Salt Lake Telegram | 1936-01-14 | Page 11 | William Gillete, 890, Wins Triumph in Return to Stage

i. i S SS t 1 S S S THE SALT LAkE TELEGRAM 1 TUESDAY EVENING JANUARY 14 1936 I ir r S William Gillette 80 Wins Triumph in Return to Stage NEWARK N N. J J. J Jan 14 UP UP- UP After the final curtain the audience audience audience audi audi- ence went wild and never had hOod actor or or play received a n more thunderous ovation The Tho star of the tho piece walked out seyen times Since the audience audience audience audi audi- ence wouldn't let him go he made madea a curtain speech First he confessed con con- to 80 SO years He admitted his pleasant surprise at being alive aUve When ho he retired the last time he had believed it permanent but here he was on tho the boards again Apparently he said in a n clear resonant voice there has been a misunderstanding between God and myself The occasion was the emergence emergence ence from his third permanent retirement of William Gillette dean b by many years of American actors beloved by thousands for tor his many stage roles particularly for tor that of Sherlock Holmes His His vehicle was The Three Wise Fools Foots a smash hit of 1918 The e escene scene was the musty old Shubert theater