Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-05-22
Sspeoial correspondenee.9

r ONDoN, May s.---Arnong the
WEEKS arrivals from the other
side are Billie Burke and FANNIE
- Ward. both of whom appear 10
be in the highest spirits and the pest
OF health. This morning ! looked I N
at the Iayrnarket theater to md the
former busily rehcarsng Love
Watches under the guiding influence
Of Charles Frohman. Evidently A1 ms
ca agrees with hereafter all, ~ Is hei'
native cnuntry--for have never seen
her to better advantage. she Is q seI-
eral faVorite here and will assurediS
have a host or well-wishers In front:
when she makes her London reap
pearaucs, Her stay, however, is neces-
ca ,.;Iv7 limited MS she Is due In san
Francisco at tile end of Augnst, .aiu
natural wants 81 little bit Of q MONDAY
before resunling work. "a.
iii have lust had n chat, also, VIII
Fannie Ward, Who is simply one niue =!
mass of exultation over the way ~
which America received her. II ne .,
own words she had "a great time OF II
ant, altogether is bubbllng over with
gratitude for the kindness shown her.
( r am not sure that Jerome Is. Jerh1ne, $
nlay ..The New Lady. Bantock, made
an unqualified hit in the states. DIV
FaliTie Ward is manifestly entlreiS
satisfied With her own persona SUE,
cess. She tells me that she lntrodnce y
into the comedy a, song and dance ~
would be interesting to have Jerolll i ?
views upon this Innovation.
TALENT VS. GEMS.
Fr.nnie Ward begins her london CAM
paisn at Terry's theater on the ISL OF
June with a new play, now dehnitel9
christened Vera which has been
specially written for her by Lee Ar
thur and Forest Halsey. she told ms
the story and as she related u tieia
could be no question that c r'a,ad, 70
a good, strong. If somewhat me.oe'i g. .
matte interest. Fannie Ward, OF
course. plays the leading part, John
Deane appears in that of her boy lover,
ana Charles Cartwright az an old IA,
5jly servant who IN the end proves 10 pc
the fleroine's father.
..For once exclaimed Miss " itru
with an air of triumph, y shan,t nave
to depend on gowns or jewels, put on
nv mower. OF acting She is to open
in chicago in the piece next september
and will be seen in it later in Ne"
York. .5i 4
Marc Klaw, who it is understood, is
| responsible for the financial end or tne
venture, is due on this side next week.
but he goes straight to Paris. ne
| can hardly arrive In London before the
middle of the month.
SOME THEATRICAL F'ISOsTs;
| The theatrical season goes from bad
| to worse, and failure follows failure
with anything but gratifying rapldity.
| Hubert Henry Dayies's latest coiilsoy,
| '.Bevis,' has gone the way of all things
AS a matter of fact, 1t never con-
! tanned any enduring element OF sue
cess. After the night of production the
| author endeayored to patch 1T UP and
| even wrote a. new last act, but all the
| tinkering in the world could not save
| SO thin and unsatisfactory a play. The
| DEVIL also, is in frost, to speak para
doxlcally, and will cease to be after
next week, despite Its great success IN
| America. It's run was to nave Ter
| minated this week, but as the libraries
! were pretty heavily interested the piece
| Is to be kept going seven days more,
| Tucieu Guitry comes over from Paris
about the middle OF next month to the
! Adelphi and will appear in, amongst
| other things, "L'Assomoir," lie Vo-
leur" and "somson,' with. presumably
Simone lie. sBargy as his leading lady.
In September the Adelphi passes, tenn
porarily at any rate. mo Tie iis'ii'i7
Of the ubiquitous Charles FTohman,
who thus adds another theatrical scalp
to his belt. I believe It Is Frohnlan's
Intention to present Henry Miller there
in ",I1he Great Divide" q play of which
we have heard so much good that we
are all looking forward with the great
est curiosity to its production.
SAVAGE ONLY SMILED.
launching at the savory hotel the
other day I ran across Henry w.
why it was he had missed the Ameri-
can rights of 1.-THE Arcadians. the
new musical play just produced by
Robert Courtneidge at the Shaftes-
bury and the one undoubted success
OF the spring season. Savage was
partner with Courtnedge in the fail
ure Of 'trhe Devil" and one natural-
ly expected that he would be given