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Show Walthall Opens At Salt Lake . Tomorrow Nothing finer or mora strikingly artistic ar-tistic In tha way of theatrical offering is likely to ba seen here this season than tha engagement of Henry B. Walthall of photoplay fame, who comas in per on to tha Halt Iaxi theatre oa Monday. Tueaday and Wednesday nasi. In Herbert Hash ford' a new romanUo comedy drama, "'Would You This should not ba overlooked by those who enjoy a play that IS full of absorbing Intereat and Juyou seit-uatlona seit-uatlona from first to last. "Would You' la a captivating play of modern Ufa and la deacribed as a sermon srystallxed Into a laugh. Mr. Walthall assumes the tola 'of a temperamental poet, who engages In a whirlwind love affair with & young woman magasine writer posing .as a girl of the underworld. under-world. As the poet uncle Is a prominent prom-inent pnator and hta aunt a puritanic I old maid, the romance becomes decidedly de-cidedly ludicrous, soma of the situations situa-tions being uproariously funny. The press std pie of th fmctftc coast cities are most ent hustaat lc over 'the new comedy, proclaiming It one of the most brilliant plays ever written by an American dramatist, and Mr. Wal-thalls Wal-thalls popularity aa a stage and ureen star Is evidenced by the 1m-meniM 1m-meniM atidin-eg which have gathered to witness hla performance la tha Western cities, so Hnlt Lake admirers who ore deairous of seeing him In person per-son w ill have their wish gratified tomorrow night. Mr. W alt hull's supporting company I Is tm.de up of screen and stage favor-I favor-I Ites; best known are Mary Charlea-loit Charlea-loit ( Mra. Henrv W a It hall In prlvnte life t, n former Kssanay-Vltagraph star. William Clifford of Metro-I'nl-' versnl. Ait hur Hut ledge, whose work -4h lra4 Xwt tonal pi -lures received neat praise, and Kllsabeth Witt of the Fsmoua V'layera-tasky. Othera In tha cast are .Sherman Halnhrldge, Marlon Ma-rlon Croas and Cleora trden. The engagement Is for three nights and matinee. |