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Show JOHN L KELLERfl WILL APPEAR IN ' "HAMLET" Since tliondvcnt or tho meretrl-cIoub meretrl-cIoub (arco, tho "Parlor, Bedroom and Ualh" brnnd of comedy, the Intelligent In-telligent theatregoer has had llttlo opportunity to refresh his mind with tho lilghor forms of dramatic art. It Is therefore, wclcomo news that tho tmilnont actor, John II. Kelloril, had started a 'world tour In a reportolrr the classical dr&ma, and under w wlso dlrecllon of William r. Connot, well known ns tho manner of Mine, Sarah Ilornhatdt, will prettcnt at tho Salt I.akp then tie, Salt Lake City, a terk'B of Shakespearean plays, lator to ho supplemented by n few high class model n plays. Mr. Kellnnt wno was born at Kensington, Ken-sington, England, made his first up-pearanco up-pearanco at tho King's Cross thcatro In London, In "Ilnmlot," in 1879.. Since then ho has had a wldo oxpori-elco oxpori-elco in tho Shakespearean diama. For several yearsj ho was qo-star with , . N Madamo ilodjeska appearing oppo-, alto to her In such roles as Macbeth, jShylock, Benedick, Malvollo and ( Louis XVI in "Marie .Antoinette.", Later ho presented ''Hamlet" at tho IHatrls and Gardnor theatres in New York City tor 102 cqnsecutlvo nights and was then pronounced by so oni-iuent oni-iuent a critic as William Winter, to bo tho most brilliant of contemporary contempor-ary actors. Kleoerds Interpretation of the great characters of tho mastor dramatist, aro marked by a degree of I naturalness, and avoldunca of strained strain-ed theatrical offect, that lends tho chat in or originality to his conceptions concep-tions nnd rendois thorn easily understood under-stood by all. Ho Is possessed of n thoroughly tialncd volco of lemark-ibio lemark-ibio compass, which ho uses with telling tel-ling effect hL? Intonations nro subtly sympathetic, and his method of read-In read-In convoys tho lmpiesskm of tesorvo power. His Inst season which extended extend-ed to the racltlo coast, proved moot successful and established him thtoughout tho United States nnd Canada as tho foremost tragedian of tho present day. IIs engagement at tho Salt Lake theatie. Salt Lnko City, opens on Tliursday, Soptombor 18. Tho ropor-tolro ropor-tolro will bo "Hamlet," on Thursday night, "Tho Merchant or Venico" on Friday night, Saturdny matlneo "Julius "Jul-ius Caesar.V antl Saturday nlghu m i"Mucboth." " . I 'Under Win. F. Conner's direction this season Mr. Kellord's productions I have beon equipped with now scenery scen-ery and with costumes ornato and modelled wllh historical accuracy. ' The supporting company ia mado up. , ! skilled players of reputation, pro-m'lnent pro-m'lnent among which are John Dean, Charles A. Smily, John McFarlane. Walter Hubbell, Qoorgo V. Dill and , ' the Mlsies Fredda Qrlndley, Oeor-getto Oeor-getto DuParquo, Doris Fellows and ,. Edna Mai shall. During M,r. Kollard's , ontlte tour thero will be no Sunday ' performances. |