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Show LITTLE SALT LAKE GIRL WRITES UNIQUfi OPERA Libretto and Masic of. "Fanchcttc" Were Composed by 14-Ycar-01d Margaret Whitney. A unique little operetta in three act, btoth the mualo and libretto of which were written by a Salt Lake girl only 14 year ol will be presented at the Eighteenth ward amusement hall to-nig-ht. . The author and composer 1 Margaret Whitney,' 14 year old, a daughter of Bishop O. F. Whitney. The play is said to be original in plot and execution, and to show remarkable talent for one so young. v The title of the play Is Tanchette. The author drafted the plot and pre-I pre-I pared the parts, teaching them verbally to her little companions before her parent par-ent or grown-up friend knew anything any-thing of it. The music also 1 of her own composition. composi-tion. When Prof. H. E. Giles heard a few snatches of it, he -became Interested, Interest-ed, and spent several hours writing U as the composer sang it to him. i The last few rehearsal have been heard by several of the musicians and theatrical people of town, and they have all expressed themselves as greatly great-ly impressed with the mualo and the plot. . The playwright i also the stage manager man-ager and conductor, and the following little people compose the cast: Fanchette, a waiting- maid : ..." Blanche Squires Marquis de Noller -..Rabble Morris Uncle Mike, a gardener -.' ....Lewrenoe Clayton Children of gardener Paul and Virginia Whitney, Helen Knowlton, Kenneth Bourne. Florlnda Nan Ciawson Grace .......... ..Rehan Spencer. Jeanne .... Lynns Knowlton Babette ...... ... ..Nell Giles I Marie ......... Burdette Ciawson Yolande ...... ...... ........ Co rneei James Franooise ...... Juliet Knowlton j Annette ....Luclle Van |