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Show J Deseret Stake Annual Play Is Presented The Deseret Stake M. I. A. pre- ! sented "It Shall Keep Thee" at four performances this week and pleased a large audience at each ; production. Much favorable com- j llent was received by each mem-b mem-b of the cast and by the direc-'"s. direc-'"s. Mr. and Mrs. Blaine Spend-love. Spend-love. "ii Shall Keep Thee" is a play of Mormon Life, showing that the ideals of Mormonism have remained remain-ed tiie same throughout the changing chang-ing times, as it takes the audience through three periods of Mormon life; the pioneer perod, the Gay Nineties and the present time. To depict these periods, thirty different costumes were worn on ihe stage and scenery was rented from the Salt Lake Theatre for productions, the first act being in a log cabin and the other two in a home, with the changing of the iiirniture making the needed "hanges in the two periods. Each character was outstanding ;n the particular part which he played. To watch Dana Pratt first as a young boy, then as a father and finally as an aged grandfather, was a treat not often seen. Eoth Valeda Hilton and LaVon Taylor exhibited great dramatic ability, with each bne playing first the part of a young girl and later a matronly part; with Valeda taking tak-ing the part as a sweet pioneer maiden who was determined that ter lover should not go to the mines against the will of his parents; par-ents; and LaVon as a beautiful and strong-walled daughter, who found delight in "telling off" her fiery young brother, played by Berdell Ber-dell Memmott, when he interferred .villi her affairs, and her handsome Eastern lover, typically portrayed by Lynn Talbot, because he mis represented her religious ideals. Hugh and Chloe Hilton and their daughter, Marjean, with Dana Pratt playing the part of their son, portrayed por-trayed a typical pioneer family. Reva Talbot showed exceptional ability as she played the scene as she received word of the death of her lover. Perfection in character roles were developed in the parts of Lyle Bunker, who was a Swe.dishman; fhelma Black and Carol Schlappi, who were gossipers of the Gay Ninties; and Royal Terry, who was a semi-civilized Indian, and who also flayed the part of the doctor in Act Three. Stanley Dewsnup and Cheryl Moody did nice work as the lead roles in the third act, portraying a modern college boy who feared his home and especially his grandfather grand-father would not appeal to his sweetheart, and a modern girl who saw beauty in life on the farm and fit well into the family way of life. With Jay Warner as a typical "younger brother" and Elizabeth Moody and Bonnie Black as sisters, Valeda Hilton an older sister and LaVon Taylor as the mother, and Dana Pratt as the ninety year old grandfather, there was a well-presented modern family with its comical com-ical situations and its serious moments, mo-ments, making the play a most worth-while production. |