| Show lon long lost play manuscript found once played before the footlights of the glamorous old salt lake theatre then for seven decades relegated to the dusty oblivion of a backstage cupboard the old play mettamora metamora Me Are tamora or the last of the has been discovered and though one of its five acts is missing is jubilantly hailed as one of the most important historical additions to american drama ever made announcement of the find was made by dr wallace goates of the university of utah speech department who spent a year confirming the history of the manuscript one of a hundred old plays turned over to the university of utah by george D manager of the salt lake theatre from 1898 until 1928 when the historical landmark was torn down the play won the alie edwin forrest play prize and was played all over ovel the country being produced in salt lake city in 1866 but forrest a famous actor of the time never allowed the play to be published the manu manuscript script found was apparently a prompters copy labarius ly written in longhand and left lying in the theatre while authorities despaired of ever finding t the he historic drama |
