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Show SHAKESPEARE PLAY IS WELLRENDERED Amateur Players Give Presentation Pres-entation of "A Midsummer Midsum-mer Night's Dream." For tho benefit of the Playgrounds association and in honor of the tercentenary tercen-tenary of Shakespeare's birth, tho Citizen Citi-zen Players last night produced "A Midsummer Night's Dream" at the Salt Lako theater. As the second of the two plays offered, "A Midsummer Midsum-mer Night's Dreain " was undoubtedly the best. Much credit is due the directors, di-rectors, Mr. and Mrs. Charles W. Mea-kin, Mea-kin, for turning out a worthy amateur I performance of one of tho most difficult diffi-cult to stage of Shakespeare's plays. Of the amateur actresses, Miss Meta Rasmussen as Hermia and Mrs. Mae C. Cutler aa the queen of the fairies deserve de-serve first mention. Mrs. Cutler was at all times sure of her lines and read them with considerable understanding. Her troupe of fairies was not only beautifully costumed, but for the main part they filled the light requirement of their parts most admirably. Charles W. Menkin as Bottom was the best of a good group of characters char-acters in the interlude. Helena, portrayed por-trayed bv Miss A'era Johnson, was rather well done. Tho male parts of Lvsander and Demetrius were ably taken ta-ken bv Miss Esther Drommerhauseu , . r r ' . 1, T !".... 1. ., and Mrs. Louise B. Lawson. Perhaps the most winning character of the play was Puck, given by Miss Gladys Johnson, John-son, who danced well and read her lines well. . . The dancing fairies and the singing fairies came in for a share of commendation. commen-dation. The costumes and stage settings of the play were delightful in every detail de-tail and far surpassed the accessories usually associated with amateur productions. |