Show Jy My M First Shakes eare Play PlayA A Reminiscence of the Sail Salt Lal La Lake e Theater N that night on which I OX O first tende a Shakespearian performance at 1 the Salt Halt I lAke ake theater the th sound Ind of or the th crack crackIng Ing of 01 whips and the command of dec and Whoa Who Haw Bawl to the cat cattie catt cattie tie t who had ha dragged dral an emigrant wagon n across acres acl the th plain pin and over the te mountain were hardly ht yet out of my myn ear n The Th play pi presented on that oc or occasion n casion clon was waa the tragedy t of Macbeth and Mr 1 H r George warn waa w In Inthe Inthe inthe the title role rl The Tb t theater warn waa then lien lienthe the building of or the City of 01 the taints Saints The big bill tabernacle won was not nut yet built buit and Dd the temple wall wail wal were wre but even ven with the ground rund The Th home hom of 01 the drama dram the play ply house hoU If you ou will wi appeared appe almost conscious of Its I it great Importance And how as a bo ho boy I admired admire both huth the tb exterior and the Ih Interior of or the now nw historic building The simple scheme nf if r decoration of the t Interior the white whit and gold od the the dark green greeli Je curtain the spreading center piece pi the th red re plush of or the boxes ba and nd the benches puh still 1111 al I linger In my mind a I as far r more chaste chu and 1 beautiful more mor simply Imply restful raful than Is the th ornamentation of the present day da But be t that a as It Itma may ma my memories of my mr m first seeing In Inor of or a Shakespeare play pi are ar mingled with what The erection of or the Rait Rl Lake theater wax was a masterstroke of wis wisdom wI wisdom dom It was wa needed It I marked too a difference In faith between the Puritan of or New Nw England and the later latr religion of or the th west went 1 The Th theater served arvd as a a tonic It I counterbalanced the effect ft of 01 Isolation upon the pioneer people pp It I served In a measure mur to dispel the stern rn gloom of the th surrounding nation And Isolation the loneliness of the yet unfilled val vat valley valIe lay ley Ie the th dark recesses re of if r the moun mountain tain tn tam ranges Into which the I h pioneer must mut penetrate for material for fr ht h he f home and for his hi winter lire fire nr made ma amusement for fw the tb masses manses m an actual atul necessity It I Is la Impossible I believe for one oneto oneto to now place himself In the mental attitude altitude of or the pioneers I r mean man save IV for a pioneer himself The Th greater number of ot the sectors actors and anti actresses whom I looked upon during that early performance had themselves them crossed the th plains and nd mountains mountain In II ox or mule mul trains one on I believe In Ina Ina ina a handcart company compy and one had marched In Johnstons Johnton arm army rm The star tar himself hl 1 had ha arrived In a The Te actors actor or and actresses ct like Ik those thoe thO who watched them the had mostly mot come com from the seaports seaport aport of ot the th old world the th manufacturing towns town and nd the th hearts har of great Ilat cities ct Heterogeneous materials Indeed Ind but made concrete by Isolation and one on material pur purpose pose J anti and religious religions faith There Thre was warn a peculiar eullar too In those tho days d between those tho who acted ced upon the stage t anil those thoe thO who ho composed the audience AH AU were friends friend fiend They Thy would meet mt In dally daily daly labor they the would woul dance together they the would bear hu their testimony In Inthe Inthe inthe the same sm meetinghouse or listen to tl the th same le sermon on Sunday IndAY There was the th peculiar bond between bt n the state stage and the th auditorium The man who guffawed lulad at t the th comedian might talk with him on nn the morrow whilst he h chiseled granite on the th temple square 1 ua r Another who watched the tragedian might visit him In the capacity of Teacher cher during durin the tie coming week wk Those To who sympathised ed with wih hero and nd heroine might meet them e In itt social olal Intercourse All otto one on big bl family Thespians and audience per performers pr performer formers former and nd watchers And on the th morrow all to t look lok with wih the th same me emotions I on the th great art watch watchful ful mountain mountains and to take tak a 8 like Ik In Interest interest terest In the planting of 01 trees tre and uno I vines Nines and the Ih setting out of 01 flowers noen In the th garden