The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-02-11

uN EBECCA of Sunny brook
49, Farm Klaw and Erlanger s
big production, headed by
Ursula st. George, will be the
attraction at the Salt Lake theateI
Thursday, Friday, Saturday, February
%. 23 and "a, with matinees Thursday
and Saturday. 1t comes TO Salt Lake
direct from its engagement at the
Broadway theater, Denver, en- route to
San Francisco.
This is the original production, and
this is its first season on the road, IL
having only played in New York, Chi.
cago and Boston for the last two
years. Not few people in Salt Lake
have called up the theater and con.
graduated them upon securing this at.
traction. and great many have had
the pleasure Of seeing this exquisite
play during its one year of triumph at
David Belasco s Republic theater, New
York, or the Illinois theater, Chicago,
and the general comment was that it
was play Of ineffable charm, of in
slant and compelling appeal.
1t is a play which everyone will en-
10y, man, woman or child. It's atmos-
phere is so illusive that one must see
it TO feel it's charm. 1t is story that
will bear retelling. Ursula St George,
who plays the character of Rebecca, is
a girl with rare beauty and charm
Of perfect naturalness. which makes the
part vibrant with youth and freshness
The mission Of the stage is best e8-
empli6ed when such plays as 'Rebecca
of Sunnybrook Farm - are produced,
and such plays deal with no complcat.
ed problem of life, nor ATTEMPT to point
the way that people should live.
The cast presenting "Rebecca is
one of Klaw and Erlangcr's : best and
the types presented are those We see
every day if we look for them, The
scenery Is elaborate and beautiful. One
of the properties used in the production
is the old stage coach, in which Rehecca
makes her entrance with jeremiah
Cobb, the tender hearted old pbiloso
pher of Riverboro. He drives his two
trusty horses to this coach which was
driven during the period Of its active
service BY Harry Seavey. between
Prout s Neck and Scarboro Beach.
However. automobiles and the build
ing of railroads put the old coach ont
Of commission and it had lain for many
wears in it's barn at Prout s Neck. when
Kate Douglas Wiggin. author Of IRE
becca. found it thero and coveted il
for use in her comedy. 1t had bis
torv Of its own. After years of val
ued service it had been exhibited at
ten county fairs Now. in spite of its
sjxtv wears of are, il is still in splendid
condition, with it's braces Of leather. n
brake in good WORKING order and hur.
ricauc deck on ton Mrs Wiggin louged
10 buv il. Timidly she wrote 10 Mr.,
Brooks, eXplaining the advantage of
having this actual stage coach for use
in the plav. She expected to hear that
the inexpensive rumble OF q stage in
author with her first play, and that
Miss Rehccca would come In on her
own feet. He telegraphed. "Get the
stage by all means AT anv figure YOU
consider reasonable, The cost was
$500.
"HE FIRST public recital of the
pupils ot Prof G. Francis Cor
don, teacher OF dramatic art.
will be given Tuesday night for
the benefit of the Fraternal Aid 90.
ciety, The reading will he held in the
Knights of Pythias hall on East Third
South street.
rrof, Gordon. who is graduate ~ |!
the Philadelphia School of Dramatic |
Art. openc6 his studio here six months
ago. That he is a finished actor and q
canal hlp teacher of his :rt will he |