New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1882-11-26
MUSIC AND THE DRAMA
" IOLANTHE.o

The cast. slightly altered since the time n, A..
publication, was rs follows:
Tns EST1 Of Mount " w GIIaTstoa
Private willis. I6gow JANE,
Ths ITa 1H ;;ii;:.........nr W. vhs
Tue NO'o 'nAnV cnSra. Of Peers M j. H. Rylsy
Iolanthe ......................M Miss Marie Jansen
The Fairy Queen............Miss Augusta Roesa
Celia. Mics Nina R0wIe,
Leila. Miss Florence Bsni.,g
fleA: Billie Barlow
" ms chora, Of Fairies '"D' He'sr
II was to a crowded, typical, ''irst-niqht hons.,
that the curtain was promptly rung up Last evs..
ing. The play plunges at once into the mids, .,
things. The first act IS "a scene Of Already wberso,
as the curtain rises band ~ fairies enters In cho,
dance at the end of which they lament the lov.
Iolanfhe the life and sonl of fairyland.r IN.
conversation discl ,ses the cause Of I0anthIs han.
ishmeat in her commital Of the capital crmeo
marrying a mortal, and while "wonierneo,
guesses" why. under the circumstances, "IoLantl,
didn't die" the Queen Of the Fairies entering 81.
plains that for love of the transgressOr she bad
Commuted her sentence TO penal seryude for N, A.
condition tna she left her husband without vnf ~
explanation aud never communicated with him again
and adds that as she had all the pleasant place, Of
the earth gwen he to dwell in. it was from purs
choice that IoLaathe chose 10 dwell at the bottom
of the stream which is visible at the back
of the scene Expressing curiosity TOUCHING
the cause Of IOldntke's choice Of scene, the Queer
answers the suggestion that she should summon
her with the objection that If she set eyes her SIZE
should forgive her at once When Leila still urges
saving Think how we loved her" the Queen
Miss Augusta Roche replies
What was your love 10 mine' Why she was nvsluails
to me! Who taught me 20 curl myself inside batter
sH..f IN. - fnnf mi "A IL
weDi 10 anthe!- taught me to dive into adewdrop
70 nestle IN d nutshell, to gambo upon gossameFi
lOlaBthe.
At last the persistency Of the fairies prevails
upop the Queen. and TO the sound of her in.
vocation Iolanthe rises frOm the stream,
clad in sombre and dripping garb Of
water growths. Making humble obeisance to til.
Quen.-she receives pardono her fault her dull
dress vanIshes. and she appears clothed as fairy.
Receiving the embraces Of her fellows and The
fairy cor.nct from the Qaeea IOlatbe then explain,
to eager uuesoners that her strange residence was
chosen for the sake of being near her son. StrephON
youth Of twenty -four Leila says:
Twenty four. No me To look at You, would thinsyou
had son OF twenty Bat u course that's one o.
the advantages Of being immortai-we never grow GA
I" Iues extremely pretty, but he's incinodtO be
stout.
oTEES-i Sc n OBJ .ction TO stoutness In moderation
CELIA-AGd what - ne ~. -, pA,,,
Io-He's an Arcadian shepherd, and he loves Phylha
CHA mer, shepherd. and he half fairyi
Io-Hes larry down TO the waist, nut MS legs are
CLITA-Dear me!
QUEEN have no reason to suppose tlat em mors
curious thaB other people Dut confess should lac %
see person VINO is iary down to the WAIST Out "ho's
Io."Nothing easier, for here he comes.
Atrephon enters dancing and PLAYING
on a aageoet Not seeing the fairies
who retire up the stage. he greets his mother
in a song announcing bis marriage that day. 10
Iolanthe's inquiry whether the LORD CaaHce"% IL"
given his consent, SrephOn replies:
Not he indeed To all my fearful prayers ne answer:
me y" A shepherd lad IL no h helpmate Tor ware ..
Chanccry" stood III court, ana there sang MN sonss
of Arcadee with hageoet accompaniment 10 yam oity
frat he seemed amused so did the bar, DIt gun 90,
wearying Of my song and PIPE ne Dae and ssSy bonn
bazine led me- sill singing into Chancery 10 nshot
20 mo- more I'll marry her to-day anu ora'e '"o "f
6e IL what, may ..olroo1
IN S,reukon. who greets them as his auh'S' u uis'
cussion of his composite makeup leads 10 tne
o,,ceu, proposal to put him into Parliament
Strephon objects.
p,n afraid should do no good there You see; aown
m the waist Pm Tory OF the most determled decliP
ZION but NV legs are a couple OF concluded h-ucals
d an division they'd Oe to take me INTO ne
wToYg lobby. You see, they're two TO one WnicA 10
strong wOrklnS mdJoIly' $1,000, n.
To this the Queen answers: DON'T leu tnat us
tress Won: YOU shall be returned as Liberal
Conservative, and your legs shall 10
our peculiar care" and the matter being thus
settled. the fairy rout departs, just as Phy" en-
tors also dancing to the music of her own playing
on the faceolt. Addressing her lover with "na'
WE NAV call the m .rnage motive, an animated col
lnouv and duet ensue, after which the two DEPART
and 70 the music Of II military band gorgeous pro-
cesson of British peers enters in chorus, ana ocoa
MES the stag, closely followed by the Lord C@a"'sE
IN, attended by his tranbearer, VINO DfooeoaS ="
anl,ven the soemuity Of the occasion by an anus
ing song, beginning:
SONG.
The law IL the true embodiment
Of eyerything that's excellent
II has no kind OF fault or nav
And + my lO.ds, embOdY tue law.
The constitutional guardian
~ urstry Young wards IN Chancery
An are "A. reeaDr girls, aud none
Are over the age of twenty-oue
A pleasant cccupitlOn Tor 81,
A rather susceptible Chancellor!
ALA pleasant, etc
lord ToliOlltr then proposes attention 10 No
business of the day. which appears to be tue di'
,osul of PHYLLIS, with whom the entire House Oh
ords il in love, and of whom the Lord Cha"os''"
says: ,.,-.,,.. ,.