The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1888-10-28

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A sketch of the plot OF the Gilbert and
Sullivan opera is as follows: Colonel
Fairfax has been accused OF sorcery by
his kinsman, who is his heir if he dies
unmarried. Fairfax is condemned to
drath, and the execution is to take place
on the Tower Green within an hour.
Sergeant MerylI (of the Yoeman OF the
| Gusrd) is Fairfax's old comrade, and
means to save him. Meryll has q son,
Leonard, and daughter, Phoebe. Leon
ard is about to be admitted into the
Yeomen of the Guard, none OF whom
have yet seen him. Phoebe is skittish
damsel, who is beloved by the grim Viii.
fred, head jailer and assistant tormen,
tor. It is agreed between old Meryll
and his son and daughter that Phabe
| shall steal Wilfred's KEYS, that Fair
fax shall be let out TO take
Leonard's place as Yoeman of
the Guard, and that Leonard shall go
away and hide somewhere till the at
fair has blown over. Meanwhile,
Fairfax, desiring to spoil his knavish
| kinsman's little game, thinks it would
be good thing to get married before
he dies, and imparrs his notion to
another old friend, the Lieutenant OF
the Tower, who consents to aid him
| in his project. A crowd now rush in
pursuing Jack Point, a sort OF jester
out-of work, and Elsie Maynard, q
strolling singer of the Esmeralda type.
The lieutenant rescues them from
their pursuers, and, OF course, dlvlues
that Elsie is the very bride that Fair
fax wants. SO a bargain is struck.
For q hundred crowns Elsie consents
to be led blind-fold to the prisoners
cell, married to him, and then
to depart without further ques-
ton. All of which is done "off"
in due course; but while this has been
doing preparations for Fairfax,s escape
have been toward, and the Merylls'
plan succeeds In every detail. Fairfax
himself. in his new capacity as eYeo-
man of the Guard, is sent with three
comrades to fetch himself to execution.
TIE death-b bell tolls. The headsman,
with axe resting on the block, presents
grim figure in the center OF the stage.
When the agony has been sufficiently
piled up the TOUR Yeomen rush IN to
sly that Fairfax has escaped, and a
vary dramasic finale ensues. The humor
of it is that Elsie is married and doesn't
know what has become of her husband,
and that Jack Point, the jester, who
expected to marry her, is left lament
ing. In act two the jailer, Wilfred
(having lost his post because of Fair
fax s escape) aud Jack Point (who has
lost his bride, because she has not be.
come widow as arranged) plot to set
things right for themselves. They ar
range to fire at a fictitious Fairfax,
whom they pretend to catch in the act
of escaping, and thus Wilfred is rein
to more matrlmony are overcome.
disguised Fairfax has fallen in love
with her and she with him, and she
consents to marry the supposed
Leonard. But it now turns out that
Fairfax was reprieved and thatrthe re
prieve was kept back by his wicked
cousin. There being no further reason
for hiding, Fairfax comes forth as him
self in ali the bravery of the fashionable
young man of the period. SO Elsie and
he are united. Phoebe and Wilfred and
old Meryll and Dame Carruthers-
ancient she-warder-slso pair OH, and
Point is still left iamenting when the
curtain falls.
The opera went off without hitch
from start to finish. Encores were the
rule throughout. Sir Arthur Sullivan
conducted, and was received with rap
ture on taking his seat, and again when
Gilbert and he came on after the final
fall OF the curtain. 1t was big night
all round.
NOTES.
NEIL WARMERS tour is not bowling
success.
LOUIS JAMEssand Marie Wainwright
are the next notable attractions at the
Theatre.
MISS Bertha Bayliss goes to Omaha
this week to accept a salaried position
as soprano in church. choir.
KYRLE BELLEw is out with blood in
his eye for the Tuxedo Club people who
objected to his presence in their gath
enngs.
MANAGER CLAwsoN has Lydia Thomp-
son and her female burlesque troupe
booked for December 81, and January
LIST and I'd.
The benefit to the New York Baseball
Club at the Star Theatre a week ago
last Sunday night, Melted the sum of
So ,O21 for that organization.
The regular season of the Madison
Square Company will be opened early
III November in New York, with Mr..
Palmer's company in Partners.
EMMA ABBoTT's husband was very
anxious to induce the Salt Lake tenor.
Easton, to 20 with his company, but
the Salt Laker had too much hard sense.
EVAN STEPHENS bald spot spread Wis
IDLY to the naked eye a whole inch,
while he sat and witnessed the assas
sination OF the Bohemian Girl, Friday.
BOTH the. Held by the Enemy and
She companies that were booked IN the
south have been cancelled. The organ
izations will not risk playing in that
territory.
LIMA DI MURsKA, the prima donna, is
i'd to be living in straitened circum-
stances in Washington Square, New
York City. An effort is to be made by
her friends to raise sufficient funds for
her return to her native country, Hun
gary.
Iris said that Mary Anderson will
carry 1 800 dresses with her during her
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