Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1884-02-14

I'd night, Mas NJ. L. Martin
Vashti, Child Of Hannah Zeresh-Niss Nittie
Wright.
High Priest-T. c. Owen
Queens Maids Of Honor-Miss Ida Norvell,
Miss Grace Dicnst, Miss Carrie straughn, Miss L.
Coffey, Miss L. Young, Mrs. Mary Boyd
Prophetess-Miss N. Carnahan.
Hegai-Robert Rice.
Herald-Joe McAdams.
Mordecai's Sister-Miss Ida Norvell
Kings Scribe-L. W. Eastman.
Kings Guards-W. D. Ayers, B. H. Rice, R. G.
Alfont, Morris Burt
Harbonah-J. X. Hopper.
Zereshs Maids Of Honor-Miss n Collins Miss
Martin.
Kings Pagcs-Master Harvey Evans, Master
Lewis Overley.
Queens Pages-Mi.s Blanche Dienst, Miss
Punkey Wilson.
Chorus-Miss Emelia Muller, Miss Grace Dienst,
Miss Clara Zimmerman, Miss A. Martin, Miss
Jessie Rockwell, Miss Lncy Donohue, Miss Jennie
Crawford, Mrs. B. Moore, J. A. Harris, Allen
Eastman, Ed Hatfield, Chas. Coo, C. A. Conkling.
The following was the programme
ACT Scene !. Chorus Of Persians,-'Ha-
uau f1dIndIl, long i've NaElan.' SOlO-HamaD-
behold this Mordecai in scorn."
Scene 2. Recitative-Haman-''The il a cor
| tain People" Duet-King and Haman-"A Song
Of JOY" Solo-Prophetess--'Lo, DER the wick
ed
ACT H. Solo-Mordecsi-"Woe is NO." Solo
-Queen-'Israel, o, Israel Chorus-"Israc, O,
Israel" and Zion in vain" Solo--Mordecsi-
''Go Thou unto the King" solo-Quecn-"Alas.
thou knowest we'll. Chorus--''Go thou unto the
King" &c. Solo and Duet-Queen and Mordecai
Fast We, and pray for me-" Solo-Queen's
Maid Of Honor-"Flce as a bird" Solo-IIigh
Priest-and Chorus-'To Thee, o, Lord, 1 raise
my cries" Prophetess-"Shepherd of thine
Israel, lead u.s." Chcrus-"He that goeth forth
and weepeth." Solo-Queen's Maid of Honor and
| chosus-'God is the refuge of His people" Solo
-Mordecai's Sister and chorus--"In Thee, O.,
Lord, do put my trust
ACT ILL., Solo and Duet-King and Queen
what is thy petition, and whist is thy request"
ACT ". Scene /. Solo-Herald-"Haste to
the Banquet Hail." Duet-Zcresh's Maids Of
Honor and chorus-"Hear We the King command :"
Chorus of Ba.ses-, 'Mordeca, the jew, shall no
longer sit in scorn." Chorus of Lsdiss-"He and
and all HE nation" &C. solo-Haman-"Yet all
\
should this Hebrew" &c. Chorus-"Hurrah,
Hurrah, Hurrah." Solo-Obligato-Zeresh and
Chorus-"Then shall no care its shadow DER thee
fling
Scene2. Scribe reading records to King-Solos
king, Scribe and Haman. Chorus-"Aha, proud
Hannah begins to fall" Quartetre-Kings Guard
1.-THE King has given commandment" Chorus
-"Rejoice, Rejoice. Open ye the gates" Chorus
OF Ladies-'Trust in the Lord forever" Solo
Hegsi-"For He bringeth down them" Solo
Queens Maid Of Honor-"For Thou hast been a
strength to the poor Solo-Queen's Maid Of
Ionor-"Thou wilt keep him in perfect peace"
ChrOus-''Trust in the Lord forever" Solo-High
Priest and Chorus-"Thou wilt keep him in per-
feet peacs."
ACT V. Scene I. Triumphal March-"Thus
shall it be done unto the man whom the King de-
lghteth to honor
Scene g. Solo-Zeresh to Haman--"Thy CALLING
defeat, alas: we know it ALL"
Scene 3. The Banquet-'Long live our beaute-
ous Queen" &c ''what s thy petition ~ The
denunciation Of Hannah, with .olos-Queen, King,
Harbonah and Chorus.
Finale. "Do wake, or am dreaming - &c.
praise ye the Lork.''
Prof. Eastman, Capt: Welch and
others engaged in the preparation of
this musical entertainment, have spent
some weeks in laborious work, and the
su ,cessful manner in which the enter
tainment passed off and the high ap-
probation evinced by those in attend
ance is partial reeumpense for the ar
duous duty performed. The affair was
elaborate In every respectable details,
the dress and the effect, exhibiting the
exquisite taste of the management and
participants. The costumes were of
the ancient order, adapted to the time
and occasion from whence the play was
derived. Some excellent singing by
individual members of the amateur
profession has established the fact that
we have among us the vocal talent in
the highest excellency of its natural
order. We must not fail to mention
Messrs. WEIGH, Garland, Owen, Lau-
Der, and Misses Culver, Norvell, Null
lendore, Martin, Mueller, Collins, Dienst,
Young and Carnahan who took leading
parts in the cantata. The juvenile par
Elephants are also deserving of highest
mention,
The proceeds of these entertainments,
after deducting the expenses, was for
the benefit of the Lewis Eneamp-
ment of the Grand Army of the Repub-
lie, an order recently established in this
city
The dramatic author of the Book of
Esther, Prof. Seager, was in Dodge
City last week, and gave some useful
hints in the preparation of the piece
for the stage.
There may be some curiosity among
those who are not familiar with the his
tory, to know something concerning the |
derivation of the musical drama. Our
readers are all familiar with the Book
of Esther, one of the canonical books
of the old testament, and it is unnec-
essary to repeat the subject in that I
book. Oratorio is kind Of sacred
musical composition, entirely purely
dramatic or partaking both of the dra-
ma and the epic, in which the text is
illustrated of some religious subject,
taken directly from scrip
ture, as in the case of Queen Ether
and the music consists Of Rotations,
airs, Duets, trios, quartetts and choruses,
accompanied by an orchestra. The
Book Of Esther, from which the play
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