Show If at r t c c I r y I JI fJ By STEPH STEPHEN EN J. J it J By S. S J. J M. M Cloninger Gives i J Elaborate Staging Of Wrights Wright's Novel i kf tL Probably the most elaborately planned and nd by far tar the most beautifully staged i any Cloninger productions The WinN Winning Win Win- N ning of oC Worth Harold Bell 1 Wrights Wright's tS t'S drama of oC the West Vest op opened ned a aw w weeks week's eks ek's engagement at the Hippodrome Ir last night r. r Everyone knows know a Harold J Bell Wright r t I and his masterful style of producing the virile dramas that were enacted in ther the r early days das of oC the West Vest But probably It the great author himself could not have t Il 11 wh wished hed for any more powerful presentation presenta presenta- IIi U tion Uon of oC a a. powerful drama than was wasti w ti gl en at the Hippodrome last night With limited facilities of or the stage Manager Bob Spoffard arid and his stage manager with the assistance o of or Dave I of oC the Salt Lake Theatre Supply company left leCt nothing from the stage presentation of oC the book With startling realism a sandstorm the kind that visa vis visited vis- vis 1 a the West Vest In the olden days before the desert was irrigated was staged atthe atthe at atthe the Hippodrome Added to the seen scenic c effects of the production Is 13 the big Irrigation irrigation Irrigation gation dam about which the story is told When the dam goes out and wrecks I the entire valley another picture of oC the desolation and ruin which Is left leit behind I. I j Is presented The play is presented In a a. prologue and three acts Everyone knows the story of The Winning of oC Barbara Worth A baby is found by three prospectors In a t sandstorm on the desert She is adopted by one of ot the prospectors The men t with the aid of New York Tork capital start the construction of ot a huge Irrigation project The New York Tork owner despite their objections puts up a flimsy dam which in Is unable to withstand the heavy I flow He removes S the he ie prospectors from their power In Jn the company and places his nephew in charge 4 The men start a rival company and Greenfield the New York Tork owner at attempts attempts at- at tempts by underhand means to wreck them The nephew falls In love with I Barbara the tho daughter of or the desert but 1 she refuses him because of ot his connections connections connections with the company The manner In which he wins her makes a very Interesting interestIng interest- interest Ing tale Ralph Cloninger In the role of the nephew ha has a part that Is excellently I fitted for his talents Ho He makes makes' a delightful de de- de- de hero of the piece Auda Anda Due pa 1st s sI I In Sn n all productions in which she ehe has apI appears appears ap ap- ap- ap t I pears in Salt Lake Uke i IB Is' amply able to handle the role rote In a a. satisfactory man ner nero As Texas Joe a teamster James Guyto Guy- Guy to- to Usher adds to the reputation he has been gaining paining In jn in Salt Balt Lake since his Interpretation Interpretation tation 0 or the character of Abraham Lin Lin- coin coln With mth Harry HarTY J. J Leland as Pat Mooney a a. gang boss he furnishes furnishes' th the comedy which lightens the piece James Tames Nelll NeUI gives perhaps the best work of his Salt Lake engagement In lathe the role of ot Abe AbeLee Lee Jee a surveyor He has some especially espe espe- teoc- teoc daily difficult work which he handles welL Viola Hanes as Helen Blair Worth's Ie secretary gives give II an altogether satisfactory Interpretation of the char char- acter Other characters of the piece are handled well wen by the Ralph Cloninger players Altogether the play Is Ia a most c. c ing piece It holds Interest from beginning begin begin- fling ning to end and with the elaborate pr presentation pres s- s given by the Cloninger c corne com company corn corn- mI m- m I e pany any it proves to be one of oC the best plays I I I given glen by the local stock company |