Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-11-26

Londo,, Won Pay the
Price to See Chantec1er
London Dramatic Letter.

scarcely II nluSlCul pay produced AT
! the Gaiety or Days during the past
10 years which has not been drawn
upon either for some character or stu
alton In composing the score Lionel
Moncktcn, too, has evidently been II
his most reminiscent mood. ] do not
mean that he constantly plagiarzes
other writer's. but rather that he has
taken former melodies of his own and
cast them in u slightly different mould.
The whole thing is aingularly familiar
| and iejunc, and If Edwardcs gets -
years run out OF ii he should be thank
ful he has done 80 we'll. He tells me
that Charles Frohman has secured the
| piece for America, but unless am very
| much mistaken II lot will have to be
done to it before it faces the foot
lights in New York,
The other day an afternoon paper
| burst forth with the intelligence, care
fully emphasized by u number of start
ling headlines. that Rostand's "Chantc-
clci' might be expected in London in
the spring OF next year. unfortunately
no solid basis for the assertion was
Forthcoming; all the writer had to say
was that from hints lie had received
and conclusions he had formed we
might confidently depend upon the
speedy arrival IN London of Prince
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. | shall be very much
n,ovc cnrrcct You may romn,nhn,.
thpt Alfred Butt of the pslncc, was a
little time ago negotiating for the
transportation Of the first act in It's
entirety to the Palace. AS the weekly
anon $50 O00 ,hc could. however. soc no
profit for hinsnlr in the transaction
Were the niece to come to London for
| :, hrIof ne,iod SAY three IN four ycnlts
1t would. | duresay, do very we'll, but
the public anxious To sec il would. |
| nm nador, ba ,u,i,,l,,y nylaustc1
There have hcen three new produce
tions during the wenk-H,lbort Henry
Dayies's comedy. "a single Man" al
tho Playhousc .',Just 10 &c, Nnrricd"
at the Little thcater. and vice Versa
nj the comedy Even With 80 pnpular
an actor nc c,yr;I Nnnde in tho min
cipal part | can hardly believe That 81
long career is IN store fn, tho first
Ths rlot & nniticuIarlv elI,,h, ana lnck-
ing in novelty. on the other hand. the
! diaIop,,e is fairly hriyht and humorous
and the chaflrteri2ation effective
"Just 10 dc, Married" nj tho T,;ttln
th.,ta,. is written nv C,Ico,y Tamiltnn
author OF ,,Diuna Of Dobson's" The
first two acts arc dlite bright and
an,,siu, .viro Varen., ;s ,'vnry Tai,,
adaptation by +. Anstey of his 25syear-
dr,ultjznt;on has hoon skilf,,lly done
ana tho farce possesscs properties
which ought To render II poprIar,
From what hear, Lena Ashwo,I.s
stny In Nrw- Work. Is NOT likely. 10. no of
any great length, She has. at any rate
signed a CONTRACT win n Y IIsmond
TO produce a, nov MAY .Thc House of
FISHER" nj Tho Sinrswav ;mmadiateIy
after her return from the Tinted St.tns
an event eyncctca Ia take Mace some
time i'm February NIiss AsbwoIl is
very full of ;hr niece ana also or her
own mart In II which is thai Of n girl
of Isl fancy several vnnrs vii, no
added 10 the number when Mise As.,-
well plays the character-who mas bonn
Ibro,rL, mn E,r,nn., so,did e,,rrn,,,dir,,s