Show BELASCO COMPANY f r T TTO TO PLAY IN STOCK Salt Lake Will Probably Have Strong Cast of Actors Next Year REPRESENTATIVE IS HERE ERNEST SHIPMAN CLOSING CLOS G DEAL WITH OWNERS Ernest Shipman advance man for lor forSt forSt St Elmo which appears at the Co Colonial lonial theatre soon is in Salt Lake Mr Shipman is on his way to San Francisco to pen open headquarters as western representative for a number of road companies among which will willbe willbe be some of attractions Mr lUre Shipman is also said to be figuring on ona ona ona a high class stock company for Salt Lake next season although he will not name the local theatre in which this new stock company is to appear Belasco has a number of productions productions In stock which are excellent drawing cards and which are suitable for stock work It Is altogether probable probable probable able that Mr Shipman will close some sort of ot a deal before he leaves Salt Lake that will house a Belasco stock company in Salt Lake next season It was announced early this season that Oliver the theatrical magnate of ot the Pacific coast had hadI Joined hands with Belasco to control I stock theatres both on the coast and andin andi andin i in a number of ot western cities Salt 1 Lake being named as among the num number number number ber The matter was lost to sight for tor fora tora a time but bat It has now been revived and Mr 11 Shipman Is here as a part of the deaL There Js is little guestion that the appearance of Mr fr on the scene means that the west is to get something better from the big pro producers producers producers than It has been getting in the past With a chain of ot stock theatres and a strong list of productions there Is little question that the venture would be profitable and that it would be a good thing for Salt Lake There are reports of ot course that the new Interests will make a deal with Willard Mack Yack although Mr Mack said last night that he knew nothing about it Mr Mack Is strong opposition for anybody and is credited with staging Belasco productions only second to the master work of ot David Belasco himself Whether Mr Mack will be brought into the new deal Is not known but that there will be at least one permanent stock company in Salt Lake seems assured The list of cities In which the th outfit Is to control stock theatres in includes Includes eludes the following Salt san Lake Den Denver Denver Denver ver Kansas City Spokane Seattle Portland Oakland San Francisco Los Angeles Sacramento and a number of 1 other cities west of or the Missouri river Mr Shipman has control in all this territory of ot a number of high class productions He declared yesterday esterday that it was his intention to see to it that Salt Lake gets good shows |