Salt Lake Tribune | 1918-03-18 | Page 9 | Robert B. Mantell will Arrive in City Today to Begin Week's Engagement at Salt Lake Theater

Robert B. Mantell Will Arrive in City-Today City-Today to Begin Week's Engagement at Salt Lake Theater. "DOBERT B. MANTELL, foremost clas-A' clas-A' sic tragedian of this generation, will arrive in Salt Lake City today for a week's engagement at the Salt Lake theater the-ater in a repertoire made up of six Shakespearean plays and the "Richelieu" of Sir Edward Bulwer-Lytton. In spite of great difficulties in transportation Mr. Mantell is making this season the longest tour in the thirty-five years of his career on the American stage. Two baggage cars are required to carry his productions, which are complete for each of the plays in his extensive repertoire. reper-toire. Great difficulty has been experienced experi-enced in securing these cars, but the ad- 1 ministration has declared In favor of amusement enterprises in war times for keeping public sentiment as healthy as I possible, and both railroad officials and government officials are doing everything in their power to make transportation for theatrical companies bf the character of Mr. Mantell's as near normal as possible. "Richelieu" has been chosen as the opening bill of the engagement here and will be repeated Wednesday night. Shakespearean plays of the week are "Hamlet," Tuesday night; "Romeo and Juliet," Wednesday afternoon; "King Lear," Thursday night; "Macbeth, " Friday Fri-day nisht; "The Merchant of Venice," ! Saturday afternoon, and "Richard III," j Saturday night.