The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-09-24
In London Theaters

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thorities. II Will bs remembered. thought
Maud Allan's performance opposed ~
the higher moralitv-seRside critics are
merely irriiaied hv he display She
still has 60 learn that paving the air is
not dancing.
Oscar Hammerstein E views on what
the Bri,on wants IN the way OF opera.
his remarkable hat. and the manner in
which he is said 10 take q syccphaniie
dime press into his confidence. are pro
viding London : stolid weekly papers
with food FOR superior reflection. In
deed. many of them have declared hat
he viii get left because he - simply
doing what countless English managers
have done unsuccessfully-for yesrs.
| But Oscar. like the brook Is prepared
70 go on forever. or. AZ all events. till
mis- contract with the public-to give
| twenty consecutive weeks Of opera-ter-
, inmates. Even the fact that he j. M
[ against his powerful competitor. the
CoveDt Garden Syndicate. does not dis
/ iurb sleep o nights. Meanwhile. tho
| older establishment H. bringing It's
| heavy guns 10 bear on Hammerstein =
! undertaking. and n will fire the first
! broadside by opening csrefuliy-ar-
ranged season shortly before the active
and enterprising American has his
| brand new theatcr ready.
One thing is greatly in Hammer
| stein s favor: he is giving a surprising
| " large number Of novelties. II the
new operas are worth attention, AMI are
! properly performed. the betting is
| dollar 10 a doughnut that they will
bring him good press.
On the 2sth Of the month London
ers are TO make the acquaintanc- Of
! Belasco s great American success. The
! Concert, and the next evening the
! London .'Follies, - a combination of
comedians, each of whom can tackle
an accompaniment, sing a good song,
| tell n funny story and crack n genuine
| Joke. is the one entertainment az which
! tired persons are always ready 70 laugh
uproariously. Sir Herbert Tree follows
with that podgy play. "Macbeth -: Sir
! George Alexander brings forward Hen-
ry Arthur Jones 5 new piece. the name
! Tempest-as skittish and buoyapt rs
ever-appcars in the "The Honey.
moon. by Arnold Bennett. aod Sir
/ Charles Wyndham (who. by the way.
! began life as q ships doctor) also has
an unnamed comedy with fat part
! for himsclf) in view.
Interesting. too. is the announcement
that Sir John Hare. who. like Wynd-
! ham. belongs 10 the old brigade. VIII
was associated for about half a cen.
tury. The play is "Thc Marioncttcs,
an adaptation. by Gladys Unger of
Pierre Wolffs 5 comedy, and Sir John,
following countless ill.consldercl pre-
ccdents. sees nothing incongruous IN al
| lotting very French characters 20 play
ers who arc a English as a Bath bun.
The title has brought Sir John an offer
from the humble possessor of set Of
N h.,
wrote. SO the gossips say. 81 hears YOU
! be goin into my line Of business so
writes TO say hopping no offer and
will you by my figgers as ! am all for
retiring.
The amateur is MOI unknown upon
the London stage and concert platform.
Some draw salary-wlthout earning
1T, and others. being out for notoriety,
neither earn nor expect to be paid
single brass farthing for jeopardizlng
the success Of the performance. One
Of the tribc-said TO be a tcnor-bcgS
his friends to support his recitals ON
the grounds. forsooth, that he has
larger family than he can afford io
bring up and another-the musIc'mad
daughter of a pecr-squawks horribly
whenever she can prevail upon hand
full of silly snobs to suffer her alleged
q.
brnined. those misguided people are
highly offensive. while they keep com
,petent professionals, who have to mako
their living, out OF Job
Singers. as rule reach their desi-
nation by the common or garden tram;
bu, some are too firmly welded to the
open-air life 10 he happy in railway
car. Amongst the last.namcd j. Marie
a H.. ,,.-f FUN
lcontralto (who claims kinship with
Mary. Queen Of Scots,) tours the king
dom, scorning the usual means OF con-
vevaucc. she and her party (Which -
ito include Anthony Wardc. the well.
known reciter) Will motor every inch or
the Journey Four cars have been
Irequistioned for transporting the per.
formers and their belongings, one or
which will be driven by Miss Stuart.
Fritz Scayenius Is engaged rs Soio
pianist, and as his sympathetic, crisp
touch and fine technique have gained
him MANY admirers in London, Il ~
conceivable that further successes
await him during the next few weeks
Recently he had the honor OF beng
specially commanded - 10 givr n pri.
'vate recital before Queen Alexandra
VINO. after warmly congratuiating him,
inscribed his name in the book in which
she makes notes on the performance OF
all who play before her.
Emboldcucd by his ''choeolate
be known tnat he would rent the
Covent Garden opera-house. ROYAL box
and all. for the purpose OF giving
Richard Strauss S "Rosc Cavalier Us
first performance in England during the
coming winter. Operatic promises be
ing made expressly 10 be broken. ne
now calmly postponeS the eagerly
awaited treat till next year, when--un
less iufuriated opera goers are again
di.appointed-the somewhat risky story
ard decidedly original music will be
introduced 20 expeetani Londoners
GEORGE CECIL.