The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1879-05-04
oFFKNBA CHS NEW OPERA.
A Sketch OF the Pie, OF " Mse. Fsvarty' - 70
will be Produced - the PARA.

Madame Favart," for which NJ. Jacques
Offenbach has furnished the music. and which
will be produced shortly at the Park Theatre by
Mile. Aimee and her associates. unites to light
and sparkling score story OF considerable in
genuity and interest. The pursuit OF the cele-
brated comedienne Fdvdr by the hdrdchdi de
SdJe 10 tho motive ot the comedy. the first scene
OF which Ia laid In an Inn where Fdpdrt. the hus-
band OF the beauty who has repulsed tho en-
amored warrior hHs been sheltered by Disco
tin. tho landlord. and concealed in the cellar.
Under the prctcxt OF indebtedness he has been
placed under arrest whilo his vlrtuous
wife has been sent to q convent. Both.
however. manage to escape. and meet
again in this inn. whore Fdrdrt Ia pursued
by detachment Of militia commanded by
susceptible sergeant. This individual falls n
victim To the wies Of the versatile Madame
Fdrdrt. who. having first appeared Hs huriy-
gurdy woman. ~ row transformed for safety
toxicat,s the military ut the same time. She
has met ut this place an old friend named Hec-
t9' WHO WHO ls IN love Will S1kanhe. the uaukhtrr
Used her hand on condition that he should se-
cure the post OF lieutenant OF police. an office
ot his relatives. The Governor of Artois. one
Iontsable is. however. only approacha-
through the wife q the woud-bo in
cunib"nt OF the office he has in his
Rtlt-nnu therefore, HFrtOr ~ IN despair. l
WIN tell suzanne" he says. that Icannot marry
her. because | have n wife, Nine. Fdrdr
moved by his assertion that should he become
Lieutenant Of police he would he able TO take
her husband and herself along In safety In tho
guiso 81 bis, servants. obtains an interview
with IOntsdbte and by tho exercise OF
u few Chances. obtains the position for
Hector. who accordingly clnims suzanne,
safely away; In the next act the situation be-
comes decidedly awkward through the appear
gnce on the scene ~ FOnfsdbie. to whom
Madame Fdrdr has represented that she WIS
continue the acquaintance. Suzanne has tn be
kept cut Of tie way. and Madame Fdrdr
plays Il comedy which still further
cuptivates the Marquis. He is however in
that sho Is in HectOr's house, in the guise
" a servant. by a dowag"r who has recognized
the com"dienne. I0htSdble does not for Il mo-
ment suspect the real culprit. not even when
order to induce him to leave the place; his sus-
pirons rather fall upon suzanne. who has
assumed the garb ~ a waiting maid that she
might not he forced To- leave her own house.
I1tdsdbls arrests her, together with Fdrdrt who
has betrayed herself. and they are taken to
the camp. where tho hdr6chdt de Sdre
s IN power. and where they are Joined
tor. Numerous romplcations occur. in
Guiding Ons strongly rrminis ''pnt OF the inter
view between the husband and the former adj
mirer in "A Scrap of Paper" but Madame
Fdrdrfs entrenties in an interview with the
king and her skill in M impromptu representa-
ton, combine to gain the royal favor and insure
the dis 'omiiture OF her enem irs and pursuers.
saay foSied rg s%s Woman STyT fne
quis. but that IL quite enough to defeat you" is
the reply, and the curtain tails on the reiterated
exclamation. She II idenll' Mile Aimee has
tility and TO wear many different and pic
turesQue costumes.