Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-10-30


Don Rudolf Besiers now three-act
comedy produced 10y Herbert Trench at
the HaymHrSct on Tuesday last. The
piece came out, I'm performance. exact
ly as ! judged &c would after reading
tho manuscript. 10 is everything by
turn and nothing long and If the author
really believes that his characters are
genuine creatures Of flesh and blood /
can only envy him his powers OF self
deception. There can be no doubt that
Besier possesses ability, but he has still
"a good deal TO learn regarding the
stage. Belonging 20 the younger school
Of play wrights. be has already shown
such decided promise that his future
cannot but be watched with lively in
terest
Up to recently he was journalist.
writing chiefly for the Daily Express
and also acting as sub-editor OF
monthly magazine. When Trench start
ed at the Haymarket he offered Besier
the post Of reader and patcher-up OF
plays az a salary of s. 500 a year This
WAS just the thing for a man whose
one desire was 10 live in the atmosphere
of the theater and 20 devote his life 10
working Tor the stage. At the same
time Trench took an option on partic-
ularly favorable terms on all the plays
Besier might write. Hence the produc-
ton OF Don, as the first Of the Sc
ries
After little more than a months
career. THE Great Divide" il 10 be
withdrawn at the Adelphi az the close
Of next week on Monday. the 25th
inst, il VIII be replaced by Charles
Ram kennedN's 1.-THE Servant in the
HDuse," with Henry Miller as Bob
Smith, Jack Barnes as the Lord Bishop
OF Lancashire, Guy Standing as the
vicar, Edith Wynne NatthisOn as his
wife, her original role. and Sydney Val
ontine as Manson. My own impression
is that the Adolphi is much too big a
theater for "a play OF this class and
that its chances Of success would have
been materially increased had a smaller
house been selected. That. however. is
Charles F'rohman and George Ed
wardes's business not mine. What
ever may be the fate Of Kennedys play.
its successor has already been arranged
for. I think ] told you that Sir Arthur
Conan Doyle himself put up a large
proportion Of the sum necessary to
produce and 20 run Fires Of Fate" at
the Lyric. A. il happens he did pretty
well by the deal and-unlike 80 many
who have burned their fingers in the
atrical apeculations-he has had no rea-
son 10 regret his temerity. Encouraged
by the results he Is now determined 10
have another shy az West End man
agement,
Some years ago he wrote a drama
founded upon his well known novel.
Rodney stone The piece has been
handed about good deal and at one
time Doyle had great hopes that Arthur
Collins would DO a. az the Drury Lane
L.. Al
manuscript. after many Wanderings.
eventually found IT'S way back % his
hands. Confident that IL possesses the
elements OF success, Doyle has decided
10 back his opinion with his own money
and is putting up $4,000 IN order 10
stage the piece As usual. he has "a
moral 10 enforce: I'm this instance the
truth Doyle cndcavOrs 10 inculcate Is
that England owes much Of her great
ness 20 the spirit which IN the days OF
Tom and Jerry animated the profess
sional pugilist IL is, then, according
To arrangements concluded this week
Rodney stone that will follow The
Servant in the House at the Adelphi
Both j a. Barrie and Eyie Greene
have during the last two days obtained
"A divorce form their respective
spouscs In the ease of the former a
Keep all the proceedings secret, cir
Cular signed 10y "a noble lord on be-
half OF e. number Of distinguished
literary gentlemen having been ad-
dressed to the editors OF the principal
London papers begging that no refer
encc TO the subject should be permit
ted ln their columns OF course the
step was generally regarded as an Inn
perilnence, nevertheless no unusual
prominence has, except I'm very rare
cases been given 90 the matter. I under
stand that Barrie has behaved very
handsomely toward his wife having
seen 90 10 that she is well provided foi.
Gilbert Cannan, tho correspondent, has
ALSO bound himself 90 marry her as
soon as the prescribed legal interval
of six months has expired. As 20 Eyio
trecne'H suit 10 Dr. "a very common
place story ln 1886 she married Young
Richard Temple who in 1903 went to
America whence he addressed letter
Co his eXpectant spouse saying that
he wn- wholly indifferent as 10 what
course sne might take.
Sir Charles Myndham rs again in
town and yesterday ] ran across him
at the Gurrick club.
II am enjoying my mastery inactly-
ity' he said, "and have at present no
intention of appearing IN Iondan az
amy rate. Tho chances are however.
tlat I and Mary Moore viii make
another "trip to America before or about
ine END of the Nrnr But even that
is eiill Indefinite"
iy the bye. There was a distinct at
tempt made t0 bring Sir Charles ana
Mary Moore back No the Wor end
stage only week ur two ago The
time ls approaching when Madam X
at the Globe must he withdrawn but
in order 90 give DOT Boucioault a
rest M has had more than enough "a
do lately experimenting F'rohmau's
various productions was PROPOSED.
pending the presentation ~ new
piak, tu have "a revival of mrs. iIano :
Defence with Sir Charles. Mary
Mary Moore and Lena Ashwell In their
original parts. wyndham took such a