Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1907-07-27

Amelia bingham, who finally took the
play, appeared IA IL for nearly five
years. 'Arizpnn. by Augustus Thomas.
which laid the foundation or Kirke La
Sells fortune. was n drug on the mar
kct for a long while Hall Gaines play.
'rhc Christian. which Is still being
produced after many years of success,
couldn't get a favorable hearing ur
It finally came to the hands OF Liebler
4 Company after It had been in half
dozen managers Offices Leah
Kleschna,' IN which Mrs. Fiske made
SO pronounced hit shared the same
fate. 'Florodora. even when IL was
success IN London did not take, no far
as America was concerned, MS practl-
cally every manager of rcpute In the
country was offered 1t, and none would
consider It. Finally Fisher y Ryley,
then new and unknown firm, secured
the American rights, and secured them
easily, for the authors We're glad
enough to have any one buy the play
for America. When the piece was
first done at the Casino theater 1t
played TO bad business for the first
two weeks and Fisher & Ryey SER
iously considered ending It's run. The
story, In fact, is that they We're hard
put to raise sufficient funds to con-
tinue for the third week. Then sud-
denly the seXtet, which, as YOU know,
was the original and famous sextet,
caught the public fancy, and 'Floro-
dora ran for full year to enormous
business at the Casino.
There are besides many other ex-
amples," the playwright concluded. "of
managers bad guesses. | suppose there
are good reasons for this poor iudg-
ment, as play-producing Is so much of
n gamble. still 1t Is encouraging to
the young dramatist to know that the
early careers of many plays give some
indication that perhaps his manuscripts
may eventually find a favorable career
lat least that is what l hope for my
own
If a little folly now and then is ex-
celleDt dramatic pabulum, much folly
ought to be successful in the summer
time-that at least is the text appar-
entity on which those who provide the
summer show atop the New York thea
alter have gone on, for THE Follies OF
1907" is as the program describes lt.
another one of those things fun of
folly and foolishness and fun and girls.
That Mr.. f. Ziegfeld, Jr.. THO con-
ceived and produced this composite
creation. knows the kind of roof garden
entertainment that New York's public
wants Is very evidently shown by the
fact that you can't possibly get a seat
on the New York roof unless you don't
object to speculators eXtortions
The book was written by Mr. Harry
y. Smith, that master mechanic of mu-
steal comedy, and he has built struc-
ture which you can take apart and
twist around in any way you like and
il win remain exactly as pleasing and
as amusing as IN its original form
from which one may gather that there
is very little plot much rhyme and no
reason. The music is by everybody
so the program states. and 'everybody"
seems to be a rather successful COM
1.
number of tuueful, catchy songs. Mr..
Julian Mitchell directed the chorus, and
1t is to Mr.. Mitchell that one must give
tremendous amount of credit for the
success of THE Follies of 1907" No
more attractive, charming or less
CARRIED girls have been seen in musical
comedy in New York in many MOON
Apart from Mr.. Mitchell, the enter
tainment is fun of novelties. One In
particular made an enormous hit with
the audience, and that is the song II
Want TO be O Drummer in. the Band
In which "a girls in their best Sunday
tights parade right through the audi
cnce giving one a very near view.
There are some well known musical
comedy persons in the play, including
Emma Carus. Grace LaRue and CHARLES
Ross, but the hit apparently is made
by Bickel and Watson. who have risen
to the New York Roof from the realms
of Eighth avenue Among many 9th
or musical Stunts" they give
screamingly funny burlesque of Ger
man band.
Altogether THE Follies of 1907" is
decided Improvement over the vaude.
vile which opened the New York Roof
and because of its novelty, fun and go
Il cannot help but be decided sue
cess. And really It ought to have
longer life than the average roof-gar-
den show built for the silly season.
ROI COOPER MEGRUE.