Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-07-16
Last Week at the London Theaters
London Dramatic Letter.

its assertions. There Is. however anoth-
err side to the medal. Upon high au-
thority | have Il that the result Of the
past years working OF that theatcr is
deficit Of S35, 600. Now II that Is the
outcome Of two declared successes.
what might be expected from as many
failures? or course the HaNmarket IS
run upon eNtrayagant lines artists
are given a l2-months' contract and
their services are never used; the STAFF
comprises so many persons that
practically thera are two people for
every single bit Of work. II Is whisper
ed that Lord Howard de Walden. the
principal hacker Of the enterprise. Is so
thoroughly dissatisfied with this state
~ affairs that should Priscilla" fail 60
bring grist to the mill the control viii
be placed in other hands
Charles FrOhman has been called to
your side four days elrlier than ne
anticipated. Today he sails for New
York by the Mauritania BY the time
this reaches you the reporters doubt
less VIII have extracted manifesto
from him and you will have ali his
news at first hand. There has been "A
good deal said and written here about
MS reproduction at tho Comedy thea
ter of new piece bv Pinero early in
tho coming fail. Frohman tells mo.
city viii not be ready by the time de-
sired and that he has accordingly ar
ranged for another new piece to follow
Alias Jimmy Valentine" at that
house. Marie Lohr is to be his leading
lady, but as she H. under contract to
cyril Maude for the run Of "Tantaliz-
ing Tommy" IL Is impossible 10 say
when she viii be- free to take up her
new position.
Among Frohmaus last achievements
before sailing was that Of inducing Sir
John Hare 20 promise that he would
appear at the Repertory theater next
February in some reyivals Of his old
successes. The selection Of pieces is
LEFT to Hare himself, and | dare say
among them will figure one or two OF
the Robertsonian comedies such as
Caste" and School Hare Is begin
ming TO show signs Of the progress OF
time; during the PAST few years he has
aged approciably, and lost, / am afraid.
some of his old grip and Vigor How
ever. he is real artist whose work al
ways commands interest and respect
Fanny Ward has made rather a hit
at the Palace with a little piece called
AN Unlucky star" IL is in the nature
Of "spoof'-starts as "a tragedy and
ends in farce. For 10 minutes the audi
cnce IL treated to a bit OF conventional
mclodrama with He. She and the
Lodger' as principal characters. II is,
In short, the old story Of the suspicious
husband, the erring wife and her pas
sionate lover but just as the climax
Is reached, up Jumps a protector in
the auditorium who Tushes on 10 the
stage, declaring himself 20 be the au-
thor Of the piece and to their surprise
tho audience learn that they are SUD- |
posed merely to have boon witnessing a |
dress rehearsal. IL Is good bit of |
fooling and Fanny Ward scores dis |
iinctly in the part of the actress who |
represents the erring wife.
H. - Irving has had 10 cut his sea- |
son at the Queens short. and ia may |
be- imagined he does not do 50 because |
business Is too good. He will give /
himself a rest until next September. /
when, after brief London rclppcar-
lnce. he goes on the road. Irving has
not had the best of luck and his sl.udf- ]
'ate must have suffered materially. Ho
has also got himself into trouble I'm
with the theatcr with
which. much to 49, smazrla-nI and /
disgust he finds himself saddled until
he end OF the year. He Is not by any
means pleased with the prospect and Is
low on the outlook for a tenant 10
axe the house on his hands At tho
4yceUm, Martin Harvey finishes three
weeks hence. He will he followed nv |
Herbert Sheath in "a revival Of Milton
Royle's successful play, "a White