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Show Theatrical Season 1908-9 Klaw and Erlanger Shows The theatrical famine has been long In the land of Logan and we shall all be glad to break our fast next Tuesday when the theater reopens with the Salt Lake Opera company In "Tho Girl and the Governor." Tho singers of this organization are so well known In Logan that they always receive a royal welcome here und play to a more than crowded' house. It Is fortunate that they are planning to give an afternoon as well as evening performance. perform-ance. With regard to the theatrical season in general it gives promise of many good things. The theater remains re-mains as usual under the general management man-agement of Felton St Smutzer and will continue to play the excellent melodramatic melo-dramatic attractions that have been booked In the past by that firm. In addition the firm has made an arrangement arrange-ment with Klaw Sc Erlanger whereby they will In future book In Logan all of their attractions that are available. In this way we run the chance of getting get-ting some of the best plays and that Is what Logan wants and appreciates. Last season we had some excellent operas and such famous plays as ''The Man ot the Hour" and the "Lion and the Mouse," which were well patronized. patron-ized. We give below a list of some of the plays that have been booked. Among the most notable are "The Squaw Man," "Parsifal" and "The Great Divide." The first is the work of a Utah man and has already received re-ceived tho applause of New York and London, and Its chief Interpreter is a leading American actor, who became bo well known to theater-goers as the star in the "Virginian." "Parsifal" has already played In Logan and, though It was not the famous opera that Savage produced for the first time in English and that was sung In German at the Metropolitan a few years ago, It was received with much favor in Logan. It played to standing room only and the beauty ot the story and scenery had great charm for the large audience. Along in January we are promised "The Great Divide" everywhere heralded as the great American play. Written by a Chicago professor and bringing together as It does both eastern and western characters char-acters It has literary merit, realism and tells an Intensely dramatlo story. We shall be fortunate Indeed It we get to see this play In its third season. Here U a list ot attractions as already booked: September 15 Salt Lake Opera Co. In "The Girl and the Governor." September 23 Dustln Farnuni, In "The Squaw Man." October 21 "On the Bridge at Midnight." Mid-night." November C "Parsifal." November 11 'Bunco in Arizona." November 10 "Texas." November 17-18 Sanford Dodge. November 10 "Jane Eyre." November 25 "Why Girls Leave Home." November 20 "Her First Falso Step." November 30 "The Heart of an Indian." In-dian." December 8 "The Rocky Mountain Express." December 21 "The Flaming Arrow." December 22 "A Missouri Swede." January 1-0 "Too Proud lo Beg." January 4 "The Farmor's Daughter." Daugh-ter." January 21 "The Great Divide." January 20 "The Yankee. Drummers." Drum-mers." March 2 "Down Vermont Woy." March 10 "Cripple Creek." I |