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Show "Merchant of Venice." it is Said to Give Hanford best Opportunity Op-portunity to Display his Powers. Chas. U. Hanford lias appeared in Logan with great success, but press reports say that no play affords better scope for the skill and temperament of an actor of the Hanford school than "The Merchant of Vcnlce"whlch with tho assistance of one of the strongest companies ho has ever assembled will bo presented by that eminent star at the Thatcher opera house on Saturday, Satur-day, January 27. Mr. Hanford Is one of tlio few actor managers that this country can now boast. His presentations presenta-tions aro built and cast absolutely under un-der his direction and the richness of equipment which ho provides give his productions high rank aside fiom his own extraordinary popularity as a star. Hy ictalning completo control of his presentations, Mr, Hanford has avoided that neglect of detail to which so many peiformances that picscnta player whose eminence commands popular pop-ular Interest must plead gulltvy. The same artistic sensn that liaseuablcd him to reach so eminent a place as an Individual player prevents him from slighting aiy portion of a performance offered under his sponsorship. The stago is not merely u place where I12 may exploit his genius In a single role but it rcllccts his taste and discernment discern-ment In cvory picture that the pass-lug pass-lug scenes unfold. In his present tour Mr. Hanford again has the assistance of that eminent actress, Mario Drof-nah, Drof-nah, whoso protrayals have won so much popular applause and critical approval. She has realized the feminine femin-ine characters of the standard drama In a manner which gives her an unchallenged un-challenged position among the foremost fore-most in popular esteem. Frank Hen-nlg Hen-nlg is another well known and well approved figure on the llgltlmate stago now appearing with tho 'Hanford 'Han-ford company. |