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Show THE NEW BILLS. SALT LAKE THEATRE Beginning Monday evening, George M. Cohan's comedy success, "Get-Rich-Quick Wallingford," will play a week's engagement at the Theatre. The play was accepted ac-cepted in New York as one of Cohan's best fun-making fun-making efforts, and the story, of course, will be recognized as based on the yarns by the same name that have appeared from time to time in one of the popular magazines and very cleverly written magazine fiction is has proven, too. COLONIAL THEATRE The feature of tho week to conie will undoubtedly be" the"' Mantell" ' engagement at the Colonial for three days beginning begin-ning Thursday evening. Mr. Mantell brings ud Shakespeare at its best always, and this year his opening performance will be "Julius Caesar," the newest play in tho eminent tragedian's repertoire. reper-toire. Friday evening "Othello" will be played, and this is quite apt to prove one of the favorite productions of the engagement, as It is one of Mr. Mantell's best characterizations. "Hamlet" will be played Saturday afternoon and' 'Macbeth" 'Mac-beth" will close the engagement Saturday evening. even-ing. Mr. Mantell's appearance will undoubtedly be the signal for a large number of theatre parties par-ties the latter half of the week. GARRICK The management of the Garrick has been very liberal to date with the plays se- lected for the opening weeks of Miss Adair's engagement en-gagement as leading woman of the company. "Wildfire" and "The Three of Us" gave her two splendid roles and the management now an- yA nounces "The Lion and the Mouse" for tho week ?' to come. Miss Adair will, of course, be seen as Shirley Rossmore, the part made famous by half a score of prominent stars. Mr. Durkin will be seen as John Burkett Ryder, in which Edmund ' Breese achieved prominence. The two principal roles and the play itself are far too well known to warrant extended comment or review at this time. j ORPHEUM For the Week beginning Sunday, the Orpheum management announces James Dia- ' mond and Clara Nelson in something new; ' Brown, Harris and Brown In a skit called "Just to Laugh"; Mr. and Mrs. Jack McGreevy in "The ' Village Fiddler and the Country Maid"; the six Bracks, European athletes; Dick Crolius, billed as j the slang king supreme and his company in a i new comedy sketch called "Shorty's Elevation"; Abbot and Wihite, entertainers, and Esmeralda and Veola in dainty songs and varied dances. EMPRESS For the Empress bill that opens next Wednesday afternoon, the world-famous juggler, Kara, is announced as tho headliner. He is the only performer of his kind in the United Kingdom who has ever appeared by royal command com-mand before King George V., according to the Sullivan-Considine advance notices, and he has been featured as one of the highest salaried and strongest drawing acts yet sent to the Empress here. Luigi Dell'Oro is making his first American Ameri-can tour, after several successful seasons on tho continent. He is an instrumental virtuoso. La Verna-Barber's players will be seen in the scenic rural comedy, 'The Man Who Knew." Mondano Phillips is billed as "The Girl With Many Voices," and Burgos and Clara as novelty Australian gymnasts. gym-nasts. Bernard and Arnold are st. d "The Mile a Minute Boys," and Kennedy and Williams will finish the program in selections on the piano. |