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Show THE OLD HOMESTEAD. A Jtealmtir Picture nf New Kngliind Farm I.ll'e Only Two Performances More. "The Old Homestead" was played to an enthusiastic audience last night that crowded to its utmost tho capacity of the Salt Lake theater. Tho play, is a homely picture of New" England farm life, True the scene, of two of the four acts is laid in New York but the interest inter-est center is the old Whitcomb farm house in Swauzey, New Hampshire. It is a charming picture of real life and one comes away from the performance perform-ance with asen.se of peace and rest. It helps to re-establish our faith in our fellow man and our trust in God. It is a pathetic picture but at Oio saTie, time is filled with a quiet genuine humor that brings with it laughter and comfort, com-fort, 'illi conscientious attculion to detail, the scenery accurately reproduces repro-duces the old New England country house, with its great barn and farmyard farm-yard close at hand. Archie Boyd's Joshua Whitcomb is an artistic piece of acting, lie is not Uennian Thompson but besides Thompson Thomp-son there is probably no. actor in the country who could make the character so real and life-like. George A. Heane as Prime and W. W. Allen as Seth Perkins, Per-kins, both had a genuine conception of their parts. Around these three homely New Knglanders clustered the interest of the plav. Uncle josh's mistakes iu New York city, both while iu the residence of his old school " friend Hopkins and while wandering about on the streets, were ! natural and productive of mirth. The Grace church scene was both realistic and true. The stained glass windows, ablaze with lights, gave a peculiarly solemn ((fleet to the singing of the well trained choir within. Tho finest scene was however, in the fourth act, when the curtain rolled up disclosing the old farm kitchen. The double male quartette deserves morn thau ordinary praise and that the siuging was appreciated was evidenced by the prolonged applause of the audience. audi-ence. "The Old Homestead" will be given tonight and tomorrow night only. COULDOCK IS COMING. Couldock, the most famous old man actor of the times, has been induced to visit Salt. Lake by the home dramatic club. He will come to take part in the fair and conference season al the Salt Lake theater, and will play his famous old part of Dunstan Kirke in "Hazel Kirke," the remainder of the cast being Idled by Messrs. Wells. Spencer louiig, tdith Clan-son, Hinlie Cum-niings Cum-niings and other well known membe'-s of the organization. It took a still" sum of money to get (he old actor to leave tho retirement of Buzzard's Bay. Mass., where he has been living ever "since t he, Booth-Barrett-Mary Anderson benefit tendered him on the occasion of his fiftieth fif-tieth anniversary on the stage; and it might havo been impossible to h ive secured him at all. but for the fact that ho likes Salt Lake, and occasionally pays visits here to visit the grave of his daughter in the cemetery. The dates of tho notable engagement are from October a to 8. |