Show GREEK PLAY IS r rIf i GIVEN IN CITY 1 J Large Crowd Cro Witnesses Production Production Pro Pro- Which Is Given in Native Tongue FIRST OF KIND IN UTAH Various Roles Are Well Taken I and Players Receive i an Ovation Before DIore EDO 00 Greeks gathered d at the tho f If l Paradise Coffeo hou house e No Xo 59 39 West Second South street tho the first Greel play ever presented ever presented In Utah was given r. r Ja Just t night It Watt waa the tragic story of or Golfo a s beautiful but poor maiden of l and of or her lover Tassos Tasso Tho The player players were ere young oung Greeks most t of or whom work at the tho Murray and Bingham Junction sm smelters and who ho under tho the direction of ot C. C Karig- Karig lanis ll had d studied well the lines I of ot tho the I- I tory story or of their fatherland The Tho t I W wes R a and III ill appointed one the costumes wore poor IOOr and tho the properties none but to tile the spectators it ft did not nol matter At times they thoy cheered att at al t times they thoy lau laughed hed an and at times thc they t wept but always they wore were hack back at atthe att t- t L the lUlo Greek village Jiving living the tho lines JInes that were read before them thom The play of Golfo written by S. S one of ot the well known Greek playwrights of ot 60 BO years ago ngo tolls tills the tho love Jove story of ot Golfo and Tassos They had grown rown up In the little vii vii- Jago JalO from boyhood and girlhood but Ta Tasos os was too poor toor to support a n wife She ho W was wan H a a. beautiful girl and ho hoa a a. fIno figure of ot a man to her eyes tho the picture of the Gods of ot old One day three English lords cameo cam to the village vil il logo lage an and engaged Tassos to pilot them over O the tho surrounding country One Tassos from drowning was saved loved by with witha and aud as a reward ret presented him a lit purse pursa of marks At last the way ay to marry Golfo Gotro was waR at hand and Tassos and lOd Golfo Colfo went wont to ask the blessing of ot tho parents for tor the I marriage and the date was eL f Led Lcd Away n ry b by But oth others rs had eyes for Tassos ono one a. a wealthy girl Hebean for whose father Tassos had worked Hearing that he lie lieas was as about to marry Golfo Hebean set out to win him for tor her- her self licIt Ta os was Invited to the house hous w wealthy young mon men were enlisted to woe woe-u him from Golfo by stories of rl riches hM and the high positions that he would win b by marrying Hebean It Jt was Vas as hard work but at last Tassos Tasso I with wine went t to Golfo and broko broke the engagement sa saying ho he was going to marry Heh Hebean An Goo Golfo was heart broken and wept after Tassos had left The Tho day of ot the wedding set for tor Tassos and Hebean came cime me and the tho friends of the two came cameto cameto to 10 wish them happiness Among Amon them was oas Golfo who extended her hand to Tassos and lInd expressed her hope that he hc would be bo happy At last lost TaB Tasos Tassos' os' os heart was vae touched and after a 1 struggle he decided to togo too go o back to Golfo Colfo Ho lie hurried to her hor homo home to beg bog for forgiveness and arid of offer orter or- or fer ter again aln his hand and heart But too late late Golfo had drained the poison polson glass and was already dead Drawing his dagger or from his belt Tassos plunged tho the blade Into hi his heart an and 1 foil fell over tho the bod body of or his love love nt at last the two were united even If It In death to Through h the sad story tor tho the audience at the Paradise Coffe Cotte house was carried car car- ned ried last night and when tho the last curtain tell foil the com company pan of players were given a great ovation D. D Kou- Kou tris as Golfo and P. P Bobolakis as Tassos ras os f showed real art In the principal pal ml roles They The were supported how- how or b by strong work r.-ork from Cram the entire the play rn th play ware Are J. J A A. A G. G A. A Dokos C. C Dokos C. C 09 K I. A. A Ts P. P X N. Bobia and G G. It Is planned d to repeat the play pIa at atana atone ono one of the theaters In the near future although h the production again will be ho given In the Greek Groe tongue Needless s to say It wa watt all Greek Greet to the thc newspaper newspaper newspaper news news- paper man who saw the performance last night i t. t I |