Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1908-06-06

Vaughan, thus concluding the biggest
deal ever made by a manager with one
author. One OF the last mentioned plays
IL n ''woman's play" and Is to be fin-
ashed before November; and the other
as a mans play" and IL TO be delivered
by April next IL Is now pretty certain
that Vaughan will break all records
by having four plays on az one tine'
as the contract for his play Le,vis Wal
Ter has in hand. founded on the authors
novel. THE Explorer" calls for its
production before Juno S0 "A White
Man" must therefore be Withdrawn by
Waller after a longer run than most
American plays achieve over here
AT the Aidwych on June 5. n rcvolu~
uonary experiment VIII he inaugurated'
Oscar Asche and his wire, LAZY bray.on'
have made Arrangements with Mr..
TrQhman whereby they Will open the
house for q summer season at reduced
prices Although not the problem that
II Is In the United States. the task of
filling the London theaters during the
warm months Is a difficult one. The
stalls WIN sell for 81 IS instead OF $3.50.
dress circle sl,2b Instead OF N's5, and
upper circle 70 cents instead OF Sl,2e-
The American rights in the musical
version OF 1.-The Arms and the Man,
by Shaw and Stfaus, have been secured
by II. @, whitney. The price was enor-
nous and some OF the American mana
gers thought II prohibtlve. The play
will be produced simultaneously In New
York. London and Vienna next October.
GEORGE Edwardes. who With Mr.. FToh-
man ia producing Straus' "A Waltz
Dream" in London. has the English
rights.
Louis N. Parker, who has signed a
contract to colaborate IN plays with
Hall Caine, is the inventor OF the pa
geant and through his activity IN that
line has earned the title OF Pageant
King" He is the son OF Il Boston man
and his grandfather was chief Justice
of the state Of Massachusetts,. The
scene OF his most recent play, MT
George" which was produced at the
Vaudeville theater with Charles Haw-
trey and Billie Burke In the leading
roles, was laid in the New England city.
There is a report that Lady de Cliff
ford, who before her marriage TO the
young Irish peer, was known on the
stage as Eva Darlington, has tired OF
being n titled lady and win soon be
seen again in q London musical come
dy. II is now a little over two years
since Miss Darlington, who was one OF
the "Gibson Girls" In THE Catch OF
the Season." accepted her present hus-
band when he popped the question dur
ing motor ride after an extremely
short acquaintance and was married d.
rectly at a convenient registry office.
She was a remarkably beautiful girl
with. stunning figure and almost six
feet In height. and the general opinion
cd 10 he the noble lnr1 yhOgp
estates were heavily mortgaged, got the
better of the bargain Whether or not
there Is any truth in the report II Is
hard to say. / know as a matter of
fact that the eH-show girl has been very
happy with her husband She Is very
little in London, the couple spending
most of their time on their Irish estate.
Gladys Darlington. sister of Lady de
Clifford, who is now appearing as one
OF the show girls in THE Merry WI
dow" at Days theater, tells me that
she is quite certain that her sister will
never return to the theater, although
she was very fond of the life before her
marriage. However, you never can tell.
Ada Reeve, who is managing her own
company at the Apollo theater, where
she Is appearing In a musical version
of "The Palace Of Puck" by w. ].
Locks enjoys the distinction of having
reached the high water mark Of vaude-
Vile salaries. During a recent visit to
South Africa she received something
like $4,000 for Ave weeks engage
ment in the Halls" That is going even
the high prices paid In the United
States little bit better. 1t Is not to be
wondered then that this Is Miss Reeves
first appearance outside of vaudeville
since 1904. AT one time in her career
she and her father were compelled 10
sing on the beach at a summer resort
in the south of England to make liv-
ing Her first big success was made
in West End music hall at the age of
Is, and today she is the most sought
after artist in the Kingdom.
CURTIS BROWN.