Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-07-10
. HARLES Frohman was dream
ing. With unsceing eyes he
gazed at the sluggish waters OF

| - HARLES Frohman was dream
| ing. With unsceing eyes he
gazed at the sluggish waters Of
the murky Thames. through the
windows OF the Savoy hotel. and he
| spoke, as though to himself. Il won't
/ swear that he had forgotten my pre-
sence, but perchance 500 Occasionally
| he walked up and down somnambulis-
tically. There was nothing febrile or
t'romanesque about his behavior. He
| dreamed a dream. .
IF l never do anything more In
New York" he murmured, ''if indeed
i can get no further in my endeavors
the one thing that l want, the one
| which I yearn to be credited, Is the
Poor Mans theater. ! am absolutely
| devoted to It. l am perfectly and
| genuinely sincere; it is the thing upon
| which L have set my mind. SO far i
have achieved everything l ever con-
tcmplated from the time came from
| Sandusky to New York, and took in
London as a sequel. | shall achieve
the Poor Mans theater. l feel it in
| my bones.'
He was dreaming. There was Moth
! ing of the feverish, exuberant &c,
F. in the dispassionatc and almost
| Wistful voice. He was dreaming, and
1 felt that itswould be cruel to awaken
him and force the agile present upon
| him. He continued to walk. washing
| his hands with invisible soap, and l
| listened
Il don't care where it is built he
| whispered, II don't care. My idea Is to
get a theater where we can give the
| very best works for a very moderte
| price. My Poor Mans theater must
| be Il theater in which the poor man
! shall feel at home. Not that wish
to label a man poor We are all
poor, except the millionaircs, and they
are having their own playhouse.
| see Vanderbilt has presented them
! with white marble slab. / am anx-
| ious to see the first name engraved up
| on that slab''
How will a Poof Mans theater be
possible?" he asked himself. as dream-
ers do. And he uncovered. II want
to he able to say to all my artists, to
all my popular stars. like Maude
Adams and John Drew. You must
come and play two or three week,
| each season in nay Poor Mans thcater.
| You must be satisfied with smaller.
| gains. you must help along a good
cause: you must do all in your power
| to induce other actors to Join in this
eXhiliarating work. | want to charge
| the very lowest prices-prces that
I make the seats at the Academy of
| Music seem terribly expensive i don't
! want llt lettipliSs oLs tNlS mouse 10 Ieei
| that anything is cheap or inferior. but
that they are getting the best going
| They will get it, Take my word for
| itthey will get it,
| The telephone rang. Somebody hor-
| ridly awake wanted to come up. But
| Mr., Frohman answered it not nor
| needed II. His voice still purred
| sleepily and he dreamed his dream,
| Waking would be pain
| Barrie loves my idea he said.
| Barrie is simply infatuated with It.
| You know Barrie. and his enthusiasm
| for anything out of the ordinary Well,
| Barrie thinks so well OF the Poor MANS
| theater that he has actually promised
\ to write me something original for it.
| He intends to give me a play that shall
! be done exclusively at this theater,
| Just TO help it along. II Barrie does
this, other playwrights will follow his
! lead, and we may get a series of plays
4 aimed especially at this particular UNI
dertaking. Big artists at half prices
That Is my idea, il is rather different
to the millionaire's idea eh? They ask
Sothern and Marlowe. who have been
playing at the popular Academy of Mu-
sic, to come to the miilionaires' thea
ter and play there at high prices. That
idea seems TO be a bit incongruous Let
1! 1t pass. Leave me alone to think things
out and be certain only that am in
earnest. | am serious. Please credit
me With sincerity" -r--- .
And that I assurediy do. Itm.the one
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