The Mormons and the Theatre; or, The History of Theatricals in UtahLindsay, John S. (John Shanks)
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The Mormons and the Theatre; or, The History of Theatricals in Utah
Lindsay, John S. (John Shanks)
Latter Day Saints; Theater -- Utah -- History
On the 5th of September, Amy Stone, supported by her husband, H. F.
Stone, began a stock star engagement which lasted a little more than
four months. Opening the regular fall season on September 5th, by the
time the fall Conference came on, October 6th, the Stones had the
stock company up in a very attractive repertoire of plays to present
to "our country cousins" attending the Conference. Fanchon, Pearl of
Savoy, "Little Barefoot," "French Spy," "Wept of the Wishton Wish,"
were leading favorites in the Stone repertory, and proved to be very
popular, serving to keep the exchequer in a satisfactory condition.
Their engagement lasted until January the 6th, 1868. Amy, if not a
great actress, was at least a fascinating one. She was blessed with a
superb form and an attractive face; she fairly reveled in parts where
she could wear tights and display her shapely form, and it must be
frankly confessed that "the folks" loved to see her in that kind of
attire. She was more at home in it than in an evening dress with a
bothersome train; there was a freedom of movement and a candor of
expression about Amy that was positively refreshing, and we all liked
her and got along with her with very little trouble. "Harry," as her
husband was always called, was not a brilliant but a good, useful
actor, and had a good knowledge of her plays, and could direct the
staging of them. Besides, he attended to the making of engagements,
and the financial end of the business, and as he was devoted to Amy,
they were apparently one of the happiest couples I have ever met in
the theatrical business. The Stones were a very prudent and saving
couple, and by the time they had finished a four months' stock star
engagement, they had a very handsome deposit in the local bank, and
they left Zion feeling a very warm affection for the Saints, and so
went on their way rejoicing.
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