The daily critic., 1890-11-01

The plot Of Kings Fool hinges or
the identity Of a young prince. Their,
Is a rightful heir TO the throne as tC
whose whereabouts there is considerabl,
doubt, and two parties, the military and
the civilian. both Of whom wish 10 ous
the half witted usurper, but neither ot
them knows exactly where and whom
the real heir is. The latter has been put In
girls clothes and his sex concealed from
every body, the better to guarl hin
against the murderous intentions Of his
uncle, the tyrant. PhRiD The real facts
in his case are known TO C0yistRdl
alone, a court lady. with whose daurh.
ter, fsllsl, the boy prince, JVliVs. has
lCtn educated ever since habyhOOd.
And the only proof of Identity the
prince has Is a golden chain with the
star Of Navarro attached 10 II. This
chain though, he has, unwittingly of its
significance, given to his playmate,
Ffiisd.
The day comes when both parties re-
bel against the rule Of hing PbRp.
The military party, at whose head is
Rirr0i, a nobleman, makes an attack
on the castle wherein Prince JUliUS Uu
disguisel Felisd and an number of the
hHg's niecCs arc residing. They
furcibly take Il and seize both FClisd
and the Prince. They are unable 10 de.
eide the question of identity as the chain
Of Navarro is found In the possession II
Ft'iV. C0risdadr Is 10 decide She,
with mothers partiality, decided in
favor Of her own daughter. Then the
supposed pretCnder. Prince JUfus. Is 90
be put 10 death But he Is saved In the
nick of time by Fciiet, who Is secretly
In love with the Prince, and who assum.
ing for his benefit the royal honOrs and
powers forced upon her, orders his re-.
lease. At last the real sex and the
manly courage Of Prince Julius are dis
covered and allowed 10 assert themselves
aud the usurpCr Is dethroued and fJ'isI
weds with her royal love and becomes
Queen.
The scenes are laid In Spain, which
are presented In three acts, 20 each OF
which has been accorded a stage setting
and cOstuming Of surprising beauty.
The first act IS the interior of the castle
Of Salavaterra; the second represents a
rocky gorge, the camp Of the soldiers
near Pamplona, and it Is claimed and
allowed TO be the most superbly beauti-
ful landscape ever put upon the Aneti
can stage. The perspective through the
tops Of the overhanging trees reaches
back and up, seemingly without ltmi
thtiOn. and terminates apparently IN the
blue haze so well known and loved Of
tourists through the Pyramids. A river
Of real running water threads ils way
In a silyeTy ribbon, winding down the
CraggY mountain side, and finally dashes
"a IL
torrent under the rustic bridge which
spans the chasm. on either side Of which
the army of julius Is encamped The
third acts story Is told in the gardens
Of the Kings Palace az Paw. Tue
grand march, a beautiful Kaleidoscope
picture, takes place 10 this scene. In
this beautiful garden Julils, Eel'sl-
beauty and right-tTiumph over Phlip,
C0rsdHdI-yice and craft-and upon its
beauties the curtain falls at the emf OF
d supeTbly brilliant ensemble. the FHais
of the opera and the act
Among the special features Of the
opera are two popular songs, My Love
is Fair Columbia" and These Words
No Shakespeare Wrote, and a contest
With foils between pretty young ladies
who were taught the ART Of fencing BY
a New York master.
The principal singers include Betliua
PadelfOrd, formerly Of this city Rita
Selby. Annie Russell. Frances Rousseau.
Ida FitZhugh, Lulu Nichols, Rose Fig
man. John j Rafael, Ferris Hartman.
Charles + Lang and Frederick Engle
hart, an Of whom have received faydra-
ble criticism. The chorus Is sail % De
composed Of a lot Of pretty girls with
uncommon musical talents
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For election week tue enterpri,inE
managers of Harris Biiou TheIlre
have selected a new and someFha
novel sensational play, the Hearts
Of New York which win have its
Washington premier Monday night,
The play, although built upon some
what sensational lines, yet tells an ia
tgresiing story and holds a moral mirror
for us audiences t1 gaze at, With the
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