During the first legislature, Sam and Orion were mad at the promiscuous granting of monopolies. — Sam wrote that franchises hang over the territorial boundary like a fringe. &Orion wrote as XYZ to the Alta California making fun of the corrupt legislators in Nevada saying, “no legislature wil be able to give away a monopoly […]
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Gov Nye’s Thanksgiving Proclamation in VC is marred by Theatre Violence.
Gov Nye gave his Thanksgiving Proclamation with over-optimistic verbosity before theatre crowds. Each theatre held the show for the Governor. At Moore’s Saloon Theatre, to shady citizens drunk, armed with bowie knives and revolvers stormed down the aisle and commanded the curtain be dropped. Stark refused, the audience of women and children screamed. Stark dropped […]
Stark’s Company Rules VC with a Classic Rep
Stark’s theatre company was still playing to packed houses at the Howard and Gruenwald Theatres. People loved his William Tell. Hamlet, Lear, Othello, Cardinal in Lytton’s Richelieu. James Stark was one of the best English-trained actors in the world. From Nova Scotia by way of Boston, he trained in London and strictly enforced naturalistic acting. […]