Word: acted
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...scene of the first act is laid in front of the Shorn Lamb tavern in the seaport town of Crowbay. A group of villagers, constituting the opening chorus, are gathered before the tavern. As the curtain rises they begin to tell of the approaching marriage of Constance to a rich but aged baronet, who has been selected by Boggs, the girl's father, as a suitable husband for his child, though much against her will. Alfred Dawdle, young, handsome and charming, but poor, makes his appearance, accompanied by his facetious but faithful servant, Rattles. Dawdle offers to elope with Constance...
...second act the curtain rises upon the deck of the pirate ship, with the pirate crew scattered about, engaged in the apparently peaceable occupations of ordinary seamen. This scene is very realistic and most tastefully arranged. The pirate captain arrives with Constance, who is presently followed by her companion, Cherry, who has come aboard to be near her mistress. Dawdle and Rattles come aboard in disguise, bent on rescuing Constance. They have been informed of her capture by Rooney, porter of the Shorn Lamb, who has been a witness of most of the scenes of the preceding act. They join...
...scene of the third act is laid before Justice Wheezy's house. The pirates are brought in, loaded with chains, by the soldiers. Rooney, who is as much of a rascal as any of them, prefers the charge against the prisoners, and the justice orders them off to prison. The bridesmaids, however, beg for mercy on the ground of its being leap-year. The justice finally gives in, the pirates are brought back, Constance is given to Dawdle, while Cherry takes possession of Rattles, and the play ends in a passionate burst of music from the throats of everyone...
...will be produced in June next. The real cause of the delay has been the very serious illness of Sir Arthur Sullivan. Mr. Gilbert has finished the libretto. The composer has taken it with him to the south of France, and has already done the finale to the first act. The scene of the new opera will be laid in the Tower of London, and the period will be the time of Henry VIII...
...Siegfried the Slugger; or, The Gottohammeron," and was purported to have been written by "Richard Whanger." The most taking things were a solo by Gunther, a trio sung by Gunther, Hagen and Siegfried, by which they bind their compact, and choruses of combined girls and warriors in the first act; a solo by Gunther with a chorus of warriors. and trio by the Rhine nymphs in the second act. The nymphs were very good in their singing and dancing and were enthusiastically applauded. As an encore their doubles in costumes and size-Dexter, Whiting and Fairbank-appeared and were...