The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1914-03-01

ii x-,,,-,, .........,,.......An Ann Meredlt
H. ..............V Vivian Tooi
80 ,,lisoo ......................M Mary Aide
hsas palls-d......,...-......,' George Hssse
I'm season such as this. with FOUR
AZ 10 ten PLAYS produced each week
IN theaters of the first class, 1t Is
N pleasure to come upon seven con-
QIecutive days with only one Broad
kay premiere. And that only figura.,
hAme TO the HARRIS theater, which Is
IN Forty second street and nearer
Y he Eighth Avenue than the Great
White Way. at that! OF course, do
aIot refer 10 the rest that such a week
bhIsht tmply-there is no rest for the
{woud ra ther so to the theater than
skt,) But such week gives one
s5 few free evenings TO look over
'hpsc novelties that venture no
earer Broadway than Harlem,
or The Bronx, and must
shbitually be disressrded In the crush
II more important matters.
Hinder ordinary circumstances, May
1obson and Nat Goodwin would not
hesitate TO bring their new plays TO
she light that beats upon Broadway
r'3ut, you see. neither play IS a ne"
l iay q seem TO be full of Irish To-
ushyD They are only new to them.
,IH
ny mana gerial war; but Il certainly
edd look as though Willie Collier
Heated his hackers sha bbily last
fhmmer, when after engagements in
;snly New York and Chicago, ne
Ripped out of a new farce intimately
lentified with him and went over
p rival manager, leaving those who
und risked their money in him with
u property that. with all but two
Ties in America before II, would
aean 9 lot Of money, but, without
= In, would, presumably be valueless;
fobably the managers he chucked
pre- about as sure OF that as the
'aDarles Hawtrey put on the piece IT.
london and made a sma shing hit OF
II The impossible proved possible
q typical Collier farce success
i,5lthout Willie Then the men with
he staress star-part on their hands
our America in it. However. he
Fas not for cutting short his Lon
-bn run. Then they looked about for
m American actor OF reputation, as
yell as ability. as great as Collier S,
pr ns tive pIaygoers vino Just hap
sHand for Just as good" substitutes.
fhe managers could have hit on no
he better than Nat Goodwin, the
somediau on whom Collier built his
GHppy method II Is needless 10 try
- determine which IS the better ac-
nbr, Collier or Nat Goodwin; UNI
}nestiouably each is the others only
mart American humor. The resul,
j that Never Say Die" is as joy-
.iuslv amusing as ever, an evening OF
Hy- irresponsible fun. incidentally.
Epe farce appears now as by ", II.
t}ost.' instead OF by William Collier
|. L.
Heater. where Kitty MacEey" is
'pjoylng something Ike the success
n "Bunty Pulls the Strings" Is no
WnSer Golfers Comedy theater. Just
-pr being Z. bad boy, the angered
e(anagers took away Wlllie's games
E PLAYING drama'ist and theater
Foprietor.
The engagement. OF Never say
<st Goodwin No. Y TO New York,
far as | know. she is known on
stage as Margaret Moreland and
<2s with Goodwin In the boat from
{llch he was thrown into the Pa
9 I'VE been injured for life. She Is
Wund aud blonde and pretty. though
m none OF the distinction OF
Haxine Elliott or Edna Goodrich I
Hs III swaddling clothes in the days
s Mrs. Goo9wins No. and II, so
4Imparisou. But both Nos. III and
III ] well remember to have been
Z Ftremcly crude actresses when they
y s|arried him and, as a matter of
SION. were advanced to the rank
leading Lady and before her
-etsorce. each had become a reason
: ply efficient player, He may do Az
Incli with Mrs. Number V. In the
\ wanting. she Is no worse as the In
nsequentiel. colorIess, heroine OF
never Say Die something in skirts
~ be loved and talked at--than
NO: III. "Darned Il I know" said
WNolf Hopper the other day. speak
IT'S of his fifth wife. why ! keep
Z1iing married every once in
Mle, To which ] can only sug-
tIst-veiy humby suggest-that
Snt he conslderate enough OF their
'nions OF admirers tsince they al
'tHys give their wives the best parts
& their compa nies) To choose a good
ress the next time they feel a new
coming on. Look at u. II.
1NVERY time James Forbes. author
OF THE Chorus Lady" The
Layeiing Salesman" and "Thc Com
pters. can think OF nothing else 10
III nc takes out the manuscript OF
~ iourth play, dots an overlooked
Or crosses q neglected "t,' thinks
now utlc- and sells the piece To
psone This time the purchaser
Way Robson, who wisely brought
no further into New York than
unsophisticated neighborhood Of
~ and shopping bags aud children
pwn as Fla rlem. The comedy, pro-
ced about sixteen months ago at
tiarris theater. waers II lasted.
recoliect. one week. began as
period as Mrs. Matt Pluininer''
now Is called The Clever Wom-
Ihere. You almost have the plot
. E'out my telling you another word
Mhtt Plummer Is clever woman
90 rich husband and a son They
I'VE trpn Omaha TO New York, the
<k9er With ambitions for mightier
- IN t.le world or finance and
mother with all unframed eve
70 >ed on society The boy. self