Program. The Press Club's Revival of "Uncle Tom's Cabin" Done at the Salt Lake Theatre, Monday Evening, February 3, 1908 [caption title]

Salt Lake City: Press Club of Salt Lake City, 1908. Very good.. [52]pp. Original pictorial wrappers printed in brown and black, stapled. Light dust-soiling to wrappers, mild edge wear. Internally clean. An ephemeral and seemingly-unrecorded program for a theatrical production of Harriet Beecher Stowe's Uncle Tom's Cabin presented at the Salt Lake Theatre on February 3, 1908. The Press Club of Salt Lake City was a social club founded by the city's newspaper reporters in 1902. The club hosted public events such as plays, banquets, and lectures. According to the introduction in the present work, "while this presentation gives the first authentic and unexpurgated idea of the horrors which have resulted from racial servitude, the drama has limitations which forbid a complete delineation of the system of which 'Uncle Tom's Cabin' was a part." This is followed by a brief history of slavery in the United States. The work also pictures some of the actors who performed in the drama, some of whom appear in blackface, all-too-typical for theatrical productions of the time. In addition, the program includes a summary of the play itself and numerous advertisements for local businesses. We could locate no copies of this program in OCLC or auction history.