Salt Lake Telegram | 1931-12-03 | Page 8 | Varsity Play Opens Friday

Varsity Play Op Opens ns Friday The University of Utah Players will present their annual varsity production production production pro pro- in the Kingsbury hall hail on the campus Friday and Saturday nights This years year's offering n is Mis Nelly of a a delightful comedy of the picturesque southland set amidst the colorful Mardi Gras sea sea- son Laurence Eyre wrote this play especially for Mrs Minnie Maddern Fiske who portrayed the original role of Mis' Mis Nelly at atFord's Fords Ford's theater in Baltimore Baltimore Baltimore Bal Bal- and anti New v York and throughout the United States and andin in Canada during during during dur dur- ing three consecutive seasons Perhaps no no city in the United States is so steeped in romance romance as old New Orleans with its bayous levees and Its trees covered with Spanish moss moss These together with its quaint streets and old French architecture contribute to the i individuality which this his city alone possesses The story of Mis Nelly Neily of is set vividly during the annual Mardi Gras celebration The old town is alive live with fun ans and high spirits but over in the theold theold theold old section of the town where the aristocracy still holds forth there is contentment and seclusion How the contagion of other peoples people's happiness seizes these members of the most exclusive exclusive ex ex- elusive of the best New Orleans folk folks is s destined to thrill the audiences Professor Maud May Babcock head of ot the speech arts department of the theun un university and well known for her prevIous dramatic engagements is the he director of Mis Nelly of N Orleans Popular prices will prevail previl The he curtain will rise at