Show long lost play manuscript found once played before the footlights of the glamorous old salt lake theatre then for seven decides ides relegated to the dusty oblivion of a backstage cupboard the old play metamora mettamora Me tamora or the last of the has been discovered and though one of its five acts la Is missing Is jubilantly hall od d as one of 0 the most important historical additions to american drama ever made announcement of the find was wa made by dr wallace goates ot of the university of utah speech department part ment who spent a year confirming the history of tho the manuscript one of a hundredfold hundred lold old plays turned over to the university of utah by george D manager of the salt lake centre from 1898 until 1828 1928 when the historical landmark was torn down the play won the D edwin dwin forrest play prize and was played all over the country being produced in salt bait lake city in 1800 but forrest a famous actor of the time never allowed the play to be published dished J the manuscript found was apparently a prompters copy laboriously orious orlou sly ly written in Iong longhand liand and left lying in the theatre while authorities despaired of ever finding tho the drama |