Salt Lake Telegram | 1916-02-29 | Page 7 | Thaddeus Stevens Enacted in " Birth of a Nation"

Thaddes Thadde s stevens evens Enacted in The Birth o of a Nation I I r I 5 t. t W I I i 1 5 s 5 4 e 1 p pw w I i S I. I I a y P S t Ralph Lews as Honorable Austin Stoneman In The Birth of a Nation Salt H Lake theatre starting Monday March 6 Ralph Lewis who plays the role of 1 Austin sUn Stoneman in iii The Birth of t a Nation Griffiths Griffith's which comes to io the Salt Lake th theatre has haa a role rola that during durinS the original production production production pro pro- of The lansman created much discussion It is sa said d. d tho character character character char char- acter is JS founded on Thaddcus Thaddeus Stevens a member ember j of the tho house during the re reconstruction reconstruction reconstruction re- re construction days and one of those largely responsible for the carpet bag rule that predominated in the tile South during that period Thaddeus Stevens is portrayed to be an evil an and a carnal with a mulatto sweetheart hiS housekeeper Lewis gives an excellent interpretation tion of the role Mary Alden splendidly enacts the part pait of his mulatto hot house se- se keeper Among its many other values as a presentation The Birth of at a Nation is the means of bringing put out much remote historical fa fact t