The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-12-25

amount for rehearsins and staging a
play2"
Mr. Brady often gets $500 for re-
hearsing aud staging play, replied
the witness.
'.Do you mean that you have received
$4,000 for one week Of rehearsing?" the
lawyer asked.
mot exactly for rehearsing no." Mr..
Brady rnid 'You see. there IS often
bad spot In a play and tho man who can
point that out and make the play go is
worth a great deal / frequently receive
as much as 25 per cent Of the receipts
for such services. and that frequently
amounts TO more than s25.00o II Is for
| such services that men are paid such
| large SUNG.
Becomes Vaudeville House.
The City theater In Fourteenth street
has become vaudeville house. II is
owned by Timothy n. Sullivan. George
| J. Eraus. Mrs. r. =, sullivan and VIZ
liam Fox. the latter also being the lessee
Of the Academy OF Music and the Dewey
| theatcr. Mr. Fox leased the city thea
| ter, making II vaudeville house. Srlli-
van says ihe building and furnishings
cost about sS50.0oo.
city manager has arranged for the
| building OF a new uptown theatcr that
will be the permanent home Of All or
| ganization combining the STOCK company
and visiting star system. Inc playhouse
| Repertoire theater Its directorship wli'
be entirely IN the hands Of William Gil
lette. Mr.. Giiiette's idea is that such
| a theater. one OF The i''ncipal factors OF
| which VIII be the development OF now
acting material, as VOL IA affordiry es-
| tobllshed stars a wider range for expert
| bncnlation win mean 10 actors what 1he
| Academy OF Design is to painters Ground
| already has been broken for the Nc q
building, INC location of which Mr.. Gil
| letto Us not set ready 10 state apv more
| definitely than 10 say that II viii ne sit
| uatcd uptown near n ~cli-kno0D theGter
| rhe noted playwright ami actor is now
nlayine in his famous Admiration. The
| Private Sccretsry" in which nc already
| has appeared olo0 times.
"Every Little Movement"
Percy Williams is in receipt OF let
ter from an attorney requesting that nc
stop Nat Wills from using parody on
Every Little Movement" To whlch Mr.
Williams sent The following reply:
| i would be only too glad TO do this,
| but Mr.. Wills is Il vaudeville Eeadliner
and people who occupy this position do
not allow managers 10 dictate what lneI
| should do. IN fact VIC receive our IN
I structlons how they arc 10 be billed and
what place they should go on The pro
grammc and other details oi this kind :,
and II we did not follow their lustruc-
tious VIC would Immediately be Cancelled
| by them. Then another thing is that
now that the vaudeville actors are atfll !.
| ated with The American Federation of
| Labor. fear that such request on my
! part would perhaps cause a strike. II
| | meet Mr. Wills | will mention the mat
| ter in some way that viii not offend
I him but | would suggest that you take
! the subject up personally With him. ms !
would not care to have any friction with
| these gentlemen
] Gould Wants Theater.
Frank J. Gould OF this city is trying
! 10 buy the London Gaiety thcater and he
! has already bought 1000 shares OF the
$4,000 shares OF stock. II is said his
wife. Edith Kelly Gould. Will be the
manager and star there Tho Strand
| thcater OF London has been sold to E. G.
whitney of this city The name will be
changed to The Whitney. II is the new
| est in London and one Of the handsomcst.
| Mr.. Whitney owns the house absolutely.
lie has a lease OF the ground for ninety
| IL for ninetyfivc. Hc Will take posses
| sion next March.
= Next April. when Henry B. Harris
! takes possession of the Hackett thcater.
Ellein's new play. Maggie. Pepper" will
| be the opening attraction.
His Fart Was True to Poll"
minds me of the story that Rosina NoScs
| was fond OF telling about her famous
song. His cart Was True TO Poll"
says Albert Ellery in the January Colum-
bisp magazine, 1t seems that al the
| opening OF her first engagement in Salt
| Lake City, she was TO appear In The
| Mllliners Bill Tho house was packed
with Mormons. Each was surrounded
| with his own little coterie Of wives. All
went swimmingly until Rosina began 10
who have heard It Will remember. relates
| TO the polygamoue adventures Of one
| William KID. who whatever else lie did