Show 1 Central Figure in Hippodrome Play rya r J i r Abraham Lincoln whose life lito forma forme the tha theme for next weeks week's famous play at att atthe t the tho o Hippodrome Heralded as perhaps the greatest play of pf t the season Abraham Lincol Lincoln will open next Sunday night flight at the Hippodrome Hippodrome Hippodrome Hippo Hippo- drome theatre for one weeks week s run This play which as its Paine name suggests sug SUI s geste centers around tho life of the tho gl at Americans American emancipator atol enjoys the tha unique distinction o of made Its ita initial bow to a R London audience with audience with I 1 success A A. later it crea created ted n a furore in dramatic circles of I r New York where for months It thrilled packed picked houses Its appearance at the Hippodrome will undoubtedly be welcomed welcomed welcomed wel wel- by hundreds who vho have been ear cag- cag orly erly waiting for its presentation t rJ Abraham Lincoln c is a timely iy stirring stirring stir stir- ring play It brings the great heart of tho man who ma made e the never to be for tor gotten Gettysburg speech the man wh who freed tho ves who loved justice and practiced mercy with mercy with poignant strength home to the people of today Act Mt 1 opens In Washington on the Christmas eve of 1918 Ann Stevens has bas found Cound an anold old hope chest of her grandmother grand mother and with the appearance of a R lovely old we wedding gown own her father tells the tho grandmothers grandmother's lo e story ston to which Lincoln and the Civil war lend a thrill- thrill thrillingly romantic li background n In R acts aJ II and III lit the old ld J love ve story 1 Ja Is acted I in the end nd the whole significant sig sig- significant IJ nt bearing of or the he I V par wr F times on mo modern lern problems is driven 1 I home amidst a most happily gay and modern romance I p t Ralph Cloninger will essay th the role of 1 John Stevens the Northern lover of the tho k y Southern girl Ann Ann Marshall depicted by Auda Due Lincoln will b be b. portrayed by y James Jame Usher Guy-Usher and stay May Roberts Roberts' will be seen in the role of tho the Sou Southern hern The other well ll mammy parts are v cast and promise a most exceptional performance per- per peri pert i t Abraham Lincoln will be ba j given every evening with matinees matinees' J Wednesday and Saturday 1 t Presented with wilh characteristic finesse f r by Ralph Cloninger and his supporting supporting- J r 4 arti artist Her Man of ot tho the N C t V C-V now playing at the te Hippodrome is being received re re- re with exceptional on enthusiasm hullum by bye Salt Lake playgoers I |