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Show hearsal. but her performance lacked in comparison with the more experienced co-actors. She needs projection' of personality as well as voice. Dear Ruth, played by Norma Rae Lees, and Lt. Wm. Seawright, played by David N. Morgan, made a good couple no matter how you looked look-ed at them. Miss Lees has the type of voice that doesn't carry well in a barn or Kingsbury Hall. She had the same trouble in "Midsummer Night's Dream." Mr. Morgan plays much better without the convulsions he resorted re-sorted to in "Joan of Lorraine." He acts straight roles much better bet-ter than character. There is no reason to dwell on the story of "Dear Ruth." A good comedy now, it has neared i SPOTLIGHTING National Magazine Features Utah Perhaps one of the best publicity pub-licity plugs Utah will get this year is in the June issue of PATHFINDER magazine, a 54-year-old publication of tremendous tremen-dous circulation among businessmen busi-nessmen in the United States. It is reported to have several million readers. A picture in natural color of the Mormon Temple, also the words, "Utah-The "Utah-The Mormon Conquest," is eoV-er-featured. The four-page article is very well done and is accompanied by nine excellent story-telling photos. The most significant thing about the article is the fact that it is truthful and un- OUT FRONT With Leon The University of Utah Summer Sum-mer Theater Season debut-ed last week-ed with a sure hit. Yes, after being advertised since last September, "Dear Ruth" finally made the Kingsbury Hall stage. Apparently the production produc-tion group was so anxious to make certain that the play played play-ed as advertised that a little matter of rehearsals was considered con-sidered but not practiced. Then again, perhaps, the production staff wanted to live up to the precedent established last season sea-son of making every opening night a dress rehearsal. When good, experienced actors jump cues, drop punch lines, talk j over lauehs. and resort to the ! biased, indicating that prejudice and the Mormons is giving way to friendliness and understanding. understand-ing. ing prewar years. . DID YOU KXOW There is a new Dutch sweetening sweet-ening which is said .to be 4,000 times sweeter than sugar. ' its final curtain except in high schools, for it is a dated or period per-iod play (this period just passed). pas-sed). It packed a lot of good tummy laughs at Kingsbury Hall and its situations will always al-ways be comical, but not so understandable un-derstandable to the coming generation. gen-eration. True to form, the University will not be able to live up to its advertised season. "All The Kings Men" will not appear in Salt Lake. It's not the clean type of play desired' hereabouts this season. Therefore, Robert Hide Wilson, top ranking local director who just returned irom Minnesota, will not direct a play, but will appear in a minor role in "Promised Valley." This is unfortunate for Salt Lake Playgoers who suffered through Playbox plays last season mostly most-ly in loyalty to Mr. Wilson who ; founded it. And I hope he will ! remain in blissful ignorance of the low level to which Playbox slipped last season. . ' j traditional motion of despair by ' facing the audience and thrust-ling thrust-ling both hands downward, palms up; when the stage pictures pic-tures are good and the movement move-ment in accord with this type of play,. I maintain that the fault lies in lack of rehearsal. "Dear Ruth" will unboubted-ly unboubted-ly be remembered as an extremely ex-tremely funny comedy, full of good build-ups and fast' punch lines. Given another week of re- hearsal, the play vould have been listed as the best comedy, since "The Male Animal" to grace Kingsbury Hall. Director Louis Mallory, visiting professor profes-sor from Brooklyn College, had a good enthusiastic troupe to direct. di-rect. Ross Dalton made the most of his role as the father. This is the best acting Mr. Dalton has done within my memory. His timing and expression were much better than that of his stage-wife, Miss Lucille Tuttle. I was truly delighted with Wayne Richards, but I disagree with Mr. Mallory's interpretation interpreta-tion of the role. I know that Mr. DID YOU KXOW Sunday has always been the worst driving day since the very beginning of automobile history. hist-ory. However, an insurance company has reported that there were more accidents on Saturdays in 1946. Richards can, and undoubtedly did, follow direction. He was the most experienced memoer of the 'cast, well remembered as Salt Lake's most prominent juvenile actor not so long ago. The director should have pointed point-ed out to Mr. Richards that he was treating his part too kindly that he was actually to interpret inter-pret a boorish stooge that does not win' the sympathy of the audience. I almost wished that the Lieutenant would go . back to the wars and leave Mr. Richards Rich-ards to his home planning. But the author, Norman Krasna, didn't mean it that way. The cause of all the trouble in "Dear Ruth" is the little sister, sis-ter, Miriam, played by Fae Thomas. This is the first im-. portant role Miss Thomas has had on Kingsbury Hall stage. It may have been the thrill of , opening night or lack of re- |