Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-09-03

! wife. Violet Vanbrugh, have been la,-
ms the time quietly away In Cornwau
and George Alexander In motorins
throaigh Scotland. II myself spent =
month In Switzerland where was joh,.
ed by Lewis Waller IN his now 4s-horss,
power Daimler which helped us 10
cover very CONSIDERABLY deal ~
ground In exceedingly brief time. I
broke my outward journey at Paris
chle1y for the purpose of witnessing a
performance of "Chantecler" Hayinr
done so ] quite understand why ma
London manager thought II worth his
while to acquire the English rights. The
first two acts are distinctly interesting
but thereafter the play falls away 10
nothing. As a SHOW piece for Maud
Adams, Charles Frohman may succeed
In making IL go in America. but after
hearing Joube, young actor with a
magnificent voice In the title rolo.
cannot help wondering how any woman,
whatever her acting capabilities. car
be expected to make a success OF IT,
Once more rumor Is busy with the
future Of the old Princess theater,
who're many years ago Wilson Barrel,
made huge fortune by his production
Of Lights o. London The silyer
King" and other dramas Of a like pat-
tern, only TO lose II later by his am
bilious attempt TO be accepted as a
great shakespsaresn actor, The last
tenant OF the Princess's Is q. h. kelth
who. however. has allowed IL 10 70.
main vacant for quite number ~
years Now IL Is stated he Is coming
over to arrange for It's reopenins as
ZONE declare. a huge up-to-da VARIETY
thester, while others insist that II K
70 DO used for rnelodramatic purposes
have had a chat with Oswald stou
on the subject and he Informs me thar.
although nothing Is definitely settled A.
u not improbable that he, in oonJun,-
ton with Klsw a Erianrer. and per.
haps Keith himself, may acquire tho
lease Of tho building and after recon.
struction use II for the presentation e..
big spectacular dramas Of the Ben
Hur" type.
Everywhere there are tidinrs Of re-
hearsals being busily pursued in com
nection with the many coming produe-
tions. Tree IL unusually Far advanesl
with preparations for Henry VIII"
which IN to provide US with a spectacis
OF unexampled spiendor. BY the byc.
Tree has Just been attacked In rath-r
unsportsmanlike fashion by his fellnW
manager, Herbert Trench OF the Hay-
market. who. writing in the saturday
Review. openly condemns and SCOTS at
Trees gr,andioSe methods The latter
Will take his revenge by publishing a
booklet dealing mainly with the revival
at His MaJeNy's. and only incidentally
with Trench's comments thereon. That
the real interest Of the brochure viii
lie In what Tree has to say OF Herbert
Trench hardly requires to be limited
am promised an early copy OF the IT.
tie work and am looking forward 10
its arrival with the liyeliest curiosity
! am sorry 10 say that Cecilia LOTUS
has had to break her engagement with
Nedrenne to appear in William 7
iocke's new play al the Queens The
Man From the Sea" This is throuyh
no caprice or misunderstanding on her
part, but simply because she has been
forced TO submit to an operation Or
the removal OF an internal growth II
Is really very hard upon poor Cecilia.
who was looking forward most delight
edy To her return to the legitimate
stage. The operation has been entirely
nevertheless the doctors nb-
prohibit work for soma time
10 come, Vedrcnne. meanwhile. has Sc
,ured Nina Boucicault for the part the
opposite one being played by Robert
Lorraine. who has now become famous
rs n daring and intrepid airman s.
irmy has the flying fever taken pos
session OF him. that the other day no
declared to mo in the most eTnphatic
erus II IL became a question 81 giving
~ either acting or flying he would ur.
lesitatingly choose 10 abandon tn,
orrner rather than the latter. Fortur-
lteiy any sucn sacrifice IL handy liscly
% be demanded Of him. There IL OR.
fously no reason why, n he desires tn
10 so. 10 SHOULD not divide his time
'qually between the stage and the air
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