Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-03-26

oSDoN. March l2-Marun Beck,
the controlling force of the or
pheum circuit arrived in Lon
don this week His stay was
i,riaf however. as within something
less than a hours. h. was M 20 bei
lin i'm the company of Alfred Butt "
the Palace Theater OF Varieties Never
theless / managed To- put boo am hour
chat with him. during the course 'l
which he discoursed at length OF the
big new combine which boz and Butt
have recently fixed up together Ger.
tainIy Beck managed tu impress m"
with the scope and Importance of his
American enterprises. His circuit ]
learn. numbers A. thesters and extends
from Cincinnati 10 san Francisco in
Guiding Salt Lake. and from Seattle tp
New orleans. But even this area he
finds insufficient for his purposes and
as a man must either go forward or
backward, standing still being In these
days an impossiblity, Martin Beck
has determined TO pursue the former
course.
Il am Just through with Canada
ne said. and now 1 want to start on
England The opportunity came 20
me with the arrival Of Alfred Butt IN
New York II required very little
persuasion on his part TO induce me
to come into the new combine, as
matter Of fact, ! should like TO have
a much bigger interest In IL than Butt
can allot me.
Primarily this arrangement is, Of
course, for booking facilities. But
g.. oil h.. sob
cover a lot OF London and provincial
houses, and steps are at once 60 be
taken for the erection In the West End
Of at least one big vaudeville theatcr.
To accomplish all this money is wanted
and ! have been only too glad TO put
down considerable sum. As ! have
said. ! would rather make IL more than
less. Nor do We propose 20 stop here.
Tomorrow morning Butt and I are of
60 Berlin TO see II We can acquire 10
that city the site for another big va
rlety theater When all these threads
have been knotted together We shall
bee able TO offer an artist an engage
ment for life. The English and Amer
lean circuits will alone keep him stead
lily employed for nearly three years,
and when that period is ended he can
start al over again
As may BE- imagined. an this sCtIvi-
~ displayed by Butt. Martin Beck and
others in organizing the combine has
served rather 90 hutter the doyecots Of
Oswald Stoll and his associates. out
wardly. however they affect indiner-
ence, rather contemptuous indifference,
towards the whole scheme. asked
Stoll how he regarded the subject OF
an Anglo combine.
There Is no American star" ne re-
piled that We could not secure apart
from any such combine for the same
salary as we should have 20 pay
with such combine. The artists that
really matter are quite Independent Of
com hines and always win be. Further
English conditions cannot be as
simulated with Americans nor Amerl-
can with English Believe me you can't
make oil and water mix Personally /
do not suppose that any Americans
really desire To take an interest in
houses over here against ms. because
they don't want ms TO return that
compliment. have peculiar facilities
for the organization OF such a cam
paign II need be-
From an this It will be gathered
that Stoll means lighting should he
ind that there is any real necessity
for putting on the gloves.
Charles Frohman is back from
Paris but he has not brought "Chante-
cler" no his pocket. After witnessing
Rostand's play at the Porte st. Martin
he came to the conclusion that he did
not want IL for this country. ale
though he stiI sticks 10 his determine
ton 90 do 70 in America. You see"
he said 10 mo my public over there
expect IL Of me and, whether I lose
or make money By the venture.
can't AFFORD to disaEpoint them when
you are out TO do big things YOU
must not mind II occasionally YOU
drop biz bv the way. It's different
over here Nv own impression Is that
tho interest awakened hv the spectacle
N a lot Of birds and animals PLAYING
the principal roles In hiC drama I'm
place of men ana women would not
he long sustained and that the average
English playgoer would show hut
moderate curiosity in the perfor-
nance. All the same. 'Chantccler' IS
splendid Ucce of work and will
probably run 800 nights In Paris
fancy Hertz and Coquclin, the mana
gers Of the Porte 81 Martin. viii ar
range To have tho production trans
ferred on bloc 10 London In June or
july when King Edward went TO see
the piece the other evening he strong
Is advised them 10 do so and I have
no doubt they will act upon the suE-
gestion."
Frohman hos acquired an the plavs
I mentioned last week. Henry Rstail-
les "La Verge Follc" one Of the
most brilliant successes Of recent
times. Henri Lavendan's sire" and
Tristan Reruprd's lie Dansour
Inconnu" together with new
comedy by Cuillqvet and de Flers 10
be produced SHORTLY at the Varieties.
IN purchasing this last he buys mig
la n poke. but tho renutatlon Of the
authors Is q sufficient guarantee for
.he quality NJ their work Frohnoan is
now busy with rehcarsals 81 atlas
Tfu,r,V Valentine 10 no dana ~ a..