Salt Lake Herald-Republican | 1918-01-20 | Page 34 | Drama Contests Held M. I. A. Actors Compete

Drama Contests Held 4 1 J a. a 1 2 k M. M i. i I. I A. A k A Actors tors Compete I Isa Isal l A I I C S S tta r rS r'S S Sr S t i r cri p S. S Jw t S Miss Ruth Rut Ridd By By Staff Photographer Amateur of Six W Wards ards Stage Same Play and Contrast Jf Work ork to Secure Judges' Judges Decision Preliminaries Pre Pre- End This Tr Week eek NE E of ot the most unique dramatic O ONE competitions In histrionic an annals annals annals an- an nals Is the contest now In progress among six different Salt Lake Like wards for the dramatic prize of ot the tho Mutual Improvement association Each ward has a specially selected select select- ed Cl cast of actors and each set of oC actors produce the same samo play pia My I Lord In Livery Two teams at a time are pitted against each elch other and the three winning teams named are are In turn pitted against each other until the tho best one Is se selected se- se The first t of or these contests was held Friday night when the th ty-eighth ty and the Thirty fourth wards strove for Cor laurels at the tho Twenty-eighth Twenty ward ard amusement hall ball The Judges declared the Twenty eighth ward ard t team m the winner win win- ner Ml Mi IUd Notable Figure h rt Notable In the portrayals of ot the winning linning team was the acting of Miss lIes Ruth nuth TIld of ot N X Fifth Firth West est street who played the role of ot Syble Amberly Miss lIss Ridd has asPirations aspirations aspirations as as- for tile the stage and fitted herself for that work b by a course courso at nt the dramatic school of oC the thc University Uni Uni- of Utah For the excellence excellence excellence excel excel- lence of or her work vork while at tho high school she won a n. scholarship at tho the university Miss idd Is no now preparing a apart apart part in Just Plain Folks Folk which the Mutual Improvement ement association association tion Is now getting rotting ready for tor production pro pro- She will win also appear again In My ty Lord In Livery when the final tests are tiro held The balance of or the preliminary contests are arc to be held this week January Januar 2 21 I the tho Sixteenth ward will compete with the tho Twenty ninth ward vard In the Sixteenth ward amu amusement amusement amuse amuse- c- c ment hall and a dance will follow tollow Preliminary Friday January 2 23 the Twenty second ward will compete with th the Twell- Twell ty fourth ward at the Twenty sec ond ward chapel The following was the tho cast of oC last Fridays Friday's production the first cast name nam representing representing- the eighth ty-eighth ward and the tue second cast name representing nUng- nUng tile the Thirty Thirty- fourth ward Lord John John Langdon and John Lake the tho butler hutler Thomas butler Thomas Williams and George Emor Emory Hopkins a footman footman Alma Alma Glad and Walter Evans Robert the tho smallest page procurable able able Lowell Lowell Lees and Jo Joe Doe Syble Sybie Amberly daughter of ot Sir George Amberly Huth Ruth and Mildred Ball Bali Laura and Rose her friends friends- lIw and Erma J. J Lees ees Syble Langton Lamton and Miss Pierpont