Show Dr DI Goates Discovers s sOld Old Drama Dma a Manuscript Faded with age and dust an old manuscript of an early American melodrama came to light last week as the result of ofa a year-long year examination of play scripts found on a shelf in the theold theold theold old Salt Lake theater Discovery of the manuscript was announced by Dr Wallace Vallace A A. A Goates of the university university university sity Speech and Dramatics depart depart- nten ment Filed with a hundred other pla plays Ts on a dusty shelf of the old Salt Lake theater the manuscript in included included included in- in four of the five acts of Metamora or the Last of the a drama produced on the stage of the local theater in 1866 According to Barrett H. H Clark of New York City authority on I American and European drama the I unearthing of Metamora l con sti- sti one one of the most important I I historical additions to American drama ever made Never Published Inasmuch as the play written by John Augustus Stone was never I published it has been assumed the I copy found on a shelf of the old theater was written by a prompter from fram a copy carried by an early American dramatist George B. B Waldron Valdron who appeared in the play George D. D manager of the theater from 1898 until it was torn down Clown in 1928 deemed the old manuscripts lying a about b o 0 u t t the h e theater worth saving and kept I them in a trunk at his home for forten forten forten ten years before turning them over oyer overto overto to the university in response to a request of Maude May l Babcock then head of the University Speech department Professor Babcock turned a list of the manuscripts over to Barrett Ii H. H Clark who was joyous when he recognized Metamora l among them He intends to include it in a limited edition of heretofore unpublished unpublished unpublished un un- un- un published plays to be published in 1939 I Investigates History I Dr Goates spent an entire year confirming confirming- the manuscripts manuscript's history history history his his- tory having it for the benefit of university dramatics dramatics dramatics dra dra- matics classes Members of the cast which performed performed performed per per- formed in Metamora l at the Salt Lake theater in 1866 include i George B. B Waldron Valdron Miss Edith Clawson J. J R. R Clawson J. J M. M Smith H. H Maiben l N. N S. S Leslie E E. E G. G Woolley J. J S S. S Lindsay D. D McKenzie J. J M. M Simmons J. J A. A Thompson J. J C. C Graham J. J B B. B Kelly D. D J. J McIntosh Mrs N. N S. S Leslie and a Miss Adams |