Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-01-22
Especial Correspondence.

Especial Correspondence
ONDON, Jan. Sired Terry, poor
fellow. has had a particularly
bad time OF 1t lately. During the
past few years he has been an
intermittent sufferer from gout. But
six weeks ago the enemy fairly laid
him by the heels. compelling him to
desist from all work. The attack this
time has been OF an exceptionally pain
full and severe character Only those
who have experienced something OF the
kind can realize what Terry has had
TO go through. 1t really seemed at
one moment as If he would have to
abandon all hope of appearing with his
wife. Julia Nelson, at the New thea
ter, which they have again leISed from
Charles Wyndham for six months. Hap
PLY, Terry just managed to squeeze
through last Monday evening when
the popular couple once more resumed
operations with Henry OF Navarro"
Terry had almost entirely lost the use
of his right hand and was obliged,
consequently. to do all the fighting
with his left
1t was really painful to watch him
endeaVoring to invest the part of Ma
varre with all his accustomed gaiety,
exuberance and high spirits. Somehow.
however. he managed to finish the eve
ming and as the doctors say he has
seen the wor@ there is every hope for
a successful season. julia Nelson re-
turns to London with all her manner
isms more accentuated than ever. She
practically sings her dialogue and
every sentence is adorned-although
adorned Is hardly the most fitting word
perhaps-by little trills and quavers
and musical cadences that upon many
of the audience, myself included, have
the most Irritating effect, Nor docs
Henry of Navarro" improve on ac-
quaintance. 1t Is quite of the machine
made order of plays and from start
to finish one discerns the hand of the
author pulling the strings by means of
which his puppets are constrained to
dance. Still, there apparently Is money
in the piece and before they have done
with 1t Fred Terry and Julia Nelson
Will doubtless have realized a profit OF
something like a hundred thousand
dollars.
Its author. William Devereux. has
decided to embark again upon his car
lier career as an actor. He never was
a great faVorite either with managers
or with the public, but now that he
has made a bit of money by playwrit-
Ing he can afford to crafty his fancy
in this direction. He has Just ar
ranged. therefore. to go on the road
with "Slr Walter Raleigh" the play
Ing at the Lyric, Walters business
by the way. has just taken an upward
bound, the house being crowded night
ly with holiday makers. The circum-
stance has placed him in rather a diff
1icult position, He had arranged tc
produce c. M. S. McLellans piece
THE Strong People" on OF about the
William Greet. who runs the Lyric
| jointly with himself, Waller can only
remove "Sir Walter Raleigh" from The
bill If it has played for two consecu.
| tive weeks to something below $4,000
| The recent improvement is perhap.
| merely fash in the pan; neverthc
| less. unless some arrangement can b,
come to between the parties concerned
1t involves the retention of Raleigh
In the program for at least four week!
| to come.
The fear of the disturbance lkelS
to be caused by the coming genera
election Is prompting managers to hol,
back their novelties until, at any
rate. the end of the month With ar
empty theater on his hands, Frank
| CurZon, however. is actively pushing
| on rehearsals of Captain Kidd a
Wyndham's. The piece was to have
been produced tonight but Seymour
Hicks Is hardly ready and the frs
| performance now stands adjourned
until Wednesday next TWO days ag'
Cyril Maude also called his company
together with the view OF starting OF
| Michael Mortons version of La
| Petite Chocolatiere" which he has
finally decided to christen Tommy
To Marie Lohr has been assigned Tho
role of the heroine, more or les!
Identical with that of THE Riches
| Girl" sustained on your side b.
| Hattie Williams. Chatting yesterday
| with Maude I asked him how he liked
his present work at the Coliseum