Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-06-25

r ONDON. June li.--Iewis Waller
after all Is not to pay his OK
pected visit 60 New York in the
fan Of this year. Az ! stated In
previous letter, all arrangements had
been concluded to this effect Even
the date Of his appearance at the New
Amsterdam theater had been fixed ana
Klaw & Erlanger duly advised These
managers, however, were neither very
enthusiastic nor very sanguine regard
ma the result and Waller himself, un-
fortunately gave them an opportunity
to cancel the bargain. In letter adj
dressed To them h. enumerated the
plays he proposed to present. adding,
By way OF postscript ~ you don't IKE
these you are free 10 cry or Prompt
~ came back a ca0legram, w" ace
Cept the alternative And 20 matters
arr at an end between the two cou-
tracing parties There remained for
Waller nothing 10 do but to book an
autumn tour In the English prov iucys
and this he has now effected. tie viii
take with him a couple Of new plays
with the View or trying them 'Ou the
dog and Infinitely Of bringing them.
should they prove successful. 10 the
Lyric, whore he resumes operations
early next year
Fred Terry and Julia Nelson, on the
the other hand. hold 20 their purpose
and New York playEoers viii have an
opportunity OF estimating their powers
in october. Tree, meantime, has been
Coquetting with Terry with the purpose
OF Inducing him to appear Zoo Louis y.
PaIkers recently finished drama writ
ten around the famous Elizabcthan adj
vCntuTcr. SIR Francis Drake Trees
first idea was that Robert Lorraine
would play the part but Lorraine has
developed an oycrmastering passion
for aviation and, for some time TO come
az any rate. has decided 60 devote his
life to the pursuit OF that enhancing
science While I ann on the subject Of
Fred Terry, 10 may be well 20 say here
that the negotiations between him and
Herbert Trench, of the Haymarket, al
luded To iu my last letter. for the en-
gagemcnt by the latter Of Terrys
daughter, whose stage namc is Ph!lli-
da TerSon. have now come TO a point.
Young Phyllis Is 70 play the principal
part in the Countess Won Arnim's COM
edy Priscilla Runs Away at the Hay
market The question Of terms stood in
the way for some little time, Terry
firmly insisting That he would not ac-
Ccpt less than $500 = week. Eventually
Trench had 60 accode to these condl-
tions. Fancy "A girl not yet out of her
teens who has, indeed, only left school,
and who possesses very little stage
experience. earning 800 q week. This
j. tho sort Of thing that tempts so
many Incompetent youths and maidens,
who have no earthly chance of earn
ing even a bare livelihood at the game,
TO ny to the theater.
Yesterday Charles Frohman unbur-
dcned himself 10 me Of all his hopes
and am billions touching his Repertory
Il. gU
he has no intention of dropping II
and that next February will see "a new
start Well, We must walt hopefully
for February to discover what hap
pens. There cannot, however, be the
slightest doubt that the venture has
hardly come up to expectation. Froh-
man himself admitted that the public
found AN obvious difficulty IN follow
ing the constant change OF program.
the fact in no way surprises me. For,
the ordinary playgoer detests trouble
OF any Kind and can hardly bee in
duCcd to consult the advertisement
columns in order 70 learn what IL
going on. II the Repertory theater
does come to life again, ana l have
Frohman's assurance that 10 Will. IL
certainly Will be on Il different basis.
II Is obvious, also that an institution
OF the kind only fulhls IT, raisou
d etre II II succeeds in building w a
ing back at Frohman's season /
can't help asking mySelf. how many
pieces has he produced that will bear
revival in the future? Personally. II
] were invited To say / could only
name Barrics onc-aCt trihe. "The
Twelve Pound Look" Not a very rich
harvest, is II, considering the quanu-
IS OF seed sown and the enormous
amount OF labor bestowed on its
cultivation.
Nevertheless. Frohman IS as CHEEKY
and as hopeful az ever. one little fact
he told me worth mentioning. per-
haps The death OF King Edward, he
said. cost him no less a sum than
$50 600. The admission does not as
tonish me, What does, II that so pru-
dent and far-seeing a manager had
not insured himself against loss Tho
most ordinary business man might
surely be expected TO do so much.
As I expected n h IrvinR's latest
program has not proved 10 the salts
faction Of the public I stir cling to
my opinion that ~ Irving only show
ed greater discretion In the choice Of
his plays he would soon he In the
front row Of successful West End
managers But he has a morbid taste
for what IL gloomy and horrible and
seems wilfully 70 blind himself to
the truth that playgoers prefer a
bright md stimulating entertainment.
Some day. possibly, he will learn
wisdom and then his banking account
will tell q different tale Meanwhile.