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Show ! GOOD FOR "THE MIKADO. Al. Hayman Write That the Am- j J tear May Produce It, Prorld-Ing Prorld-Ing a Royalty of lO Per Cent. Be Paid. The following was received too' late ; last evening for publication in the Demo- crat: - - j Baldwci Theatre, Sept. 16, 1885. j Messrs. Caine & Clawson, Salt LakeThea- j tre Gents: In answer to yours of Septem- t ber 13, 1885,1 beg to say, relative to the j "Mikado," that I have purchased from Mr. E. D'Oyley Carte all rights to the Mikado" west of the Missouri river, I paying him 10 I per cent, royalty on the gross receipts for my rights. Having paid him a very . large sum on account of royalties, I am pleased to note the tenor of your letter, let-ter, and can assure you I wish to do nothing that might interfere with the amateur society that wish to do the opera. Still, I must assert my nghts. As these parties have gone to considerable expense in preparing for the opera, and not wishing to disappoint them they may do the opera, but I must charge them 10 per cent., the same as I pay. If they do it, will i you kindly see that the royalty is remitted j I will do the opera with the entire Carleton Company on a very great scale at your city. Truly yours,. t Al. Haimak. The way Mr. Hayraan has treated the home company has pleased a host of regular theatre goers here, and tickled the amateurs almost to death. Hayman will lose nothing by taking the royalty, but the home company will gain much by the stir he has made. The opera will, be produced here in about a month, and again by the Carleton company some time in December. Louia Cohn, and Mr. Watson, of the Co-op., have just returned from the East where they saw "The Mikado", played. Both of these gentlemen are clean gone on it, and give the moat glowing descrip- j tions of the opera. The public ia getting anxious about "The Mikado," and are somewhat impatiently waiting for a chance to - see it. Rehearsals will be actively engaged in now to the time of its j production. , ; j -i . ! |