Salt Lake Telegram | 1925-02-08 | Page 11 | "Seventh Heaven," John Golden Triumph, Coming, Wednesday

I I Seventh Heaven John Golden Triumph Coming Wednesday WednesdayS I S S I S 55 S 55 i 5 S S 5 S SS r js S 5 t 14 S S S 5 f 5 S 'S 5 S I 54 j 5 S' S S S S 'S 5 5 S S 5 S S S i S S S A. A S. S S 55 S S S S Scene from John Goldens Golden's famous play Seventh Heaven at Salt Lake LakeI I theatre four days beginning next Wednesday I 1 Seventh Heaven which comes I to the Salt Lake theatre Wednesday Wednesday Wednes Wednes- S day Thursday Friday and and Saturday I Matinee Thursday and Saturday has hasas as ai its basis the principle that sueI suc sue I plays are arrived at only j after deep stress and turmoil turmoil turmoil-or or i as the repeated oft phrase has it not written but rewritten I Seventh Heaven was originally I conceived as asi a one ace play back in 1918 Austin Strong had had considerable cont con con- vaudeville success with a t short play called T The e Drums o of Oude Oxide and presumably this led him himI to try again At all events he read I the one-act one play to John Golden who was only mildly Interested but I who vho suggested the elaboration of the theme into a tL full length playA playA play pIa I A little later Strong left for London London Loudon Lon Lou don to see Three Wise Fools launched and from London he drifted over to Paris where he picked up considerable of the incident inci mci- dent and atmosphere that now adorn Seventh Heaven He came back to his home in Nantucket and wrote the play during the winter of 1919 20 and in May Mayor of the latter year It was v given I its ts first performances by Jessie Bonstelle's Bonstelle s Detroit stock company including Katherine Coi Cor- CornEIll Cor- Cor I nell nEIll Gilda and Louis lIen Den I nison At the time of ot this production tion the he play was known as Heaven I Then Ilien came a period of vigorous rewriting and meanwhile the play waited two years for another tryout try try- out Then It was given production by John Golden in Atlantic City In the meantime the play had been twice announced by Golden under I Ithe the title of Three Candles and also existed for a while at Valor The present title Seventh Valor Heaven I en is the same same as that borne bv by bythe the one-act one version Its New York Yok premiere occurred at the Booth Hooth the the- atro O October 30 1922 There was more rewriting after Atlantic City the City the final curtain according ac- ac according according ac ac- cording to tb those who saw the play in both Atlantic City and New York the hero was blinded In the war wa- and only a thin gleam of happiness was offered as the play ended However However However How How- ever he now comes back hale and sound