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the Rocky Mountains, the love of the drama, and as a consequence it was not long, only a f

, and almost before many of them had comfortable houses to live in they began to yearn for some dramatic amusement. As a result of this

sive one, intentionally so, for the organization included the celebrated "Nauvoo Brass Band," a number of whose members a

t, Edmond Ellsworth, Henry Margetts, Edward Martin, William Cutler, William Clayton, Miss Drum, Miss Margaret Judd, and Miss Mary Badlam. Miss Badlam, in additi

n this case was a summer place of worship which stood on the Temple Block near where the big Tabernacle now stands. In this place of worship as ear

ama, "Robert Macaire, or the Two Murderers," danci

ction to play in a church. As it is a matter of historic interes

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g pleasure both to the audiences and actors; the only remuneration the actors received, by the way, for

deserves to be made a matter of record quite as much as the company itself

he bow with his left hand at that. The associate players of Captain Pitt were William Clayton, James Smithers, Jacob Hutchin

al Hall proper was completed. It was built at this out of the way place so as to combine the use of the Warm Springs for bathing with the social meetings held there. But it proved to be too difficult to get to, when the

y known as "Hop") Fender, Jesse Earl and Jake Hutchinson. These gentlemen deserve to be remembered in the music

c Social Hall was erected, and with a view to opening it with becoming brilliancy the original company was greatly added to, for the drama had bec

time a fine amusement hall but has long since become dwarfed by the greater buildings which have gone up around it. It has a stage twenty feet deep, two dressing rooms under the stage, an ample basement under th

ct were invited, and it was a great crush. The first social gathering in the n

hted because they were not among the invited. Envy on the one hand and a supercilious superiority on

members: James Ferguson, Bernard Snow, David Candland (stage manager), John T. Caine, David McKenzie, Joseph Simons and Henry Maiben; to the female contingent had been added Mrs. Cyrus Wheelock, Mrs. Henry Tuckett, Mrs. Joseph Bull, Mrs. John Hyde, Mrs. Sarah Cook. It will be observed that they were all married women. This is a very noticeable feature, as it is so unusual in a dramatic company nowadays, either amateur or professional. The explanatio

an epoch in the development of civilization in the Rocky Mountain region and the growth of the drama in th

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ow put on in rapid succession, for the D. D. A. had caught the true dramatic fire, and the people were hu

to Shakespeare anywhere, while Ferguson as Iago was scarcely less convincing. In "Damon and Pythias" also these players shone with more than ordinary brilliancy. Snow's Damon was pronounced a work of art, whil

ayed these same characters in the Salt Lake Theatre, many of the old frequenters of the Social Hall ranked Bernard Snow

red as Pizarro for the occasion although Rolla was his favorite part. This gave Snow the a

master at West Point. He was a fine composer and arranger, and one of the best clarinet players ever heard. Professor Ballo was a graduate of the Conservatory of Music at Milan. He served several years a

voo in connection with the Mormon militia known as the "Nauvoo Legion," of which Joseph Smith held the distinguished office of Lieutenant General. The exodus from Nauvoo and the formation soon afterwards of the "Mo

creased to sixty-five players under the leadership of Professor Ballo, who gave the people of Salt Lake a musical treat that would have been a credit to any metrop

ame in from various parts of the Territory. Those living at a distance and visiting the city either on business or pleasure (which were gen

atic and musical, had spread abroad in the land and many of the small

ween the Mormon chiefs and the United States Judges, which resulted in President Buchanan sending Albert Sidney Johnson to Utah with an army to crush the incipient rebellion. Th

led under its banners. The "Legion" was sent out into the mountains to check the advance of the invading army. Not only did all amusement and business generally come to

the city were vacated, and the intention was to burn the city

Soon after its adoption a better understanding was reached between the refractory Saints and Uncle Sam's government, and the

encampment forty miles away. Things began to resume their normal condi