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Show she could not have her hero. The scenic effects were unusually good. Next Friday evening, John Griffith, the famous tragedian, appears here m "Macbeth." It will be the first presentation here of this great Shakesperian play, 1 and the event has already aroused arous-ed wide interest. We learn from Manager Geo. W. Thatcher that Mrs. Ida Ap-perley Ap-perley has accepted a position in the Thatcher btock company. The lady's appearance will be awaited with great interest by the theatre going public. Preparations are being made for an elaborate presentation of "Shenandoah" by this company , throughout the state. . . - i The stock company is meeting , with great success throughout the state, the papers everywhere praising them in the highest terms. I Manager Thatcher has been 1 Invited to organize an opera company for a summer engage-! ment at the Salt Palace in Salt ' Lake, and has the matter under consideration.. Before the Footlights There may be various opinions as to the play of "Unorna, " but there can be one opinion as to Mrs. Biune, namely that she is a wonderful actress, gifted by nature and study fcr the stage. "Unorna" is a peculiar play, dealing with the customs and fanatacisms of the Hindoos, and while it is to some extent unsatisfying, unsat-isfying, it giyes excellent latitude lati-tude for Mrs. Brune's remarkable remark-able taknt. Her part is long and full of tire, but the lady provei equal To every line and every movement in it at Thatcher opera house Wednesday evening, holding hold-ing the audience in breathless attention from prologue to tag. Her features and voice are wonderfully won-derfully expressive. There are tears in every tone if she but ( wills it so. Mr. Bcofh, while not( a strong actor, was pleasing in, the part of Dreycott, Mr. Dunbar satisfactory as Keyorke, and Mr. t Her nig effective as Kafka. Miss Pa gei was pleasing as Nancy Verai gar, and it was regretted |