Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1908-04-11

as young as ever. and Is us clean-cut
ana vigorous as ever in her move
lnents.
Judging by the stolen glimpacs ] had
OF the play, II II q rafting good come
dy- fun OF nun. go and action II sid
ney Grundy could have his way, no
critics would be invited To- the first
performances. THE critical BENCH
ne saws wants ono thing tho public
another; the two factions are wholly
opposed and at daggers drawn A play
should be judged by its dramatic, not
It's literary qualities. II had my
way only the ruhllc-the real paying
public who are out for entertainment
would be permitted to witness tho
hrst performance Of a piece the critics
not being invited until the second night
The playwright's CHIEF object would
be to get into direct touch with his
public. Let me have the verdict of
the public without any iuterposing
medium and | sln more than wen con-
tent
IL Was rather surprise that the
Haymarket should suddenly be let to
Mrs. Langtry for AN eight weeks sea-
son. aud ! asked Frederic Harrison
about It, I'm tired" he said THE
MANAGEMENT OF West End theater
In London is a terrific strain these days.
Look there. for Instance"
The place indicated as there was a
desk piled high with plays-perhaps
100 OF them that had been sifted by
preliminary reading from the vast mass
OF impossible dramas that pours in
weekly.
MIR. Harrison sighed and went on:
I've had long niege Of influenza and
I'm going to take q bit of a rest. But
before | go, two weeks hence, ! shalt
decide what we are going to put on
To follow Mrs. Langtry's season, which
will have no G1 far the HaN-
market is concerned. in June
A l.. w. Mason would probably
agree with Sidney Grundy that critics
should be excluded from first night
performances. Judge by the applause,
the verdict of the public on the first
presentation of his new comedy, Mar
1ory STROBE" at the Playhouse was
much more favorable than that pro-
nounced by the critics next morning.
Mr.. Mason is successful novelist
Also he is a member of parliament.
Why does he crave for distinction as
playwright Because that Is the sort
of success that spells riches in these
days. Now and then, of course novel
yields fairly handsome proht But
the average novelist makes notnlnS
like the income of the average play
wright. In the action brought by
Courtenay Thorpe against the Baroness
I
ties of her play, THE Scarlet Pimper-
neil" it was brought out that the fees
paid on account of IL had already
reached 100000. The book Itself pro-
duced no such golden stream as That.
Here you have disclosed at once why
SO many of the literary lights are striN-
ing to become successful playWl1ghts'
The success scored by Miss Fanny
Ward In "A Bishops Carriage at the
Waldorf has aroused great interest IN
her forthcoming appearance IN me
Secret Orchard at Terrys Theater'
This clever young actress is one of the
busiest women in London and has re-
Gently acquired several new pieces one
| of them is "Zira" u play founded on
Wilkie Collins New Magdalen, III
| which Miss Margaret Anglin scored a
success In America. Another Is Ihe
| Flag Station" in which Arnold Dlly
| appeared at the IIyceum in New YORK.
| polly of the Circus by Miss Mar
| garet May. is yet another play secured
| by Miss Ward in which she viii take
| the title part--that of warm-hearteu
| circus girl.
Miss Hook OF Holland" which has
| nearly reached it's fVe hundredth pef'
| Torrance at the Prince of Wales The>
| alter, viii be withdrawn in a few days.
| The expense attached to its production
is so great that to yield decent profit
| 1t must draw a fun house all the time.
| Because the attendance has begun 10
wane Il hit Frank Curzon Is gong Z"
I take 1t off. Its weekly expenses ne
I told me. "are just double what II cost
to run La Poupee at the same theatet
| 10 years ago And they are more than
| double those of The Chinese Honey>
noon which L ran for over 1000 con-
secutive performances mt the Strand
Theater. 1t Is only the enormous eNr
| pense of musical plays like Miss Hook
| of Holland that prevents them from
eclipsmg the records made some yeare
| ago"
THE successor to Miss Hook will be
produced on April u. Thus far II has
| been given only tentative title, "Thn
Land of Flowers" II Is by the Same
authors. Paul Rubens and Austen Hur-
con; and the same company Will APP
| pear In it. The scene of the story Is
on the Riviera, II occpies two acts ana
All the characters are of French ma
tionality and in humble life. The
story" said Mr.. Curzon, will depend
on it's simplicity, but IL viii be fun OF
color and will have a military element
supplied by the soldiers of French
| Zouave regiment. ,,,,r,.
JD,,.t yois= Held'g Rand Concert at