Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-07-10
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(Epecial 9COffeSTOHQeHce.)5es 54
oNDoN, June 26--Probably tbs
most interesting bit of news this
weel-from the American stand
- point at any rate-is embodied
,.. +ha announcement that Maud Allan
80 signed to cross the Atlantic mex.
{. ,.s,,r. N some respects she has been
: no biggest sensation we have had in
1nndon for many a long day; circun-
.,ances themselves seem to have con-
.n,rel 10 make her famous or, as others
.snm,Id nut it, notorious. From the very
Hrst society held out a welcoming hand
~ her She lunched with the primo
,oinister and hobnobbed with bishops
and other church dignitaries. Man
hester refused to receive her on moral
rrnunds and the consequent hubbub,
e, which the Manchester watch COM
mittee came off second best only
.aryed to bring her more prominently
refore the public.
There can be no question that the
AIaud Allan boom has been superbly
worked in this country. Certainly ller
performance Is a very remarkable one
nothing could be more natural, more
4 cynressive,f more graceful. But ask the
opi,lion Of trained dancers on her
Won Will receive. / remember talking
f Inc matter over with Adelinc Genee
and shall never forget the impression.
left on my mind, not so much by what
she said as by what she suggested
merely. No. Judged by the standard
of the great opponents of the art OF
dancing Maud Allan%must needs be rel
egated to the second row, although
probably she has earned more money
g II COR. q
OF her rivals. The terms arranged for
her American tour which starts al
Philadelphia in September next year,
are / understand, $4,000 for each per-
formance. of which q minimum OF so
are guaranteed. II. T.. johnson. her
manager, further undertakes to pro-
vide symphony orchestra OF go instru.
mentalists and to pay all travelling eN-
penses. AS Alfred Butt of the Palace.
who has run Maud Allan in England
said to me yesterday: They can af-
ford that sort of thing in America, but
on this side such conditions would SIM
ply spell bankruptcy for the man who
offered them.
The theatrical season is in it's last
throes and with very few exceptions
theaters will be shutting down within.
the next fortnight. Even "The Merry
w
more will see the end of that popular
piece at Days. George Edwardes Las
hurried off to Marienbad to so
through months cure there-not that
he has anything really TIE matter with
him but rather that he may get himself
into good condition for another years
work. He is looking forward hopefully
to the production at Days OF The
Dollar Princess and as his luck at the
moment seems to be pretty well in,
it may happen. that the piece will prove
as big money plaker as its predeces.
sor To Frederick Lonsdale, a young
author who has come on very rapidly
Of late, he has just given a commission
to write the next Gsliety piece in con-
junction with Leslie Stuart.
There has been a good deal of fric-
ton lately between Stuart and Ed
wardes and matters have still to be
Strengthened out Edwardes protests
that he wants rest and would prefer
to be relieved of all responsibility in
relation, to the next production at the
1t will be interesting to watch
the result should he persist in his in
.entiono of standing aloof, In that event
it is by no means unlikely that some
Of the principal artists will also shake
the dust Of the Gaiety from off their