The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1892-08-11
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Of esnensivo makeup, The total number is
ierior class, Lnrea by higher wages. school,
craft swca,nam. Thatcher Doughorty, and
son Is on the sG road 'to iorune as an irsh
comedian. ;, Knowles Is triumphant in. the
English balls. Barlow is in the, drama; None
thus lost, its brightest lights. and will some
day, perhaps not far distant,ne Itself either
totally distinguished or SO welded to farce as
ID have virtually no entity.
Four now comic operas nre to DO brought to
in Boston. and snoth"r. Ths Isle q i Cnnms
is HS s' FenS Sn sss n S SHlShs i.
have brief tour before GsHg pnt before Us in
Nen f. The The as &rur Seor aa% r.
rhymes are ,iniinitaGlc. The. three other L.
Who has written ..Ths Fencing Master. is a
nron,e maker pax e. barlesnno matter Of the
duced at tho Standard. "Turitania" is to be
rsEsd at tho Fh AyHnSe Sept TO- for
days. The author Of her opera sc. II, $. Me.
ture. "Puritnnia is written ON Legitimate
sw SS By GENIAL sn Gp
comedians to weave into the story Of salem
mild ny" I StSor hsSG
The, story is humorously sentimental. telling
maid dc Of Salem on charge Of wichcrait h"r
rescue by a flashing English carl rust as she i
tho li,,ich F,ndt9: General to bring her to tho
scafrold Tie ilnder Of witches. It seems. Isl
age having existed in the tim" Of Charles |. "f
England. He was sort Of cabinet minister
he caught u and SE Hanged The Wei Fi"i.i is
tho crnral comic character, of the opera.
though there aro two others s; quite .s as a.,
blaze Of Salem. and Kn'sin Burgess. who Is Il
consprator from habit and who. In his re-
su.ce"is III blowing up himself. lie manages
I" blow himself into the presence o! Inc hlhS
nr Ate after thE o M lac c" Saen w ss, is
fishing her innocence of sorccry. has uttered
mock imIrecation and commanded demon
to- convict the maid. but subsequently she Is
rSarsd BY coness' hi Of the s2Gsnrhhtor
There is a strong effort ma ie for literary lin;
te area Hx
The Isle of Cha mnngne." written by Charles
Alfred Byrnr and Louis Harrison. is also
american at its starting point: for it Isl New
bedford whaling steamer that is wrecked on
the mythiraI island over which kmy pmmery
Sccnd reigns. The authors croltcd this char-
motor for the exploitation of Thomas =. sea-
brooke. The King is descended from II col ony
that was driven out of France somewhere
the present Inhabitants has oyer seen n Tor
cign face The vessel from New l5ediori is
wrecked on the rocks. n,sr'Hn. the pr ma
B'nnacIe. are the only ones rescu, d from the
wreck 4 revolution almost breaks out when
1t is discovered that he ship Is provisioned
with a liquid the islanders have never tasted
years has been champagne made from vines
brought from their province For the first
time tn" island becomes sober. and the in
habitants are "vcrioycd at being able to think
nr,y i, the only one who does not take kindly
tothe new beverage; which begins t. sell at
fabulous prices. When he finds that the old
woman owns the wreck he proposes marriage
Of the honor. becomes his Queen. In the see
md net. when she finds hat Prn,re k'$sc.c"n
Is IN love with Pr,scHd she con Inspires wit il the
designs Of the King; She counterisits
Ing, in view Of H. limitea capqcity
with him or her. Thus in the third act. the
King is immured in II tomb. whore he finds his
wife alive. She e1acts r. edges from him that
Pisrln. hut when. toward the cnd of the
orora. he Is free he gets out OF the dilemma
by Indicating. Ships from the mainland come
and nine .nths of the inhabitants sail away
to the land OF water. The King and his faith
full army Of two alone remain.