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Show Lions Bring Passion Play To City Jan. 15 The Black Hills Passion play, one of the most unique dramatic performance give n on the American stage, will be presented pre-sented in Salt Lake. Jan. 15 to 24, inclusive, by the Salt Lake Lions club, it was announced. The play, which has been pro- duced since the middle ages, portrays the last seven days of the life of Christ. It? is beinc brought to Utah as a part of the Centennial celebration, William Wil-liam J. Fouyer, Lions club president, pres-ident, declared. Proceeds will assist financing a poilo ward a the Salt Lake hospital. Mr. Fouyer announced that James C. Hill, Salt Lake insurance insur-ance man, will head the committee commit-tee arranging for presentation of the dramatic performance. The play, he added, has been seen by more Americans than almost any other single production. Mr. Hill, in describing the play, declared that it has been running continuously since 1242 when it was first put on by monks at Luenen, Germany. "In 1932," Mr. Hill added, "the then leading actor, Josef Meier, brought the play to this country in order to escape the persecution persecu-tion which was then prevalent in Germany and most, of Europe Since that time the play has been presented at Spearfish, S. D., in the heart of the Black Hills country each summer, .and brought on the road during the fall and winter months. "The play owes a great deal of its success which has been phenomenalto phe-nomenalto the amazing personality per-sonality of Mr. Meier and the rest of the cast. They are high- ly trained artists and have given giv-en their lives to the production of the play." v. Mr. Hill said that tickets could be secured by writing to the Lions club an Salt 'Lake, ior through the efforts of local Lions clubs throughout the state. Mr. Hill said the play would be presented nightly, with afternoon after-noon matinees from Jan. 15 to 24. It will be one of the first and largest contributions by civic groups to the general Utah Centennial celebration, he point-, ed out. The play will be produced pro-duced in Kingsbury hall, University Uni-versity of Utah campus, with part of the proceeds going to the university for courses in dramatics and speech. "We believe," Mr. Hill added, "that the best interests of the state are being served in bringing bring-ing this reilgious drama to I Utah as part of the Centennial I plan. It is of intense religious interest, and the acting and stage production are the best examples of theatrical art that can be obtained anywhere. |