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Show Ore ir.e Chiac!ei la "MILESTONES" Tlx? PU by Arnold Bmncd and EdVid uui4ucb j " -j i - - : - ' CESTOUDt RHEAB IN 1660 I-.. .' ... ' . r.y. - ' - j CERTCUOt RHEAD IN IM I ,fi vv e j GERTRUDE RHEA9 IN 1912 1 One of the most popular jlays ever transported from British soil is"' 'Milestones. 'Mile-stones. " the three-act comedy by Arnold Bennett and Edward Knoblauch .which ran for a year in New York City, which is to be the attraction at the Salt Lake theater tomorrow night. An unusual story is told in the play, one that lasts over three generations, and the youth of the first act is the grandfather of the last. Venerable truths and a whole lot of philosophy and moral facts that carry their message effectively, yet never descend de-scend to the tiresome level of preachment, preach-ment, lurk in the charming picture or, to be more correct, three charming pictures winch their distinguished authors au-thors have pictured. Characters drawn with rare fidelity and acted with grace and distinction "by a splendid cast of players tell of the world 's old story of the march of progress against the obstacles ob-stacles of tradition and its resultant prejudice, concealed as it is by a filmy web of the romances of. three "periods, some happy, others unfulfilled or blighted in their early bloom. The re-suit re-suit is a picture combining heart interest, in-terest, intelluctual stimulus, gentle wit and pathos, the whole illumined by the brilliant, elusive lines of the authors. The story, carried through the three generations which detail the romances of the Rhead and Sibley families, is already familiar to most readers and it is not necessary here to amplify it. This graceful serial story is carried along solely by character development, done in a fashion that might convey many a valuable lesson to some of our aspiring playwrights. A .repetition of story and action which might easily be made wholly tiresome is made not only entertaining but wholly plausible, and the consistent way in which the characters charac-ters are held within themselves and the changes of years' has been the subject of favorable" comment wherever "Milestones" "Mile-stones" has been played. The company com-pany includes Florence Bnru. Mary Goulden, Winefridc Latimer, Katharine Herbert, Bettie Barnell. Eupert Harvey, Gerald Rogers. L. G. Carrol. Earnest Lacelev and Gilbert Coleman. |