Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-09-18

I now redeem. First on the list stands
Justin Huntly McCarthys Caesar
Borgia,' a kind Of historical melo-
drama which Irving has already tried
in the provinces. ! fancy he has not
an altogether unbOunded faith in its
London chances OF success, but as
Bernard Shaw says, You never can
tell" Next comes an adaptation OF
Gilbert Canaan, a clever young Journal
ist, who has written a couple OF in
teresting novels and also a skit on the
incorporated Stage Society," pro-
duced by that society itself. and How
ard Peacey from Oscar Wilde's short
story, Lord Arthur Savile's Crime
This Is quite a light comedy with
"A Wyndham sort Of part for Irving
Number three on the list Is "a version
by Lawrence Irving of Belgian play
- imposteur Magnanime," In which
irving assumes the part Of Perkin
Warbeck who. IL may be remembered
claimed 10 be Richard, Duke OF York,
one OF the little Princes I'm the Tower
grown to manhood. Finally there is
The House Opposite" three-act
modern play by Percyval Landon. con-
tanning a strong story ana a serious
character for Irving Landon Is an
interesting personality. Commissioned
by the Daily Telegraph he went 10
Thibet and there came face 10 face
with the Grand Lama himself The re-
suit was two bulky volumes which
had a very big sale. His fiat
resembles "a museum more than any
thing else. so crowded IS it with
curIosites. bric-a-brac, and mementoes
OF his travels.
Phyllis Dare has definitely signed
with George Edwardes To go 10 che
Gaiety for three years at a salary, 1
understand. OF $3.50 "A week This isn't
al all bad for young lady stu in
her teens. Her sister Zena remains
with Seymour Hicks from whom j re-
celYed letter the other day stating
that he had quite resolved not 20 81
into management again 10 81 much
TOO firing work, be declares. and leaves
him no leisure Tor anything else After
an when "A man can make from S35. 900
60 $4,000 a year by bis Individual eff
forts, 1 for one ind 10 difficult 10
understand why be should think OF un-
dertakng the risk ANA constant wOr-
ries oi management 1 remember
friend OF mine, who was associated
with Hicks in the business part OF his
Ventures. telling me that he was per-
fecty prepared 40 guarantee Hicks
ana his wife, llllmine Icrriss, $4,000
"a year provided they would agree %
leave the management Of their az
fairs entirely in his hands
and believe me-" he continued. II
should have come out of the tanl-
action with very handsome profit
although as matters al present stand
Seymour never seems 90 have two
coins 90 rattle together in his pocket"
Henry Miller and his company arr
rived in London last Monday and are
now hard at work on rohcarsals 20
"rhe Great Divide which is due az
the Adelphi on Sept. No. Attention is
pretty well divided between the pro-
ductlnn of that piece. OF Alfred Sutr0's
Making n Gentleman ut the Car
rick and M "rhe Dollar Princess" az
nalys For the last named EdWarle8
has pretty well got his team together
now, although the task has been %
some difficulty. 10 De- not easy 10 please
everybody an Daly's. The Austrian
singer Emmy Wohl0n has at last
Eraciously consented 90 play the part
of Countess Okla. Idly Elaief crowned
with Merry widow laurclH iE CO. ho
the heroine. and Joseph Cove rho
American millionaire phlncas Q. Con-
dor head or che great oil trust Ry the
bye. COync brought LILY Elsie to ihe
Duke ~ Works on the OCCASION Of tho
first performance Of "Arscne Lupln"
in order 20 see Alexandra Carlisle IN
the part ~ sonia kiitChncn pii and
gallery recognized them Immediately
upon their entrance and save the two