Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-06-18

Especial Correspondence.
r ONDON. June Airs. Hodsson
Burnetts play "The Dawn Of a
Tomorrow" Is TO have but short
shift at the Garrick theater.
whore II will be played for the last
time this day fortnight. II was OF
course. produced at an unfortunate
moment, but although business has
shown some slight improvement the
advance is not sufficient 90 induce the
syndicate now running the Garrick to
retain the piece in the programme.
George Tyler. | understand. still pre-
serves his faith In II and tclegraphed
from Rome. whore he now is, 20 mis-
London representative. telling him 10
look out for another West End theater
1 think. however, that the finding Of
that London theater viii prove mat
ter OF difficulty and that The Dawn
OF "A Tomorrow. Whatever II may do
in the provinces, h dead as TAR as
London * concerned
am sorry to say George Tyler has
rot taken his defeat in sportsmanlike
spirit There Is nothing 50 uncertain
or so risky as theatrical management
but any person who enters upon II
ought at least to do SO with the de-
termination 10 play the game. BE
cause the London critics as body eN-
pressed their opinion that the play
Was not a good one, Tyler burst out
into "a series OF violent charges against
their honesty. In these he has been
backed up by the chairman OF the
Gurrick syndicate who Is exceedingly
Wroth because he and the other mem
bcrs OF the syndicate have been drop
ping their money steadily during the
past few weeks,
D -
rick the thedter passes temporarily
into the hands of three provincial man
ayers Wentworth Croke, Milton Bode
and Edward Compton. who have ar
ranged To- produce there "a new sensa-
uonal farce" called 'Billys Bargain.
Although the authors name VIII APP
pear on the program as Robert Las
cellCs, he is Ia reality Weldon eros
smith. who In his Leisure moments
does little writing Of one Kind or
another. He produced the piece about
O. year ago under a slightly different
title at the Kings thcatcr. Hammer
smith. where ! saw it. II was then In
"a rather inChoatc and unshapey form.
Grossmith tells me, however, that he
has since rewritten and remodelled II
and he is now very hopeful " sue
ccss He Is such n general favorite
that everybody win join him In that
hope. To play tho female character ne
De- bringing back 10 the West End stage
Miss Forttecut who, well over 20 years
ago. was awarded by sympathetic
mr, sum OF $50. 600 ne spmpensa-
ton for the injury done hor feelings
hy the refusal OF Earl CAIRNS eldest
SON and heir TO redeem his promise to
marry her. Croke and his comrades
have only got thc thcater TN the end
of the year and should phys Bar-
gain" go down they have a now play
by Hall Caine To follow. on the ter
miuation Of their lease Arthur Bourch-
ler and Herbert Sheath again take up
the running and viii probably de- some
productions on their own account
Nat Goodwin Is due 10 arrive this
morning ln London. He comes on "a
secret mission and nobody, except
one or two interested parties, Is 90
be- made aware of his presence In town
That is VIZ mention the circum-
stance here The truth is. believe
that Nat has been having trouble on
your side In connection with the
American production OF G. VI. : Mo
Iellan and Ivan Carylrs new musical
play. Marriage q Ia Carte ana he
has crossed the Atlantic for the pur-
pose 81 strengthening things out I
wish him Joy Of his task.
Marc Klaw has completed arrange
ments both with Lewis Waller and
with Julia Nelson and Fred Terry 20
appear az the New Amsterdam theater
in New York In the coming fan. wal