Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1907-06-15
IN LONDON 7HEA7ERS.

while the latters work in "Troddles,"
the adaptation OF "Tripplepatte" which
Fitch made for Charles Frohman, has
carried it past It's three huudredth per-
forlnance though on its merits as
play it probably would have run about
a week. Finally. however the last
nights OF "Toddles'' are announced,
and when Cyril Maude re-opens his
new theater THE Playhouse" in July,
it will be with 1.-The Earl of Pawtuck-
ct" the comedy by Augustus Thomas
which ent0yed so much favor at home.
This production at The Playhouse
Will be uncommonly interesting, TOO,
since. with the exception of the star,
every member of the cast will be an
American. AS might he expected,
Maude found some difficulty In finding
enough Transatlantic players In Lon
don 10 fill out the cast. but it Is now
complete and with the coming OF the
Thomas play the American boom in
the metropolis will get a further inn
petus. At present II is going pretty
strong though 1t is evidently not
good year for Indians here and the
Shuberts have been we'll advised in de-
Gliding not to try THE Squaw Man"
In London for a while. 'Strongheart,"
in fact, Will be ending It's brief run at
the Aldwych about the time this is
printed, and The Last of Ills Race"
y
Lane, after career OF only fort
night. Both plays We're admirably
acted and their failure must be set
down to lack of interest here In the
Redskins as q stage topic.
Meanwhile, "Brewster's Millions" Is
crowding the Hicks" nightly, while
Mrs Wigs of the Cabbage Patch" Is
turning away money AT Terry's, and
another American hit must be credited
to Robert Lorraine, who Is playing John
Tanner in Man and Superman" at the
Court. Every one knew, OF course,
that his performance had won high
praise in America, but Granville Berk-
or, who originally played the part at
the Court is one OF the foremost
younger English actors, and Is difficult
10 surpass IN any congenial role. That
Loraine's Tanner Is a much better per-
Torrance than Berker's Is however,
generally agreed, A leading critic
says; "Berker made John Tanner an
unreal personage, chiefly concerned
with taking opportunities Of letting oil
verbal fireworks; Mr.. Lorraine con-
trives 10 make him young man tangl-
ed IN the meshes OF intellectually. The
eccentric, as rendered by Mr.. Parker
WAS too absolutely an eccentric TO
make il seem possible that Anne
should take "A violent fancy to him. AS
plhgtu bN ME Lorraine one ieels thut
Anne is doing a great work in oaptur-
ing John for a husband and thereby
helping him to escape from n passing
phase which he had caught Ike the
measles. by contagion. The gain TO
the piece is considerable and is likely
to make IT more popular than ever"
IN France, the latest theatrical pro-
ject Is that OF NJ. Catullo Mondes the
author and critic who win establish an
open-air playhouse In the forest of
saint-German, where he has a coun-
Try seat, He has had the scheme IN
his mind for long time. but took no
active steps towards its realization,
fearing opposition from tho munich
pallty. Discoyerlng however, that
the forest belonged not 10 the NUM-
cipallty, but 10 the state. no sought
and obtained the requisite permission.
The model which he proposes 10 imi-
tate Is an open air theater IN which
Goethe produced some OF his plays Mt
Weimar- ii is To seat 200 spectn-
Tors, aud 10 be covered over in wet
weather, The first production win
probably be Mussets la coup et les
leYrcs," and after thnt some II the
younger dramatists with whose work
NJ. Catulle Mendes sVmpathlzes win be
gven their chance.
CURTIS BROWN,