Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-05-07

Especial Correspondence.
z ONDON, April 2S.-An hour ago.
not little 70 my establishment.
A. T. Erlangor and Joseph
Brooks walked into the room lu
which am now writing ] had imag-
ned them both in the United States
and was naturally eager 90 learn the
reason OF 500 unexpected % visit.
The fact u.s." said ErlanEer. eve
wanted 20 shake hands with Charlie
rrohman and so we oabled him Co Doe
u readiness Having accomplished
what we set out To- do we sail again
.Hr New York ON sunday That, of
course, ls only pretty Fanny's way:
$40 busy men like Erlanger and Brooks
Iu not travel 5000 miles, coming and
going. merely for an Interchange of
.oUEtesios Their real object i'm maxi
ing the trip was 90 discuss new
scheme with Frohmau for the estIb-
lishmont in four of the principal Amer
lean cities-Ncw York. Boston, PnIla-
delphia and Chicago-of what they
describe as European thgatcr, that
ls 10 say. "a thcater devoted to the CX-
elusive performance of English plays
by English actors. Frohmau at once
approved the project and IL is more
than probable that It Will take tangible
shape next autumn.
IL IS not the intention of these man
ayers to build special thoaters for the
purpose They will simply set aside
in each OF the cities specified one of
the many at prepent under their COM
troll
1T Will be for Frohman." said Er-
LANCER, "to supply the necessary ma
torial. This he will be able 20 do, part
ly by drawing on the resources of his
London Repertory theater. partly by
engaging talent I'm other quarters In
the cities mentioned there Is, of course,
"a large nuCtuating public, mainly CONF
posed of English travellers who, cone
Ceivably will be pleased to find thclr
native tastes and wants catered for i'm
this way. The patronage of these is
assured beforehand while the success
OF actors Ike Charles Wyndham. Forbes
Robertson. and, I'm the old days, Henry
Irving, may be regarded as guaran-
tee that American playgoers viii also
interest themselves greatly In the
scheme" Personally. / have not the
slightest doubt that 10 win prove pop
ular but II the United states are 90
drain London Of so considerable a
number Of its competent actors ana
actresses. what in the end is TO be-
come Of US?
sTOLLs VAUDEVILLE RAID.
Granger further alluded 20 another
scheme in which, however, he IS not
personally Interested This appears 90
be the Roland Oswald Stoll has been
quietly preparing for the OliVer-Al-
fred Butt and Martin Beck Stoll, IL
seems. has acquired, or is on the point
OF acquiring, a number of Well-knoWn
vaudeville theatcrs in the northwest
crn states. lie has also determined
10 build others i'm New York and else
where TO link up the circuits OF tho
seaport towns. The project is TO have
his personal supervision and with this
view he will spend a portion Of each
year on your side. SJoll, Il Is TO be
remembered, IS connected by marriage
with ErlanRor. whose moral sup
port he will doubtless have But for
my own part ] am not sanguine Of the
success OF any EnRlishman however
powerfully he may be backed as re-
CARDS money and influence, who thus
enters into direct competition with
established managers ON your side
What the result OF the contest may be,
time win show.
THE RIVALS"
Lewis walters production Of "Thc
Rivals" has settled down into a
genuine success. OF course there rs
always the danger in these days THAI
the revival of an Old play. popular
though Il be at first. will suddenly
collapse. Still. not only Is the night
business good at the Lyric. but the
advance booking too. Is most en-
couraging. Waller tells me that he
has settled definitely to make HIS APP
pearance in New York on the evening
OF Saturday September 10. He cannot
yet say at which theater: that is "a
matter for after arrangement The
piece chosen for his debut Us shape
speare's king Henry W.; "a better
vehicle for the exercise of Walters
commanding talent it would be im-
possible TO select His performance
In the little role IS a superb piece OF
work, rich In declamatory effect.
Whether he win produce a new play
while on YOUR side Is gtill TO be de-