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Show Star of -"Mary Jane's Pa" Mm: Figinan, Who Comes to Head Gar rick Players for Post Season Engage- incut, Beginning April 1J. AS the result of the mn luring of theatrical plans Thursday that havn Imjcii under way here for several weeks. Max Flgman. one of I ho best known theatrical siar.s in the entire west and an actor probably without a superior as a stock star, will head the Garrlck players for at least five weeks this spring and posnlbly longer. Contracts wore signed late Thursday afternoon between Malinger Rogers- of the Garrick and Mr. Flgman. and the actor will arrive In Salt "Lake Monday afternoon of next. week. Rohearsuls will begin immediately on "Mary .lane's Pa," the Initial play or his engagement. The deal is one, of the most important ever negotiated in Salt Ul1o for a .stock theater, for Mr Flgman has appeared almost exclusively nt the head of notable no-table road companies as a star nnd under un-der tho management of John tJorl. His success hn.s been so marked the past few sensons in particular that very few managers of stock theaters In either tho oa-!l or west felt that they could afford af-ford to pay Hie salary Mr. legman commands. com-mands. "Mr. Flgman stipulates in his con-trad con-trad that ho shall open In his favorite pi.iv, 'Mary .ratio's Pa," and thai. Is entirely satisfactory to us. as tho play is uiKiuestlonablv one of the finest productions pro-ductions the public h;is been given m years, nnd Mr. Plgmun has scored his greatest success In It." said Manager RogciB yesterday. "Then will follow during hi? stav at tho Garrick 'The Old PurJositv Shop. The. Man On the Box.' The Substitute.' 'The Marriage of Kitty' nnd others equally well known. "The contract we have with lum calls for a most elaborate staging of all of these plavs: In fact, Mr. Kigman may dpslgnate just how thev shall be put on and those who have followed his productions pro-ductions of late veins will realize that he Ifi quite extravagant In his Ideas of how elaborately a show should b staged. W'f are pcrleclly willing to expend this money however, as we believe thai, with Mr. Flgman as the star and the players we now havn to support him. we can give Halt Lnkerr. several weeks of theatrical features thalwlll set a new standard for local stock productions." The Garrick company will remain intact in-tact (Xurlng Mr. Figman's engacemont. Mr. Hall, the leading man, taking the leading mule roles under the 3tar and Miss Adair supporting him an leading woman. It will be the first time Mr. FlgniHii has, ever appeared ln stock In Salt Lake and at the popular prices charged at the Garrick. His last appearance ap-pearance here was t( one, of the Inrprer theaters in "Mary Jane's T'a," In which hit will begin his engagement at tho Garrick Gar-rick Sunday night. April II. Mayor .Tames ( Dahlman, Omaha, Nob., often cnlleil the "Cow Boy Mayor," writes of tho benefit he derived. de-rived. J'rom Foley Kidney Pille. and says: "I have taken Foley Kidnoy Pills, and they have riven mo a -rreat deal of relief, so T cheerfully room-mend room-mend thorn." Schrannn-.Joluison, Drugs, 5 stores. |
