Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1907-05-18
IN LONDON THEATERS.

letters. the scene Of this piece by
"Rosemary's" author Is Boston In
177S, but tho plot runs somewhat DIFF
ferently than The announcements led
one to imagine. II Is not case OF a
young Englishmun arriving In Ameri-
ca to find THAI his partner in business
~ girl but fair English damsel
incorporating as MIR. George"
She turns in In Boston to astnnlsh
the middc-agcd bachelor who had sup
posed that his British partner was
man. and Of course he falls in love
with her and complications follow on
account OF the war clouds aud the pa
trlotlsm Of both parties However,
Parker has written 4 iikeabe play.
which should do well on both Sides OF
the Atlantic. and Billie Burke is quite
charming I'm II Nt the Vaudeville. The
part Of tho American lover by the way.
VAS written originally for f. S. VIII
lard. hut Is played by Charles lIaw-
trey. who has sacrificed the most be-
wtching moustache on the English
stage rather than be out of the picture.
The stage topic OF the moment. how
ever. remains The MIkado" which
now has been officially prohibited, not
only at the savoy. but throughout the
length and breadth OF the United King
dom, as we'll II VIII, accordingly. be
played no more while tho present gov
crnmcnt is in office, unless one of two
things should happen
The first of these is extremely TN
likely. that is that w. s. Gilbert should
follow a suggestion which has been put
forth seriously aud change the locale
OF his opera from japan to some myth
zeal country, and incidentally give II
new name. The Shotgun" has been
suggested for the latter but it has been
used in America already, and anyhow
cIinhfHgf rrDhp hilitV
that Gilbert would consent to trans
mogrify his famous piece in this way
even were his refusal to do so TO be
made a 'casus belli'' by Japan. There
Is, however, the other possibility. which
is that the lord chamberlain. the real
censor should decide TO withdraw his
mandate against the "Mikado" owing
to the tempest of ridicue which II has
drawn forth. This tempest. which Is
not unmXed with disgust. is now at its
height and today the prime minister
will he asked ironically in parliament If,
considering that Hamlet" depicts Il
king OF Denmark as a murderer. 1t also
win be prohibited in view of the APP
preaching visit of the present king and
queen of Denmark to this country!
Meanwhile, hardly a paragraphist or
music-hall singer in the land has failed
to have a laugh at the censor, and both
Mr. BEDFORD and his official master
the ban on THE Mikado" and letting
Prince Rushimi and his countrymen
like it or lump it, according to their
mood.
There is no question about the sue
cess OF 'Brewster's Millions" in Eng
land any more than there is about the
success of Mrs. Wigs of the Cabbage
Patch or about the success OF Clyde
Fitchs The Truth" or about the in
terest taken in Marlowe and Sothern.
Evidently this is the American season
in London drama. The audience at the
Hicks theater laughed whole heartedly
from beginning TO end of ''Brewster's
Millions" on the occasion of the first
performance this week. OF course
captious critics complain that it isn't a
comedy" as described on the playful,
but farce, and that it isn't reasonable.
and that the success Is chiefly due TO
Gerald du Maurier, who took the part
of Brewster, and to the famous yacht
scene. But there is no doubt about the
delight of the audience.
CURTIS BROWN.