, 1881-10-16
Gilbert and Sullirau's Last One
retta, ''Patience,''
Sketch Of the Plot, and Specimens Of
the Esthetic Diities.
Chorus -Rehearsals for the NAV Festi.
Val-Mozart society-Coming
Concerts. -

! FALLEN CE.'9
The last operetta by Gilbert and Sullivan
Ia''eice; or. Eunthorne's Bride ''--is to be
Drought ont this week ut two Of our theatres.
lhe operett;, las proved 4 great success botll
| Ill London and New York, and is likely to
meet with an equally cordial reception here.
lie work is broad satire on the, school Of
;esthetlclsn, of which Mandel, 1'ostlctfwaitc
lllcoS, and Mrs. Cimabrce Brown are the
well-known imaginary tlsureheads. THIS
Tyne Of aesthetic ''culchaw'' has as vet
g;'lned but slight foothoId in the United
states, and from this fact it might be ill.,
ieffed that "guy," however clever.
on a fashion which is without prac-
tcal existence among lis, would prove
nnlnterestlng to. Americans; but we have
all read Il goou deal about the London
Tsthetes, aud seen 4. good many pic
toflai illustrations Of their peculiarities-so
that this phase of s,blimated art is, after all.
one with WHICH VIC are ut least tolerably ac-
qt1alntcd. And, besides. the Gilbert-Sulli-
van sIit is SO clever, both in score anu words
the plot IS SO Whimsical, the dlalos so
humorous, and the music SO sparkltns-that
it would be strange if !" Patience ~ did not
maSe i'll this country 4 hit but little inferior
TO lhat achieved i'll the land of its birth.
Following is a brief sketch Of the libretto:
The scene of the first act is an exterior Of n
castle, with inoat and drawbridSe. y score Of
tho stnge, Among them is June, IL gigantic
aesthetic. The opening chorus begins:
Twenty lovesick maidens We
Lovfesick all agui1lst our will;
Twenty years hence we shall be
Twenty loyesic1 nuidcns still!
!, The maldens avow their love for Dunthoyne,
the @ poet; @ but Juae informs them that he loves
only Patience, Il aairy-mai4l:
s. fsut yesterday | cnl1ght him in her (lary
Is not wcil.''
Patience then appears and sings solo:
cannot tell what this love may be
Which cometa to oil, but nar to mp.
Presently appear q squad of Dungeons, with
whom but year before these girls were IN love,
but whom now they scorn. The Colonel sings II
Pattor sung, which begins US follows:
II you want receipt for that popular mystery
Known to the world is Heavy Dr;iguou,
Take all the remarkable pcopie in history,
Rattle them OFT to Il popular tune,
Genius OF Bismarck deyisns plan;
The hu1nor of Fielding (which sounds contradic-
tory};
Goodness of Pnect nbour TO trcpan;
The science Of Julien, the eminent musico;
m, VII Of Macauiay n who wrote Of Queen Anne:
The puthos of Paddy Us rendered by N0ucieault; |
Style Of tho Bishop Of Sodor and Man:
The dash Of DCrsay, divestcd Ut quackery;
Narrative powers OF Dickens and 1rtackeray;
Victor Emmanuel; penk-huntnG leyeril;
lhonas Aglttnus md Dr. Snchevere1t;
Iupper and TtnnySOn; Daniel Defoe.
Anthony Troiopc, aud Mister Gingot-
Take OF these elements ull that is iusible,
Melt etn ul down in ptpkin cructbic, !
Set 'cil 10 simmer und take OFT the scum, Il
And i Heavy Dr'1gt,on is the resdlu1n.
At this point IL Lieutenant, who Is n Duke with |
a thousand a day, appe,trs upon the scene. This
gentleman has Joined tho army Tor tho PURPOSE |
of being occasionally snupbed and bulled.
The maitcns then nrpear singing:
In I'll !af,