| Show JOSHUA WHITC03IB Dcnman Thompson at the Theatre in His Great Impersonation The announcement that Denman Thompson will appear at the Salt Lake Theatre next week in his celebrated play of Joshua Whitcomb will be hailed with delight by all lovers of fine comedy Uncle Josh has been here before and that fact insures him a hearty reception again Like the gurgle of a mountain brook or the first breath of spring when sweet primroses peep out from their green beds so is Joshua Whitcomb the New Hampshire farmer in the hands of that superb character actor Den Thompson Thomp-son It is a play of which the public never tires it is so simple so homelike the very odor of clover and grasses that hang about Swanzey are transplanted to the stage and we laugh and cry in quick succession at theintense yet natural situations situ-ations with which it abounds Joshua Whitcomb is not a play it is an idyl in which the mirror is held up to nature itself His work is beyond criticism he has long since been beyond the reach of the carping critic and the writer who would attempt to pick any flaw in his work from the time he makes his first run to a fire until the curtain goes down on the happy company at Joshs farm would at once advertise his ignorance of what true acting is |
