Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-12-04

dIi Unusually powerful NniCa
ana her teachers have predicted Tor her
brilliant career in the domain or
grand opera. But she herself has de-
Neiopeu so marked IL preference for the
histrionic stage that neither argumenL
nor entreaty has ayailed to turn hsr
81 rom ner purpose to become an actress
so during the Terrys' next season at
the New theater. which begins on the
nrst OF January, she is 10 make her
hrst appearance before London audi
ence In fairly important part The
other debutantc Is Margery Maudc. the
youthful daughter of Cyril Maude and
Wlnlircd Emery She has been cast
ny per father for character in Austin
StronS's The Toymaker OF Nurcm-
oeIe which when given in New YORK
created. II may he remembered In
very favorable Impression. 1t Is to lie
presented in London only at matineos.
30 that, whichever way the pendulum
swings. no great harm VIII he done
What IS known as the o. P club. an
institution composed or Il number o.
worthy and enthusiastic people VIII
are supposed to have tho best inter-
ecsts of the English drama ut heart, had
us annual dinner last Sunday. 1t was
! Il Dig a!fn.r tnc diners numbering uuite
.Up. The guests OF the evening were
Rann Kelnedy-whosc speech. wish.
ms prosperity 20 the club, was chiefly
i i-'iis'i NhbiN lt} IleNlIE-0 0nITlES EldM
/ tley. Ellis Jefrcys and Evelyn ID Alroy.
liees new leading lady. Hawtrey
came prepared With a long oration H.
: started well and scored heavily at
| POINTS. But the pace was too good 60
! last and before he had gone very far
( he got hot and lurried and his voice
! dtoH9cd so much that only the few
around him could catch what he was
( saying. He had some rather unpleas-
ant things TO say regarding the modern
style OF dramatic criticism, which he
stigmatized as casual. nippant and, IN
nine cases out of ten. Inadequate to the
| Importance OF the subject
AS those at a distance from him be-
gan to show signs OF lmpatience he cut
| his speech short. But, as he had pro-
| vided me beforehand with a copy,
| discovered that he had intended TO go
| forcibly for, among other things. the
American manager" who. having made
his money ON your side did not mind
according to Hawtrcy, losing it on this
whose cndeavor it was to make cor
ner In plays. and wno by paying pre-
| posterouS salaries. had brought theatre
cal management To the level of whole
sale game OF speculation. 1t needed no
| ghost to come from the grayS - sen
us whom HawtE-J Sad IN mind. but OF
course, wild omnibus horses would not
force me 10 mention names.
L
myself placed next to Edith Wynne
Matthison, with whom / naturally
started chatting regarding her hus-
bands play The Servant in the
House" Evidently its lukewarm re-
ception in London had been a sore dis
appointment to both From what she
said Miss Matthison has no particular
liking for the part she Is now playing
In it at the Adclphi. | asked whether
she proposed remaining in England aft
er the end OF the run OF THE Servant
in the House" That. she answered.
would depend entirely upon whether
she could get something of an inter-
estlns or effective kind to do. II not
she and her husband Will return to New
York BY the bye, Henry Miller sails
for that city today for the purpose of
looking after his various tours. He
has arranged TO keep The Servant in
the House" in the bill until next month
and with this object he has en-
gagged Ernest Leicester to take up his
part OF Bob Smith for the last few
weeks.
George Edwardes is ut present in
! Vienna, where he has gone To hear
Lehar'S new opera THE Count of Lux
embourg." produced a few nights ago
in that city. Edwardes, as you know
| has an option on the piece and from
what | have heard of it's drawing quail
else that option, The piece appears.
indeed, TO have had aon enthusiastic
welcome in Vienna as The Merry Wild
ow;" Lehar's music has, in particular.
been the subject OF the warmeSt praise.
EdwardeS is under contract il he takes
the piece. to produce the English vcr-
sion at Daly's within four months from
the date of its first performance abroad.
Matheson Lang who has been the
"Komeo" and Hamlet" OF the recent
I.yceum Shakespeare productions and
has risen TO the top layer quicker than
perhaps any other English actor OF
today, sails on the American line
steamer New York on the 9th to join
the company of the "Millionaires" the
ater. 1t is said he is to be the Charles
| Surface of that theater's forthcoming
| production Of she StoopS to Conquer
| and that he will have some leading
| Shakespearean roles later. Unfortu-
nately he had previously contracted
| to tour in Australia In May with his
| wife. Miss Hutin Britton. who accom-
| panies him TO New York, so that his
stay in America will have to be brief.
1t is possible. however that he will re-
turn to the new theater company after
the Australian tour Is over Lang is a
fine looking yonug siX-footer with
magnificent voice and a level head
Bessier's comedy dy'Don"-which looked
so much at first like wrecking the new
HaymaTket management before Her
bert Trench had time to introduce his
repertory scheme and reform" English
drama-keeps on going stronger and
stronger and instead of taking it Off
to make room for Maeterlincks blue
Bird" scheduled for Christmas at tho
] Haymarket Trench has taken the
criterion theater till the end of Jam
uary aud will transfer Don" thither.
After the "Blue Bird at the Hay
market will como Mrs. Dakon,' by
/, the American author, Kate Jordan.
with Fay Davis in the title role Don,
on the other hand. is to be produced In
America before long.