Show Shanghai Gesture At S S. S L L. Theatre i Tuesday ues a May a lOth t The A. A A II Woods Woods V production of The Shanghai Gesture the new play by John John Colton Colton coauthor of ofRain ofRain ofRain Rain which opens a limited engagement en en- engagement at the Salt Lake theatre Tuesday night May 10 will be he an tn outstanding ev event nt in the current theatre season Florence Reed is starring In the piece While the drama already is an established eStablished es established eS- eS success yet It is so new that the production here is included in to that inner circle of exclusive first appearances of the original cast So far only New Kew York and Chicago Inthe in inthe inthe the east have seen the play Mr 11 Woods sending the original company company company com com- pany to the west co coast st before sendinA sending sending send send- ing inA it on a a. tour of eastern cities titles The production Is the most extensive ex extensive extensive ex- ex and expensive of any dramatic dramatic dra dra- matic presentation in recent years I It includes for instance a company 1 of fifty while the settings are of the sumptuous sort that ordinarily are found nowadays only in ex ex- ex Apparently however Mr Woods made no mistake e when he waved a lavish hand in a Shanghai Gesture for the show has j grossed an average of a week since its new York showing The appearance of Miss Reed in anew a anew anew I new role Is always a matter of theatrical theatrical theatrical the the- moment Her part in the new drama however is said to be bet bethe bethe t the he finest which this gifted American Ameri Amer- c can an an actress has had Miss 1 Reed last Jast was seen In The Lullaby and before that in The Mirage in which she played two seasons Her long list of stage successes includes The Yellow Ticket Seven Sev en Days The Master l of the House Chu Chin Chow Roads of Destiny and East of Suez In recent years ears she seems to have run to the oriental But somehow such parts seem peculiarly fitting to her abilities although the fact that for several years she was leading leading lead lead- ing woman for E. E H H. Sothern and that he first recommended her for starring roles is i sufficient evidence that she Is not limited to any anyone one line of characters I |