Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-03-05
EDMOND ROSTAND.


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evil It came about in this way. Lena
Ashwell and G.. NJ. Lowuc were re-
hearsing one OF their scenes and even
Shaw's ingenuity could not suggest any
plausible way Of getting them on the
stage At last the happy idea struck
hlm-"Let's make this the END Of AM
act and ring down upon the situation
No sooner said than done. shaw by
the bye. has sent me some notes on the
play couched In characterisucaily
playful vein.
Its chief feature" he declares. els
its inordinate length II U.s. WE'LL H.
continues" Ito make audiences suffer;
people remember their Calamites more
wildly than their pleasures. Hence my
reputation end the comparative ob-
security Of those mistaken playwrghts
who seek only 20 please. Most of the
characters are what is called undra-
matte. that is, they have a reasonable
control Of their passions. and attach
considerable value 10 money, For my
own part / don't see why there Should
be any curiosity regarding the piece.
/ have not been born again since /
wrote the others. The goods Will hc
Of the quality for which the firm is
famous. and the press viii say the
usual things about them
1.-THE title. 'Misalliance' means h.
goes on, exactly what 90 Away
means II is not a French word but
naturalized English one. The play, Ike
all my plays. and like an the hest
modern English plays. is not basel on
tho conventions OF the French theatcr
or Of the Italian opera, but on the "a
miliar realities Of English life. No
doubt a certain number OF foolish peu-
pie will get into a distorted, unnatural
.affH ola nHHfFHIn On
receive IL. and then revenge their self
inflicted discomfort on me by accusing
me OF their own folly I am sorry flr
them but I can't helm them This tim"
there has been no difficulty with jho
Lord Chamberlain. After prolonged
scrutiny he passed the piece Ike %
lamb / can't imagine what he was
thinking about Probably he diint
understand it,"
The Incompatible Genee has, ! hodr
al last consented to name the glad day
and will lead her blushing bridegroom
TO the altar on the 18th Of June. This
rather upsets certain hopes at the Em-
pire Theator Of Varieties where they
had been reckoning on her making %
Temperance about the date in quoF-
ton. But a long and urgent cable
gram has been despatched begging
that she will reconsider the matter aud
give the London public another oppor-
tunitv OF seeing her I'm one 81 her
dances. The idea is 10 revive the de
ughtful ballet la Sylphide.' oddly
enough, or perhaps 7 should rather say,
lust as might be expected the piece
has been chosen by Oswald Stoll for
production In the autumn at the Coll
scum which. IL the Empire project rs
carried through. will thus find the wind
taken out Of It's sails During the pres
emit week the famous French come
dieune. Rejane, has also succumbcd Co
the attractions OF the vaudeville stage
she has signed 20 appear al the LOu-
don Hippodrome next June In series
OF little one-act plays. Negotiations
were more than once brought TO a
standstiI owing 10 a difficulty peculi-
arly characteristic Of the artistic
Rejane had made up
her mind 20 out-distance her sister
rival Rernhardt IN the matter ot
terms The latter Is 10 have $4,000 a
week for u performances: ReJane' con
seouentIy. demanded $4,000 for six
How the matter has been arranged I
am not In e position TO say. But the
incident AFFORDS another proof Of how
these actresses love each other
There has been trouble at the Prince
Of Wales's theater Tonight new
musical comedy named THE Balkan
Princess" Is TO be produced there.
The piece was originally announced
as having been written by Frederick
I.onsdale, author OF THE King Of
Cadonia." and Paul Rubens. Ions
dale complained however that the
latter had done none ~ the work, and
insisted on his name being withdrawn
A few days later Curzon, the man
agcr. stepped into the breach, declar-
ing that. as he had helped 70 construct,
elaborate and write a goodly proper
ton Of the libretto, his name should
be bracketcd with Lonsdalc's. This
provoked an angry meeting, high
words were banded about and cventu-
ally when the flow OF eloquencc had
been exhausted the two disputants
came 70 blows Curzon, being much
the bigger and stronger man, quickly
foored his antagonist with sounding
whack on the Jaw thus proving with
out any shadow OF doubt, that brute