Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-10-02
Henry Miller Conquers
London Playgoers
London Dramatie Letter

I lNOuAN lntlt Ut COURSE ia hdlulN SUI
/ urisuC'
asked warneid what prospect Their
vas of hts own appearance az "a Londoi
/ thcater
''The fact is." Doc answered 90 an
/ pretty well booked pap for two year.
| fO come. but at The end OF that time Z
| is my Intention 20 challenge criticism
| BOO London We American actors n,
| continued with "a iaugh. arc never sat.
/ ished UNTIL for good orr for evil we
have done co. When ] come 2 shall
| bring with me n sufficient repertoire Of
| plays 90 show myself iu several widely
contrastcd characters. Among them
win he Tho Auctionocr.' Tho Music
Master and Tine Merchant of Venice
3ut Z shall FIRST appear as Shylock In
America All next season is 60 be de-
voted Co touring the southern states
which I have not visited FOR years.
look forward CO. tine experiment with
great interest and some little anxiety,
for who knows what the result win be ?
In my case BE- is bound 10 he pretty
hard work as ! shall do lot of one
night stands Later J return To New
York GO produce a new play that Da-
Via Bclascn has got ready for me. IL
Us Of a somewhat fantastic and pOetical
order In Il ] play the part OF a mid
dle-agcd man. Well. goodbye, ] hope
TO be over again next summer and shall
certainly devote more time then than
I have been able % do now for visit
ing your Wcst-end thcaters."
Trees latest production OF False
Gods" gives every promise Of having
Just a triae too serious and heavy for
The average light-heortcd thcatergoer
who VIII find an entertainment much
better suited to his taste ln The Brass
Bottle at the Vaudeville. which forms
the third and last production OF the
week The next few days are entirely
blank; indeed, there is nothing TO call
for attention until SATURDAY the 25th
inst. the date selected by George Ed
wardes for the first performance OF
"Thc Dollar Princess" az Days. When,
a few evenings subsequently, Charles
Frohman gives us w. Somerset Maug-
HAMS new piece smith" at the Com
edy. and G. II Workman "The Noun
taineers" az the Savoy, the first list OF
autumn novelties viii be exhausted
In my last weeks letter 7 referred Ia
certain ructions which had taken place
during rehearsais of THE Dollar Prin-
cess These were of a rather serious
nature. 10 requires a very large build
ing. as many mana gers have had good
reason 10 know TO hold two operate
stars of such equal Importance as Lily
Elsie and Emmy Wehleu. the latter one
of Fdwardes latest discoveries. Be
tween the pair matters quickly came TO
a head with the result that Lily Elsie
threw up her part and walked out of
the theater IL required not little
cOaNing and "a good deal of diplomacy
20 lure her back But George EdWardes
is a past master I'm tho art of wheedling
and. although not without difficulty
he at last persuaded the two rival
queens to shake hands and, outwrdiy
az least 90 become friends once more.
The Kcndals have just issued a man
ifesto 20 the effect that il is highly inn
probable they will bC seen again In
public Farewell" they stoutly de
clare. is I'm these days only form OF
acknowledgements and their desire Is
To- leave the profession 'as quietly ana
unObtrusyely as We have an our
lives endeavored 10 follow it, This
smacks rather OF the humility which,
as the poet Coleridge insisted, is one
OF the devils favorlte sins. From
private but well Informed source i
learn that Mrs. kendA Is really anX-
ious TO withdraw from the stage,
but that Kendall himself would not
be averse from accepting a good
appointment If it came along.
king Lear" contrary 10 most eX-
pectations Is doing fairly well at the
Haymarket. In accordance with mas
announced policy, Herbert Trench, how
ever. has already put his successor into
rehearsal. This Is a three-act comedy
named Don" by Rudolf Besier, who
viii be remembered as the author OF
The Virgin Goddess a clever ane
interesting play produced some time
ago al the Adelphl The principal part
In Don" was specially designed for
Henry Ainley. but as he has crossed
the way to His Maiestys il viii now
De played by Charles Quarterraihs,
clever and Nefy. promising young actor.
MALCOLM WATSON.