| Show G Can ri You Write a a. a Play r 4 44 4 fr 4 44 4 4 Here vILere Is Chance to Try I The often otten expressed desire of ot many persons to the effect that they would t like Ike to to write a a. play m may y now be actually ac- ac carried out so lIO o far tar as residents of of this cit city are concerned V A p play play- 1 contest open to all residents Of Salt Lake City has been launched by y Ernest Wilkes who Is chain of stock theatres including Including- the alt Lake Empress because of ot his conviction that that in every enry city of any elze cize Ize there are people who can write good plays even plays lays with exceptional exceptional merits were ere they thy to try Beginning at once contestants contestant will willave ave ve nm weeks In which to write on on pl play or as many as the they like Tt Te he contest will clo December 6 l. S when wien aU all plays must be In the hands c Cf f f the board of ot Judges judge The Tho play acclaimed the winner will be a ward award V d 1150 and presented at th the Empress theatre all Christmas week by theErnest the theErnest Ernest Ernet Wilkes stock company The board rd o 0 of jn will m consist of ot one from each of or the Our four dally ne newspapers pets pet's and one from Goodwin Weekly I There are no Restrictions as to the I of ot plays plaT that will receive con con- A play submitted may mayI I be a 3 drama comedy drama romantic roman roman- I tic drama melodrama melodramatic melodramaticS melodramatic'S roman roman-I S 'S arce e romance or tragedy the only condition being that It must be clean S and free tree from objectionable features S In announcing his contest Mr Wilkes also stated that he would rel re- re l erve ene the right to purchase any l lalI other than the winning one ata at ata a a fair price should he be deem any to merit production Any others that he mi might ht purchase will wilt also be presented pre- pre at the Empress Mr Wilkes is s a strong strang believer In the theory of ot Au Thomas Thoma that there ore ere many persons who can cail write lite successful successful successful success success- ful plays If encouraged to do so Mr Thomas has done much to encourage this profession among Inexperienced writers and has discovered a fI number of ot If young authors who have o given to the stage in their Initial efforts pla plays a and that were at once an artistic financial success In speaking of his contest Mr Wilkes said A great many people carry about a belief that they can write a play Now who Is there to say that they cant can't But It is unfortunately everybody e knows the case as nearly neary that producers give almost no en encouragement en- en to beginners It Is true that producers are tho objects of a I constant fusillade fusillade- of ot worthless manuscripts man man- but It 1 Is also true that they receive many goo gOOd goodbyes yes es even great t. t reaL read plays which the they never even unknown playwright playwright play play- A A. fair e example ample of ot the wright who finally got his chance hithe It Is the man who ho wrote OUi Officer r Itts It ItIs ItIs Is ts one of the bigg biggest successes es of ot years yeull Yet who had hed ever heard of oC Augustin Agustin McHugh until the morning after his play was produced by George 1 M. M Cohan Cobalt Ag Again and again until he be was sick and discouraged Ihla young oung fellow had baLl besieged producers producers producers pro pro- to read his plays but to no avail When It was at last ast accepted by Cohan Cohen and Harris he lie was workIng workIng workIng work- work Ing In a sketch sketch a-sketch In a cheap vaud vaudeville ville theatre on One Hundred and Twenty Twenty- fifth street New York at a salary of ot 15 15 a week rn In this city there may be a good many mony Augustin McHughs Who knows So the contest will show us IS at any rate If It there Isn't some come pretty good ability It may be that the winner of ot our Salt Lake contest may become a as successful as Mr McHugh details of ot the The rules and and all all contest will be he printed In tomorrow evenings evening's nines nine's 8 TELEGRAM S |
