Show i AUTHOR AND MAMA = TlST 1g i Frankliui Fyles Belascos Co Writer in Town HE TALKS OF RI PLAYS I1 How Ho Worked Up from a Reporters Desk w J 3iolacr Farr a Tslentl of the Xcws tL i boys and Tho rounded Home I tor Them at Minneapolis Is Visiting Salt Lake Mr Franklin Fyles woll known as tho dramatic critic of the New York Sun as the author of The Only Girl at Over k look17 and other stories as the originator of the Fyles newspaper syndicate and as i the coworker of Belasco in the production I produc-tion of the great theatrical success The Girl I Left Behind Me is now staying at the Unutsford He is a dignified intelligent intelli-gent and prosperous looking gentleman gentle-man with slightly gray hair and bright gray eyes Yesterday afternoon when approached by THE HERALD man in tho spacious corridor of the BInutsford he gave in his deliberate concise manner some information regarding himself and his experience Mr Fyles what is the object of your Western trip asked the interviewer q am under contract to furnish a play ior the Lyceum company and I reaized that I could work as well when traveling as could while in New York and so I am taking a trip through a part of the country that I have never seen before I Until this last time I have never been 4 farther west than Buffalo and you can Imagine the impression that this country has made upon me How are you progressing with your play I finished thefirst draft of it only two days ago and Jiave told Mr Frohman today to-day We will go over the play together and make whatever alterations we may see fit Perhaps over half the dialogue will have to be rewritten and many of the situations I k situa-tions entirely changed after Mr Froh Th mau has given his ideas on the production J3 11 4 produc-tion ir Is your work subject to revision by ir the manager was the query brought I cut by this last information 0 No the manager has contracted for a play from my pan and must take it as I hand it in or forfeit a certain sum But every theatrical manager has a more accurate ac-curate knowledge of audiences than even the most experienced playwright play-wright My experience as dramatic critic even has not proved of much value in this matter as I have had experience r only with first night audiences which in New York form almost a distinct class of people Therefore Mr Frohmau will know what is likely to be taking and what is not and can give a great many suggestions that a playwright should heed But to return to your question as to the progress of the play I will say iM that I expect it will be ready either 4P at the beginning or near the end of the coming New York season What I is Jour plan of writing When we were writing The Girl I Left Behind Me Mr Belasco Isatdown at a desk together and by slowly working evolved first a scheme which took in every detail of scenery action and dialogue When this was done the play in itself was evolved and altered Then we had the rehearsals and alterations until finally f nine months after we began to work upon i i it the presentation night came and I production was presented to the public pub-lic However in the play I am now preparing pre-paring I have not written so voluminous a scheme but have only made notes of I ideas that came to me as 1 wrote the dialogue w dia-logue 1 tn what capacities have you been employed f em-ployed on the Sun r First as reporter then in various I capacities such as city editor and as editorial writer for about ten years and j finally as dramatic critic for five years I This last desk I still hold I tendered my resignation when I first entered upon my labors as a playwright as I thought it would be rather inconsistent to be writer and critic Mr Dana however said He would wait until the play came I out and If it was good would i not accept my resignation but would if it proved bad I have not heard from him since on the subject One of my special pieces of work was the descriptive matter published by the Sun regarding the Beecher trial It lasted six months and was one of the most remunerative assignments ever given in New York SI Lastly what do you think of our city fT Mr Fyles 1 think it is most beautiful Its wide streets and shaded sidewalks particularly partic-ularly attract my eye and must attract the eye of every eastern traveler trav-eler Of course I came here with an idea that I would find Mormon branded on the back of twothirds of your people peo-ple instead of which I find that I cannot can-not tell the Mormon from the other peojaie and have found that many of my old ideas in respect to the people are erroneous er-roneous J Mr Fyles will be here for a few days and will see everything there is to be seen in our city |