Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-10-22
Many Theatrical Failures.
London Dramatic Letter
her to play. will Temporarily retire from
the st. Jamcss company.

her 10 play, VIII temporarily retire from
the st. Jamcs's company.
j. e. Ncdrcnne, fancy. is not OK.
nctly shedding bitter tears because bc
is compelled TO cut short the career Of
.1lc Man from the Sea" Since Rohett
Lorraine caught the fever for aviation
lie has been rather difficult To daai
Will, and between him and his manager
there has been n lot or trouble ONT
II few days ago Lorraine throw M his
part and refused to play. n step --l,-.ii..
Is countered by Sedrenne who threst.
cpcd to close the tlcatcr and bring an
action against Lorraine for whatever
loss might be incurred by the step.
Happily II nights sleep brought wiser
counsel and Just in tho nick Of time
Ioraine returned to the fold in penl
tent mood. Obviously, however, no
manager in his senscs would run thu
risk of engaging an actor who gives
UP all his days to the dangers of flying.
and perhaps II is Just as well that 10.
Ininc has definitely decided to abandon
the stage for the airslip.
MAY Robson has reached the last
week of her season ut Terry's theater
which Is to be devoted hereafter to
clnemntograph shows. I'm afraid her
experience of London has not been al
together favorable. financially nj any
rate. She has been generally accepted
as a5comcdicnne of real talent who
Is assured of a hearty welcome when-
ever She can find n piece more suitable
To the taste of London than .',rhc Re-
juvenation Of Aunt Mary Lately she
has acquired three-act comedy en-
titled NAV. Or The SQUAD Lady"
written by Ethel watts Munfori and
Margaret Hcrford. That she present-
ed at II special matinee two days ago
with the avowed object of testing It's
capabilities before producing 1t III
America. Nav is the Wife of an ut-
tcrly impossible Professor" Wysong,
who nattcrs himself he has discoved-
ed means to produce Liquid light"
whatever that may mean, Inventors
are VIGOROUSLY rack-bralned and
unbusincsslike people but IN this
respect WySong more than exceeds the
limit. He leaves his notebook care
lessly lying about under the very
nose of the villain, who OF course,
copies its contents and eventually an
noiinccs himself to be the real dis
covcrcr Of .'liquid light Fortunately.
sMaw' proves more than his match
Ono of the constituents necessary for
tho manufacture of Liquid light is
'radium. But 10 confound the villains
project NAV" substitutes alcohol
which in the end proves to be the one
thing needed for success. OF this the
villain is totally unconscious and
"Muw'' is thus enabled to score t,f-
umphantly over him and to redeem
the fortunes of the little househod Of
which she is tho presiding genius. All
this is fanciful enough; but it is when
the authors descend to the ordinary
events Of existence that they SHOW
the',. lhndcnnacN as drnluati9ts The
piece would not deserve ~ moments
consideration were It not for tho acting
of May Robson who by sheer force af
comic ability lifts it ont ot its COM
monplac" groove Hcr study of s''Aiaw'
Is fun OF tender. womnnv and pretty
touches. As Is her custom she oc-
casionally strayS into regions OF pure
farce. but such momontary reiarsns
are easily pardoncd for the hearty
laughter which inevitably follows her
words or actions.