Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1907-07-20
IN LONDON THEATERS.

, luck If he doesn't succeed In making
THE Earl a 60 he VIII try a new
piece by II. V. Esmond, author OF
when We Were Twenty -one' who
has not been heard from for some time.
Maudes new theater by the way. IL
about the last word In the matter OF
appointments" There are facilities for
letter writing between the acts and
many similar innovations. One OF these
takes the form OF free cigarettes for the
masculine occupants OF the stall" and
dress circle" For his production OF
THE Earl OF Pawtucket," Maude has
an almost completely American COM
pany--so there's another reason for
wishing more power to his elbow
Up to now American plays do not
bulk very largely in the plans for Lon
don's next theatrical season, Only two
English arrangements, In fact, an.
nounce them definitely--these being
Lewis Waller who will try THE Squaw
Man" by your Mr.. Royle. al the Lyric,
and Lena Ashwell who means TO re-
sumo management again at the Great
Queen Street theater and 10 produce
Clothes and THE Undercurrent'--
that is. II Grace George decides that she
does not want CLOTHES" for her next
visit TO London. In the spring. THE
Sduaw Man." by the bye, will be re-
named THE English Cowboy when
produced in London, and Waller is hop
Ing steadfastly that 1t may prove such
another success as his last American
play. That was Monsieur Beaucaire,"
which ran for goodness knows how
many nights at the Comedy. and which
Waller revives with success whenever q
trump card is needed-which is pretty
often. His productions, In fact have
been anything but successful of late
and his latest one. revival of "Clan-
carty,' has just been withdrawn and
replaced by the perennial "Beaucaire'
Waller. however. has another play In
his safe which may prove TO be one Of
the most interesting of the coming sea-
son. 1t is called 1.-THE Explorer and Is
by w. Somerset Vaughan, whose first
play "A Man of Honor made some
thing like n sensation when done al the
Avenue. two years ago. Maughans
novels. Mrs. Craddock." Liza Of
Lambeth" and "The Hero must have
made him known already In the United
states. and his new play, on which he
has been working for some time. should
be well worth seeing. I believe its ex-
plorer hero has lot of trouble with a
girl with whom he falls In love after
having sent her brother 10 death to
save, him from disgrace. II sounds a
promising theme.
New plays are coming. too from
Pinero, whose health has been
wretched of late. Alfred Sutro and
Stephen Phillips. but regarding none
of these pieces has anything been dis
closed. save that the first is for John
Hare. the second for Marie Tempest
and tho third for Martin Harvey.
Meanwhile among the other next sea-
son plays that are being awaited
with interest Is "The Mollusc," the
new comedy by Herbert Henry Davies
which Charles Wyndham acquired
some time ago and intended to pre-
sent Immediately. HIS revival OF "The
Liars however, packed the Criterion
from the start, and will run right up
Ia August. and so not until In Octo-
Der shall we zee the new piece by
the author OF Cousin Kate"
Some OF the songs OF Il new Ameri-
can composer, Mrs. Caroline Curtis
Brown, were heard for the first Tina
AZ Steinway hall this week, at a con-
cert given by Atherton Smith Ono
of these songs, sung by Harry Hughes
Of New York. WAS II setting OF verses
by Betty Sage, entitled when Daddy
Was Little Boy" Another was I'm
the Garden of the Rose" words by
Mrs. Edith Eaton Gutter OF Buffalo.
The songs were well received
CURTIS BROWN.