The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-09-10
DRAMATIC NEWS AND COMMENT

The managerial announcements for
the new theatrical season are unusual
~ promising OF recent years our
managers have become very careful of
their productions: and while. no doubt.
there viii be n number of failures. as
usual, the season seems to be secure
with many novelties and plays Of great
excellence. The challenge for native
plays OF superior merit has been an
swcred by practically every American
dramatist of promise. The predom,-
nance OF activity seems TO be with our
own dramatists except that in musical
comedy foreign authors and musicians
are unusually we'll represented Many
Of the PLAYS that achieved success last
season will be continued for n while
with the original players, but new
play is held in reserve IN almost every
such case.
Maude Adams will be seen again in
Chnntecler' in New York and will
later tour in Rostaud g work until next
year, Salt Lake being included In the
itinerary. John Drew will open soon
Man, by Hubert Henry Davies Ethel
Barrymore will follow Mr.. Drew at
the same thoater. the Empire, in new
play by A. f. Mason. called "Thc Wit
ness for the Defense. Billie Burke s
new play is a four-act comedy called
"The Runaways, by Pierce Weber,
adapted by Michael Morton Marie
Doro will have "Thc Butterfly on the
! Wheel four.act play of English
make. Hattie Williams has a new
comedy.
| Madame Nazinlova. who is now under
the management of Charles Frohman,
will have two plays, one by a new
American playwright and the other a
modern comedy from the French. Louis
Waller. the well-known English roman.
tic actor, will appear in a dranratiza-
tion Of Robert Hichens s famous novel,
'The Garden Of Allah. Mrs. Fiske
New Marriage, by Laugdon Mitchell;
the other is 1.-The War of Souls by
Paul Hyacinthe. David Warfield will
play at the Belasco theater with his
strange new play, "The Return of Peter
Grimm - Nance o Neil. after two sea,
sons in "The Lily will appear in a
new drama fitted to her emotional quail
tiles. Frances Starr will have a new
play by an American author, the title
of which is not yet disclosed. Blanche
Bates will carry 'Nobody's Widow -
on tour, 1.-The Concert, - last season s
big metropolitan success, also goes on
tour
Margaret Anglin will appear in roper
toire GAS Man Thinks will be
John Mason s vehicle on tour, Hol-
brook Blinn will take out ''The Boss -
on tour; later he will be seen III new
play by Edward Sheldon. Lawrence
in ''The Earl of Pawtucket.' Sothern
and Marlowe will continue their exclu-
siye Shakespearean repertoire. Robert
Mantell Will give Shakespearean plays
until January, when he will produce
" Charlemagne the Conqueror, by JUS
tin Huntlev Mccarthy. Grace George
will head the stock company which w.
A, Brady plans 10 keep at the Playhouse
permanently.
Rose stahl opens her season in " Maggie
Pepper George Arliss will play
" "DisraeE, +" in wRich his character part
of the great English statesman is said
to be eminently satisfactory: Wilton
Lackaye will be seen in "The Stran
GER Elsie Ferguson will begin her
season IN "Dolly Madison Henry
Kilker won considerable success in Chi
cago in "The Great Name" and will
appear in the same in New York this
season. Kyrle Bellew will open in New
York in new play about the first of
the year.
Otis Skinner will be seen in 'Kis-
met w, n. Crane will play in an
American comedy. "The Magic Ring
will be Francis Wilson s new comedy.
James X Hackctt will have two new
plays. A play by Edward Sheldon,
which is said to be ambitious in theme,
will be the vehicle of William Faver
sham. Robert Edeson will open the
season in "The Cave Man" A Man
comedy for Edmund Breese. Blanche
Walsh will open in a new play about |
October l5. "The Prince is the drama
in which Helen Ware will appear. Viola
Allen plays new work by Louis M.
Parker Gertrude Elliot will play in
Rebellion. "It Depends on the
Woman" is the play which Clara Lip
man has written for herself, Marguerite
Clark viii be seen in "When All the
World Was Young
William Collier has new comedy
called "Taking Ny Advice Tom
Wise and John Barrymore will be seen
in new American play. entitled
''Uncle Sam Douglas Fairbanks will
open the season with "a Gentleman
Of Leisure,' Frank Mcintyre will
make his debut as a star in new !
comedy called ''Snobs' Cyril Scott S |
play is GA Modern Marriage Theo
drama entitled "Sadc.' Louis Mann g !
tour will open with "Elcvating a Hus |
band. " Dustin Farnum and William
Farnum open their season in ''rhe Lit
tlest Rebel Minnie Dupree will have |
a new play. also William Courtney.
Blanche Ring will be seen in new
musical comedy. entitled "The Wall |
Street Girl Sam Bernard will con-
tinue in "He Came From Milwaukee. -
James T, Powers will replace cha |
vana' with new piece. Julian FL |
tinge will be seen again in ''The Fas
cinating Widow - ''Thc Pet of the
Petticoats'' will serve Eddie Foy this
season. Lillian Russell will have either |
"The Opera Ball or Her Majesty |
Mimi - Lillian Herlein will play in
"Thc Never Homes,
In Algernon Boyesen, son Of the late !
Professor Boyesen OF Columbia univer.
sity, young American playwright long
resident in Paris and as yet totally
unknown to the American stage,
Charles Frohman believes that he has
brought to light new American play
wright of the highest order. Mr. Froh.
man predicts that. with the ripening
OF BoYesen 3 nnTers he will do for the