Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-06-11
--latest Dramatic NeUs From London
London Dramatic Letter.

Houses" on the principle that those
who live IN glass houses should not
throw stones That, however, has
been discarded In favor of The Beam
and the Mote taken, of course, from
the passage in st. Matthews gospel
Thou hypocritc, first cast the beam
out OF thine own eye and thou shalt
then see clearly to cast the mote out OF
thy brothers eyle." The title Is exceed
ingly appropriate to the story which is
designed to preach the doctrine of char,
lty, lest at some time we be condemned
upon our own stern principles OF just
ice The dominating parsonage OF the
piece Is mlddle-aged martinez, named
Gen. de siberian whose Views as to the
duties of a wife receive a rude shock
on his discovering that his own youth
full spouse, whom he has terroriZed for
years, Is passionately in love with
young officer, The part is admirably
drawn and Bourchcr ought to make
decided hit in it. Madame siberian, on
the other hand, is TO be played by Miss
Violet Nanbrugh. while Herbert Sheath,
now Bourchier's partner in the running
Of the Gairick, will appear in the part
OF an impulslve boy.
The heavy shadow which has hung
over the theatrical world during the
| fortnight Of King Edwards lying-in-
| state has. partially at least. passed
/ away and last week the public showed
| an increasing willingness TO patronize
| those theateTs where anything in the
nature OF a real attraction Is TO be
| found The Naked Truth" at Wynd-
hams is the most striking proof Of the
| change and Charles HaWtrey appears
| to have got back nearly all his old pub
! lie. Nevertheless, playgoers evidently
| want "A substantial excuse for leaving
| their homes. and there r. little recov-
| cry u be found at those theaters which
| far.a q 2
! way. Tho improvement at the Lyric
I where Lewis Waller Is giving The
! Rivals" is marked. and although he
| advertises Don Caesar de Bazan" FOR
next Tuesday evening | should not be a
! bit surprised. II provided he has a
| bumper aturday-evening, he
should be induced to postpone Ms
! change OF bill on Wednesday Charles
! Wyndham and Mary Moore start their
! campaign at tho Criterion with Henry
! Arthur Jones's The Case OF Rebollious
! Susan Some time ago Jones published
| his play with a preface addressed to
| Mrs. Grundy' He now tells me that
| he has rewritten that preface and
| bracketcd the name OF Mary Moore
| with that ~ the apocryphal lady mem
| toned He wanted to give the new
| version to the world this week, but as
| he has referred In oulogstic terms to
| Mary Moores acting she prudently CON
| sidered that II would be wiser to wait
! until the critics had said their say re-
! garding her performance, lest haply
| their views should not coincide alto
| gether with those expressed by Jones.
|
| The success Of the Russian dancers
| from the Imperial Opera House In 81.
! Petcrsburgh and Moscow is really the
/ outstanding feature Of this rather dun
! season At the Palace. where Madame
| Pavlova and MIR Marokin are appear
ing nightly. II is almost impossible ~
obtain a seat Tor love or money Tho
Libraries have bought up all they could
get and the price OF stall which nor
| mally stands at something little over
81 n has gone up to quite double that
figure At the Coliseum the auditorium
Is packed twice daily with pleasure
seekers. eager to witness the perform
ance Of Karsayina and kosloff, while
the Hippodrome Is doing very well with
OLGA Prebrajenskia.
am sorry to hear Of the serious III
ness OF capt Robert Marshall. author
OF several amusing comedies. such for
example as His ENcellency. the Gov
ernor." "The Second in Command" one
NJ the biggest successes the Haymarket
ever had under the management NJ
Frederick Harrison and cyril Maud,
and THE Duke Of Kllllecrankie." Dur
ing the past year or two his health has
been too bad FOR him to undertake any
work and no has been compelled 20
rass large proportion 81 his time
on the continent in order to avoid the
rigors Of our English climate. He is
now. I learn. in nursing home from
which II 81 the earnest wish Of every
BODY ne may vet emerge sufficiently
well to give the public some more OF
his witty and diverting pieces.