Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-04-09

bered. however. that Irvinp's old tb,,.
yer uoes not now enjoy the high renB.
tation which IL did I'm tho 5s,g 20 D ''-
former lessee Popular pIavs q, .s
ular prices is the motto Of rs n
managers, Smith d Carpapfer .
however much Waller might bones,
pecuniarily he would assuredIv i,ss
professional caste were be to 49,
with the proposal His present a.,
Is TO tour the English province. b, ~
autumn with a new play bv H..
Hamilton. As he is stiu "a groa, y.
Vorite on tho road he Will b, tbo t.1
ginning Of next year Drobsbfy bsr-
earned enough 10 start London man.
agement again under favorable cor.
ditions
Somehow can't rot suitable
plays. was his complaint to me ony
the other DAY. Other managers % is
true. suffer from the same thing buf
I'm a less degree BY way of lmpro,.
ing the position he recently started q
competition omen to an ulayVrie6t.
professional or amateur NINETY.
three responded 90 his Invitation 10
submit their work. but not one of thess
has been successful in winning the
prize Of $500. Chatting with George
Tyler the other dav about the dearta
OF dramatic material he gave me mi.
experience. Il have read" be- said
something like .. 200 pieces and. out
side the recognized circle Of dramatiss
I can't honestly declare Z have met
with anything that 1 should care to
touch"
Charles Hawtrey produces a new
light comedy at Wyudhams about
THE Naked Truth" and the authors
are George PASTOR" the alias Of Miss
Svmonds. "A daughter Of the late John
Arlington Symonds. man of letters
and W. h. Maxwell son of the famous
Miss Braddon. and himself rather
celebrated novelist Among other
books published above his name are
THE Guarded Flame and "Eivien'
both works Of exceptional value When
] say that the plot OF THE Naked
Truth" circles around magic ring
which compcls its wearer to say exact
" what he feels Nou will have ca pretty
fair idea OF the character of the new
piece. So destructive 90 the happ.-
ness Of all concerned does the ring
become that, finally &c s dropped
down a well bv the heroine who has
been taught nv experience that after
All ne ANhhfl NAii Us IN.'h AWAY"
good either for the speaker or the
listener. Hawtrey tells me he has ac-
quired what he considers 90 be a
real money-maker which he hopes to
produce next autumn. The difficulty
IA to find n thcatcr. as Frank Curzon
has other Views reEardln- Wyndhams
Il can easily get money 20 build one
for myself" Hawtrey said. III only l
can discover n fitting site. ms bad
always to be changing ones
histrionic home for the public has a
short memory I'm such affairs But me
moment one hints al building a thea
ter IN 20 prices 10 an extent thal
makes business practically impossible
Holy week. 10 the end Of which We
have lust come. is always slack time
for the London theaters many OF
which shut down Easter MondaE
brings its revenge. however so far al
least as the cheaper parts are COM
cerned Tree is profltiug hy the va
cation TO push forward preparations
FOR his ShakpsDearean festival IN
which most OF the leading west hha
have promised n take paIL
George Alexander is the one striking
exception He has no particular ar
lection for Tree and, as a member OF
the London county council ana maui
lger OF the ST. James's he has htl.
spare time on his hands. lf ] wan.
10 produce Shakespeare. he WarhS
declared. 81 have both the money anu
The theater for the purpose. WY
then should co-oDerate with Tree