Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-07-23
Another American Manager Invades
London
London Dramatic Letter.

brough. The plot Is Of quite a serious
turn the title seems TO suggest a
woman who has taken the place OF an
other and who Is eventually run TO
Strth. Morton tells me that IL In
dramatic and powerful piece OF work
Tho lmpostor" will also be done I'm
America probably in the fall but Froh-
man has not yet decided whom he with
put into the leading role,
week or two ago | gave you par
ticulars of the combina ton engineered
by j. h. Nedrcnne for the acquisition
Of plays from all the leading French
dram0tlsts. Nedrenne, you may remcm-
ber had behind him A. O. Mackenzie. a
director of the Gaicty, who agreed to
put UP $4,000 as part OF the $3.50 900
wanted. The sequel Of the affair has
been anything but agreeable to We'd
renne. on the conclusion of the We'd
renne- Barker enterprise at TIE Court
he was appointed secretary to the West
End Theatrical Managers association
and II Is now asserted that consciously
or unconsCiously. he led the French au-
thor to understand that he WAS acting
on behalf of that body. As 1 matter
of fact the association has been suffer-
ing for SOME time past from Internal
distractions and IL would not surprise
me bit II II were to come to an alb
Tupt dissolution. Doubtless in view
Of what has taken place Vedronne will
find II Incumbent upon himself to re-
sign his position. How all this will af-
feet the future of the proposed com
bination. for which the necessary cap
ttal has not yet been secured. ii must
be left TO time to show.
/ have just had word OF another i'm
portant combine this time OF a par
ticularly solid and substantial chalac-
ter IL has been promoted to deal with
the production of comic opera in Lon
don, by which I don't mean musical
comedy or opera bouffe, but opera
comique, as ii is done in Paris Some
OF our leading men are concerned I'm
the scheme. one is the head OF ole
OF the biggest music publishing houses
i'm London and the other an American
manager whose name is known all the
world over. The first of these has
confirmed TO me the correctness Of my
information. but he demands n promise
that details be withheld from publica-
ton for foW days until matters are
quite ripe. Probably the news viii DO
out by cable. though, before this let
ter reaches you.
Today George Alexander goes out Of
the cast OF ''rhe Importance OF Being
Earnest at the st. James. in order
that he may take q months holiday
He has been busily Ichsurs,ug - ArCY
Of the Guards" so far forward, indeed
Is he with preparations that she dress
rehearsal took pln"a two tLlys aro
Production will lake place early i'm
September unless OF course oscar
Wildel comedy shows unexpected signs
OF vitality. which IL IS hardly likely
to do With an understudy in the prin-
cipa part
Charles wyndham and Mary Moore
IRE still drawing big houses at tho
Criterion with The Case Of Robolli qua
Susan I dropped IL there the other
evening md founl the piece going
particularly strong I'm sorry TO saw,
however, that Mary Moore seemed IN,
her performance was sadly waiting In
dash and spirit | Went behind after
the fall Of the curtain to nave n chat
with Wyuham and no told me that
I'm point OF fact, Miss Moore was far
from well. This means. I take t. that
they will not carry their season beyond
the end of July. Herbert Trench has
started negotiations for the theater az
he has "A play he IL anxious to produce
and the success Of priscilla Runs
Away" at the Haymarket leaves little
prospect that he will he able 10 nut
II on there for some time 10 come