Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-01-30

afraid 20 venture out Neither horses
nor motor-cars can get through the
snow, so the playgoer remains ar
home"
1t is estimated that the total loss
TO theater managers Of little snow
furry If about $50. 900 a day. one
wonders what would be the results of q
real snow storm.
I recently raised the question Of how
much of the credit for the success OF
Maugham's three London plays was
due TO the stars who appeared in them
and called the new playwright lucky
man because his chief roles were In the
hands of Charles Hawtrey. Marie Tenn
pest and Ethel Irving My answer in
a measure, came sooner than ] expect
ed The withdrawal Of Jack straw
has been made permanent because
Hawtrey's health will not permit him
to resume the title role. This Is o
tacit acknowledgment by the man
agemeut that, without the services or
the comedian. or one Just as clever thu
chances OF continued success are toe
risky 20 be ventured. An attempt was
made 70 induce Beerbohm Tree to az
sumo the role and "a salary Of no less
than 1919 "A performance was dangieo
before his eyes as bait but the
manager OF His Maiesty's refused 70
bite, although he was resting at the
time.
II would not have been the first
time that Tree and Hawtrey had an
peared in the same parts, for 10 was the
former who first played the role ~
''The Private secretary boz which
Hawtrey made such a brilliant run
az later time However. the general
opinion seems % be that Tree would
not have shono On the part of Jack
Straw" and that the only actor in
England who would have made a sue
cess Of IL after Hawtrey was Sir
Charles Wyudham
crit" has not proved the money
maker that 10 promised and Lena Ash
Well has revived Diana OF Dobson s.
for "a run pending the preparation ~
a new production Just how much
lie there Is LEFT iu the second success
OF Miss AshWeus Wauagcmont ~ the
lIingsway theater viii remain 10 be-
seen. but there should be enough 90
! only seats "a few more than 800 people
this popular actress enterprises are
limited. and a. is not too much to hope
that she will soon GOO Dsr way clcar
Co taking a larger West End house.
Evelyn Millard. whose term as man
8gor OF lhe GaUlpk has boon marked
by a successful run of Idols drn-
matzatiou of william j. f.ocke's novel
which ran wen past tine century mark
has revived 1.-THE Adventures Ot Lady
Ursula which. of course. ls pro-
duct of the pen of Anthony Hope
Evelyn Willard and Herbert WarIng
both appeared lu tho play when n was
originally urodufed and 10 Was In thD
nature of renewal Of old Friendships
Boa the matter Of both play and actors
| ~ is seldom, N ever that WarIng d.
seen to such advantage az in the part
of Sir George Sylvester The part fits
! him like "a glove with scarcely "a wrlu-
klo and might easily have been writ
ten for him.
Now that the pantomime season ia
we'll advanced, One may talk of those
who have made tho big hits Curl
cufly enough. American performers
bear on more Than their share on tho
honora George AL whom although
born loo England wo have come to
regard M IAN American. ana who viii
b. remembered aH "r.ge" an Buster
Brown" carries on tho honors al
Drry Lane. where be- is appearing as
the cat Zoo "Dick Wilmington" Truly
shattuck also has come in for "a large
I measure OF appreciation. ln the samr
Z production. Not stones throw away.
I namely at the Lyceum. theater. Ju-
! Ian Rose b. saving the production from
| the fate of playing tO a half empty
I house. his performance o. the one
| humorous spot IN a production which
is designed to he funny from the rise
CURTIS BROWN.