lard en But Blat this thin I is snide aside Rl My first nt attend attendant tl ant an anee lt Pt t a Shakespearian performance w my m reminiscence and I will 11 keep to tu the th subject t No o Importance whatever that t try was waa toy rny ry attendance but bt It may my give v a ahr hr to ii recall 1 something of o Interest of or that th t day dav Macbeth certainly the tt play pi Is I In enough n to th the Imaginations of a aboy ab aboy boy b lt Macbeth himself Lady Ly Macbeth Duncan Banquo Fleance P Macduff u the th witches witch o 1 4 how hu It upon one n The murder mun the th ghost the the th retribution What u it I world orld of or thought But this Is I trite all the th world orld knows know that tbt This Thic Is I my m palho how mu much h am I Inow Ino inow now no retailing ln of I that special lal Ial time that play ly of or Macbeth and nd of subsequent events I r know that on that night that during durn the th performance a storm t nl hurst hUlt net ver r the Ih valley ally of or the th threat Salt Malt take Lake That the th Hashing flashing of nf if lightning the peal 1 of or the th thunder pen penetrated p penetrated Into eM every ry 1 recess of 01 the tM Hat at t tI take Lake I theater When Mr a A the th thane haste Iha of and Ull muttered the words worda urd Is I this a dag dr dager er which I r see before mr me m meThe The Th handle toward towan my hand there Ih was WA no n need ne for the th property man mn manto manto to tip the or to lash Hash a the th light lt nor nr U to t produce prU the th artificial thunder Nature supplied ull It It and amid the th theater fairly shook And Amid An It till still al rum rm rumbled bled hied 11 when hn the u ghost of 01 qu entered the th benquet buquet hall ball hl I and when w Hecate and ad the th witches sang 11 and an a as the th spirits spirit rose above ahw the th cauldron lul foam r It t ta wa was waa wasa a storm aOI to tn remember Ion t long When n the witches sang Ti Tu the th echo orho ho to tn the th echo e to t the tl echo eho Of 01 some se hollow hill hillI hl I knew that when hn the curtain went url down they th were not flot n witches at atall nil all ni hut but the th members of or the th tabernacle trl choir chr hail Had Iad I not heard hf them sing 1 How beautiful upon up the th mountain An Arc the th fe t of o him who wh glad alad tidings And An so a o I received a powerful object lesson lesion The choir on un Sunday Mundy afternoon the wives 1 and daughters daughter of or the th pin pio pioneers 1 nn mets singing praises and on o the th fol following following lowing Saturday night the t same earn wives and daughters daughter aa as the th In Mac Ma Macbeth Macbeth beth There The certainly was waa a manifestation tuition tation tatlo of or the th working In harmony o othe ot or orth the th hutch huh and amid the th stage t This Is I what 1 J ask a my reader was It I not rather rth a novel no experience for a abo I aboy bo b boy I mean mn to afterwards become bm ac Sc acquainted with Lady tady Macbeth Mabeth and an HP He H Helite IS lite tl to and Macduff Maluf and with too t and the th three th witches who wh croaked upon u the th Matted heath Ith U It was waa w odd od oddin in t ti be m 4 lost In the th creations creation of the th mighty tty hard bard h and ad then tn to talk tU later with Lady Ly Macbeth on the common commonplace commonplace place subject of gowns Out nut that wax wait p not as a strange tN a u as to talk with Macduff adut n and one on of o the witches as a to how many potatoes and how h much mu flour nour y ou u should be h allowed lod per week I as a pay JY for or your labors labor upon the th ley or oras ora oras as a It waS waa wa to up have hae h the fierce ner and terri tern terrible terrible ble Me Hecate I hand out ot your our allotment of or meat mft through a small opening onn onnon a aone as one on stood tn In line In the th tithing of fin n door dor And An on n that night of or Macbeth Mabtha a t Is I true trite tre that I Idio did see pee ladles ladies lAle In the audience knitting or o sewing In between the th h acts t Perhaps I I might atao aMo have hav havn seen n the th sunbonnets which had h been worn won across the t plains p na had h I gone ln to tu toa tuI toa a matinee t n nI I It I ii true tre that Lady tady walt wait wat advised to hurry burr once one me m with my can an to the th tithing office ot a W as she chic h believed the th of officials fit lain were distributing an allowance of mol moh mohAnd And such Uh Is I ii the thi Ih real and the unreal un ALFRED ALRED S LA Cn E IK C I SI S 10 Cutler Quality 3 3 Main 81 St 81 |