Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-05-28


r ONDON. May liking Edward IS
death has proved heavy blow
to the theaters. Business has,
Of course. during the past week,
shown a lamentable falling on and
| there Is only one house In the whole Of
London able TO boast that II has hardly
suffered pccuniarily by the lamentahle
event This Is the Palace where Nile.
Pavlova is drawing crowded apdi-
ences nightly The first Impulse of
West End managers was 10 close for
the entire fortnight that must elapsc
before the late kings funeral, but at
the express desire of King George that
period has. In most cases. been reduced
20 three nights. Herbert Trench. OF the
Haymarket. set himself in direct OPP
position TO his brother managers. allcg-
ing that tp put up the shutters would
be Co Cuusc "A vast deal OF suffering To
something Ike ~ people who could 900
AFFORD 10 lose even a days salary.
Odly enough On the two nights when
he had the neld entirely % himself he
played Well-nigh 20 capacity IL would
certainly have paid him better. how
ever IN the long run 10 have fallen
into line with his fellow managers who
have not concealed their profound dis
pleasure al his action. But Trench is an
avowed socialist and. consequently. has
no great love for royalty.
Whether the recent public calamity
will have a temporary or "a permanent
effect on the present season remains 20
be seen. Fred Terry and Frank Cur
ION were discussing the point az the
Green Room club the other evening.
the former maintaining that IL was
bound 10 influence business unfavor-
bly,, the latter that a few weeks would
witness "a return 10 "a normal state OF
AFFAIRS The usual social functions.
such as dinner parties. dances and re-
ceptious being practically stopped. peo-
pie. he conteudcd. would Inevitably
turn TO the theaters for entertainment.
London also was. CurZon continued.
bound 10 have its annual contingent 81
pleasure seekers from America and
the continent. while no fewer than
1900 japanese were expected 70 attend
their own exhibition al the White city
Shepherds Bush. There are, obviously
fair grounds for hoping that Curzon's
supposition may prove correct. and
that the theaters viii not be such suf-
ferers as might at first be expected
The postponement TIL next year Of the
Festival OF Empire az the Crystal Pal
ace. and the Abandonment Of the royal
naval and military tournament are
on the other hand. disastrous facts not
TO b. gainsaid and there must be many
similar. II less important. functions
standing In the same category.
Sir Herbert Tree had the foresight to
cover by insurance any contingent loss
occasioned him by the event. Further
ne has let his theater until the close OF
In
English opera, 50 that he will find him
self In the end with a considerable
sum TO his credit As Tar as 1 hear.
however. he stands pretty well alone In
this respect. Lewis Waller. for in
stance, is in the disagreeable position
Of having To face a speedy change Of
bin at the Lyric. As I minated In n
previous letter the promise shown in
the early stages OF the run OF "The Ri
walls" has not been fulhlled. each sue
cessive week revealing a substantial
drop in receipts. with the season so
far advanced n viii be almost useless
to put on new piece even n he had
one, so Waller has decided on a policy
Of REVEALS during the next two months.
He proposes 20 start with Don Caesar
de Fazan." n version OF which was
! made for him by John Davidson. that
luckless poet who about a year ago
disappeared mysteriously and whose
body was subsequently found in the
sea at Cornwall After that. he will
present the American drama Eliza
beth's Prisoner" which he originally
did AT the Imperial in 1904
Charles FrOhman alas has vet an
other failure-aud complete one this
timc-to place TO the debit ~ the Rep
ertorv theater account. After what
said a week ago Il will surprise no read
err 20 learn that Anthony Hope and
Cosmo Gordon Lemons trivial comedy
"Helcnas Path" was withdrawn after
two performances Nothing daunted.
Frohwan viii produce next Tuesday
evening Elizabeth Bakers chains"
a rather gloomy study in middle-class
realism, Of which a single performance
was given by the Society Of Play Ac-