Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-11-12
POOR PAY FOR
LONDON ACTORS
Ten Dollars. a Week Is Most
Association Hopes for as
Minimum Wage.
MISS TERRY PARTICULAR.
Famous Exponent Of shakespeares
Heroines Says Legitimate Actresses
Should Not Go 10 Vaudeville.

LONDON. Saturday.
Any sagestruck young EnElishman
would do well to read some OF the re.
ports of the London Actors Association
before deciding to become an actor. JUST
now the association Is doing It's utmost 10
induce managers to adopt n minimum
wage for actors salaries. The highest
they hope to get Is GO n week. The asso.
citation is discouraged. however. because
two well known managers are paying re-.
spectively twenty-five and thirty shllnrs
"a week to the people playing small parts
Six dollars week does seem rather
mcagre pay in these days of high priced
necessities. All
a large summer theatre and palace i
being planned for London next season, ac.
cordins to the Stage. The theatre Is to be
opened only six months In the year. tits
to have seating capacity of $500 ana a
stage 100 feet deep. with an opening OF
10 feet. The Stage naIvely adds that the
location Of this mammoth house has not
yet been determined That would be n
good thing to settle before they begin to
build 1t.
Mr. SnvREe's Views.
Mr. Henry W. Savage arrived from
America last Tuesday. After stopping ,vo
days he went to Berlin and will return
here in about week.
You can Judge what think Of the the.
atrlcal season In New York." said he
when I picked out October as time 10
take vacation In. Still, It was jus, the
same last year. and imagine that about
the first OF the year will sec the theatres
doing good business again. am very
glad to hear that Fred Terry has made n
success there In The Scarlet Plmpcrnel'
We managers don't want New Workers 10
get out of tho theatre going habit"
1t is stated that Mrs. Elinor Gyms
new novel. His Hour" is to be put o,
the stage. Her previous novel, Three
Weeks was put on the stage her: in
London an lasted for one performance
Keeping the same time ratio. Ills
Hour" Will then hardly last long enough
to raise the curtain. II 1t Is Mt all like
Three Weeks" perhaps that VIII be
long enough.
The Pelican states that when Miss
Marie Brcma takes the savoy Theatre
next mouth she Will introduce water
dance" In her entertainment. What
ever a water dance" Is she keeps
profound secret.
Mr.. WcIch'x ItcnsOn,
Mr.. James WEIGH has explained to nj.
W l,Ny bo 10 nj
hall stage after years of infringing SUE
cess as Il farce comedy star.
THE great point about my going to the
Coliseum is this" said he, that the Brit
isli public will not let me act In the theatre
at all. They insist ON one being the gidLy
ass and playing the fool generally Now
the Coliseum has given me the chance Of
playing a part. I am very fond OF in Tire
Man In the Street So. of course, ne.
cepicd the Offer"
IN event as Fare as Ii vas pleasant
took place at Days Theatre says the Ex:..
press when slX,y-ropr stage hands en-
pioyed al the theatre y, csen,ed Mr. Joseph
Co%nc with a silver ilnkstand and IN ia-
minated address. The subscriptions lad
hecn limited 10 fourpenca each.
Sir CslnrI@s Wyndram has revived Mr..
Henry Arthur Jones' comedy "Tac Liars
II, tie Criterion Theatre. 1t is thirteen
years since Sir Charles produced t.
hut the comedy wears vol and Is MS
cnter;an!n: as ever. Several in The
east appeared IN the same parts in tho
tr's!nal production. including Sir rhnics
and Miss Mary Moore. While Miss Moore
gave a charming and artists performance
she Is perhaps n shade too ,laturo nov to
enact tbs r@!a OF u Eighty young wife.
'thc largest salary ever offered In vatldc.
Nile was. !: is stated. recently made 70
!i'Ss Marie Tempest to app ar IN II n,lisi-
cal sketch here. Miss Tempest refused the
oIfcT, ana said she would never undcl any
return to the music hli
stage.
Miss Ellen rcrr,'n Refusal.
'llsS Ira PRINTS n statement that MISS
Ellen Terry refused Il similar offer Just
heFut. She lett tu,r Amcricu. Miss Terry
',asctt dihnt legitimate actresses have lo
business on llic niusiS hall stage, Nnr,r
l'e.nl,i,rdt and Nine. Retnne do not aEieS,
with le.
fhe rclisui's hostility to Mr. lloGse-
lnun's play, in which George ". iiSaieo'
has made some other authors rather ncil
vots rs TO whether or not their plays WIN
pass. Mr.. Lewis Waller has in hand
play b. Mr.. William Deverci,S. In when
George II. nnl Lady Yarmouth are lead
Ink characters, II las nuttye; had lHe
official approval