrnent of the character he scored
a solid personal success. But the play
lacked something. IT simply delighted
a few: the many merely dismissed il as
q real nice play" Now the nice
play is impossible from the CONNER
cial standpoint, no matter how well it
is given. The adjective is never ap-
piled 10 strong, virilc plays. and Tine
~
which no smartness OF lines or work
of excellent character could atone.
At another New York theatre at the
sane time Miss Jeffreys. under the
management of Liebler 81 Co. was
being seen ia The Dear Unfair Sex"
Here was another Of those real NICE
plays. and even the charm OF it's pre-
sentatiOn had no appeal to those in
search of meaty entertainment
Here Is where Mr.. Tyler got busy.
The opportunity of "She Stops to
Conquer was at hand. OF the cast OF
the London revival he already had Miss
JeffreyS. Mr.. Giddens and Mr. Thorne.
Crane followed Cyril Maude in 'The
Price Of Money" Why couldn't he fol-
low him in Goldsmith's work? Fur
thermore. the Crane had MON fhonors
i'm revival OF the comedy which lie
and Robson made nearly u quarter of
I - NthAul. DtlOlf. lie laIler WAS
preached 20 Mr.. Frohman. He referred
il to NJ. Crane. with whom the bond
OF friendship is very strong. The actor
liked the idea, hut referred il back To
his manager. And hence came the COM
bination not only Of actors. but of
managers as well. From under the
walls OF the two wrecks sprang the re-
viVal. Which up to the present time has
had the most lavish success.
Added to those already mentioned as
being in the east. are Mrs. Fanny Adj
Olson Pitt. who is the Mrs. Hardcastle:
Walter Hale, who plays Young NARROW
Leslie Kenyon, the Sir Charles Mar
l low; Herbert Sheath. the Hastings;
/ Harry Lillford the Stingo. landlord OF
/ the Three Pigeons" and Margaret
Dale, who for six years was John
Drew's leading woman. as Miss Neville
The history OF the old play reads to-
day like a romance. George Colmar
produced it against his will and was sc
confident that IL would fail that he re-
fused to spend a farthing on it, Actor.
taking their cue from the manager
threw down their parts and poor Gold
smith, i'm sad straits for money. wa.
nearly driven 10 distraction. If the the
atre was crowded on the night of tn,
performance il was with people who
came to boo and see the fun, for Col
man gave II out that the work wal
drivel. There is no occasion 10 dwell
here on the huge success which tn,
work scored. 1t simply TevolutionizeC
things in a way and did much TO prov,
that a play could be clean and at IN,
same time entertaining. The coined,
has always been popular with the pub
lie. and ali the old stock companies FIRE
quently produced it. 1t was first giveI
i'm this country by Hallam's company II
New York and duplicated the hit that 1
had made i'm London. Some of the OH
casts are interesting. In a production
made at the Arch street theatre. in
Philadelphia, Billy" Burton playe,
Tony Lumpkin, Joe Jefferson Digger!
and Mr.. Jervis Stingo. The latter wa
Mr.. Jefferson's father. Jefferson, late
In his career, had an opportunity L
play Lumpkin and made great hit II
the character. Lester Wallack once es