Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1908-11-14
London

Special Correspondence.
ONDON, NOV. i.-Fannie Ward,
who is playing in Fanny and
the Servant Problem" Jerome's
comedy at the Aldwych, has add
cd to her bill the one-act play, The
Flag Station" by Eugene Waiter. 1t
has immensely pleased the playgoers
and added to her strong attraction. Its
chief Importance lies in the fact thai
it provides Miss Ward with an oppor-
tunity of demonstrating a quite unex-
pected amount of versatility calling as
1t does for strong emotional acting far
removed from the light comedy of the
part she portrays in Fanny and the
Servant Problem"
Although Christmas is still some dis
tance away, London managers are busy
with plans for the pantomimes which
play so large part in the theatrical
world on this side of the Atlantic,
Within a few weeks official announce
ments@will begin TO appearyand adver-
Using Will be spread broadcast over the
country. At Drury Lane the subject
will be Dick Wilmington, and th2
cast already includes Marie George,
who is a yearly fixture, and Truly
Shattock. an American new to London
pantomime, but who made very fay
orable impression at her two appear
ances in vaudeville in London earlier
in the year
At the Adelphl Robert Courtneidge
will produce Cinderella" with such es-
tablisled favoriteS as Carrie Moore.
Phyllis Dare and Dan Rolyat. and at
the Lyceum Little Red Riding Hood"
will make her bow.
ppInD 10, .,ul,;p,. ;tno,s q
extraordinary success of II. 3. Irving's
production of The Lyons Mail" por-
tends popular revival of melodrama.
The consensus of opinion appears to
be that it does. According to some we'll
Informed theatrical managers, London
Is sick of problem plays and Shavian
subtleties and are 'clamorinr for san
culinary sensation and are ravenous for
the raw beef OF shocks" All this the
son of Sir Henry Irving gives them in
the undying romance which he is now
producing at the Shaftesbuiy. Young
Irving himself, in speaking of the pro-
duction says:
Il consider it q splendid example
of that healthy, od-fashioned tvpe of
melodrama, appealing at once to o. the he
imagination and the hcnrt--a typa
which very much needs recalling IN
these days. People may call these stir
ring scenes merely sensational, but
they are human and tofmy mind a
very true and right art"
When Tho Lyons Mail" has worn
out its welcome. Irving will produce
Caesar Eorsia,' and, subsequently,
Hamlet.
=. Henry Bernstein. author OF "rhe
Thief will shortly, if present signs
hold good, become an English rage.
The Thief" has just been played in
the province with unprecedented sue
cess BY George Alexander and his 81
James theater company His rs
rael. which has just been produced
IN Franco by Nine. Rejane. will ere
long be produced in London, and Ar
tnur Sourohier is prepared to present
ms strong and emotional drama sam
son" on his return to the Garrick Tho
ater shortly after Christmas. I hear
also that Bernstein has almost com
pleted new play in English which win
be produced by George Alexander nj
the ST. James theater.
Those who accuse the English of n
lack OF initiative know not whereof
they speak Evidence in support OF
my statement is to be found In tho
extraordinary number of London ac-
tors and actresses who annually feel
the buzz of the managerial bee In .their,
wings. The latest is Aubrey Smith
With whom you are well acquainted ms
IN actor and who is now appearing
IN Cyril Maude's production of 9TH,
Flag Lieutenant" at the Playi1o,lse
He has acquired several new PLAYS and
f his present plans hold good. he viii
enter the managerial ranks early next |
iear. One of his plays is by Cosno !
hamilton and is called The Master