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Show . &&-ffi&Wi,&y-$ fieore ffte I THIS "WEEK'S ATTEACTIDHS, i Salt 3Lako Theater Flc-renco Robertd 'Jn "Gloconda" Monday night, "Sapho ! "Tuesday night, "The Urrwelcomo Mrs. Hatch" Wednesday afternoon and night, "Pesgy Thrift,' the Country GtrV' Thursday night; Donmon ThompGon In ! ''Tho Old Homestead," Friday night and I Saturday afternoon and night, j Grand Theater Murray, and Made in I j 'A ' Night on Broadway," Monday, i Monday, TucBday and "Wednesday, j 'Dowm by tho Sea," Thursday, Friday R ' bpjid Saturday, with usrual matinees. 9 j CFIoroncQ Kolxjrts returns to th8 Salt i i Lako Theator for four nights and) a i' . Vnatlneo commencing Monday night, !,' ; jj Tho opening bill will bo "Glooonda" i ' 1 ' tt la -written In oxqulelto pootlc dialogue nnd relates a Etory o fascinating ln- ; teres. It concerns tlie lovo affairs of j ' an Italian sculptor "who haa a "wife ! whom ho respects nnd appreciates, but ! is also consumed with a strong passion 1 for his beautiful model. Upon this themo D'AnnunzIo has constructed a I powerful play. It -was inspired by hla admiration for Eleanore Duse's hands ! nnd was dedicated to her. Miss Roberts , J la the only actress to produce- it In En- I ) Klish. :J j ; Tuesday night "Sapho" will bo offered, i All the essential points of tho story are i! 1 to be found In Miss Roberts's version, f ; (but all undesirable details are omitted. "Tho Unwelcome Mrs. Hatch," Mrs. i Burton Harrison's story of American I life, is announced for Wednesday matinee mat-inee and night. It la sweet, wholesome and full of dramatic power. It demonstrates demon-strates Miss Roberts emotional quality. I Tho engagement concludes on Thure- I day night with "Peggy Thrift, the j . Country Girl," It la a most wholesome ! , I play and la a dainty and artistic por- formance. Augustin Daly adapted the I J j Btory from a ramoua English play and I produced it in New York with Ada H Rehan in the cast. It has since been fm Keen in varlouB guises the most attrao- ' fl live being the muBlcal version "Dolly I H "Varden." The story concerns the rebel- i I H Hon of Peggy Thrift from the close i H espionage of her guardian and shows r H ier adventures while masquerading In j, Jm the Park in London disguised as a boy I H and ner meetIn5 with tlie young gallant I H whom she llnally marries. There is not IH a scrlous moment In any of the three i I 1 A Denman Thompson will be at tho Salt I U Lake Theater Friday and Saturday lh I U "The Old Homestead." It Is stated that I III this old favorate will bring a complete I III production and an excellent company. I II The scenes that have made the perform- j I ID ance so attractive in the past will be (I seen in their characteristic plcturesquc- II ness, and will Include, the Old Home- I III stead farm in Its summer garb; the re- I In production of Grace church, New Tork, ill by moonlight, and the , farmhouse I 'ill Icitchen where Reuben's friends are j jilj gathered to meet him on his return. ill Mingled with the delightful and in- fl spiring atmosphere of country life is a LI I genuine etrain of American humor, as M racy of tho soil as are the characters llll themselves in "The Old Homestead." ill This is Its seventeenth season and It la I HI as Pleftsln today as ever. It is enough H to know that Denman Thompson hlm- lllfl I,eIC ls m t10 cas -n then thero are I ill Cv PrIrne "nigh onto eighty" and I I HI Seth PerkIns. A.unt Matilda, Ricketty jH Ann. the Ganzey boy, the "gentleman" ! 1 (111 tramp and tlie rest. ! I'll Murray and Mack, the clever comc-dlans, comc-dlans, will be at the Gran'd theater the I I HI II ' ilrst half of the week In the merry musl-11 musl-11 llfl cal comedy, "A Night on Broadway," I' l l upported by the soubrette, Kitty Beck, i jjl find a large company. The comedy is i l the Joint work of three successful wrl-M wrl-M ters of musical comedy. They are Wll- 'ill H liam Skinner, who Is responsible for the book, Edward Campbell, who wrote the 'U graceful lyrics, and Kerker Morton, tho il IH composer of tlie music. Mr. Skinner's ' (IH book is the best that he has done. The Ml IH characters of Jono Doe and Richard 1 1 1 H Roe, which aro the roles played by Mur- jljlH ray and Mack, have no prototype on the jlflH utage. The comedy has been given a ! ljj .sumptuous setting, and the richness of I the costumes admirably sets forth the Ijjlj charms of the chorus. Murray and 1 1 lj Mack have shown their ability to enter- II il tain so well that "A Night on Broad- ii if bh vtay" ,s sure 10 raw j IH "Down by the Sea," will be the bill at d I H the Grand for the remainder of tho Jjll week. The representative of the com- I pany says that the play Is healthful in J 1 1 tone, clean In dialogue and teaches a I I moral lesson. Its situations are natu- jl rally conceived and coherently carried llll out. The scenic offecta include the East J Haven light In the storm; the village IE church at night, Illuminated, and the old m Inn on the sands. A number of singing, I dancing and Instrumental specialties The appearance of Richard Manslleld at the Salt Lake Theater on May 14th ! j Is being looked forward to by theatcr- goers with the greatest Interest. II If, Another important Grand engage- II ment Is that of Isabel Irving, who will be at that theater In "Tho Crisis" on H March 31st and April 1st and 2nd. T Si Mrs. Flake will be In San Francisco 'a month, during which she will appear in "Mary of Magdala," "Hedda Gab- j ler," "A DoII'h House," "DIvorcons," I "A Bit of Old Chelsea" and "Cerarlne." The Elleford Stock company, a well known coast organization, will open at j 'the Grand on April 4th for an engage- S 1 Florence Roberta, "Who Appoars at the Salt Lako Theater This Week. i ment of several weekH. It has a repertoire reper-toire of twenty plays. |