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Thelamphitaeatre at Eldorado was opened
last e evening with a gorgeous spectacle which
! promises to eclipse in splendor all the won
derful productions which have heretofore
made that suminer resort famous. The new
| spectacle is called "Benamela" and is desig-
mated as a midsummer Nights Dream"
and with its scenes laid in fairyland, its
pretty women apparently floating in midalr
in graceful attitudes, it does not belle its
name.
The play deals with Benamela, Khedive of
Egypt, and his court who compel whomever
they pleased to enter the Harems. At last
the maidens in despair over their wrongs
implore the beautiful Fairy Marvel, who has
come from her realm beyond the stars to pre-
side over the Fairy Fountain, to protect
them. But Marvel has no power beyond the
boundaries of her domain of the Fountain,
/ and in order to exercise her power she must
first find the subject of her wrath within the
charmed limits. The fountain is guarded by
hideous monsters whom Marvel has secured.
Benamela and his retiuue are returning from
the hunt and nearing the fountain, Benamela
| stops to drink rests and falls asleep. His
reuinue also lie down near the fountain
The monsters thunder threatening alarms,
which awaken Benamela, and he commands
| his guard to drive them away. Fairy
| Marvel appears, transforms Benamela anu
| his men into monsters, and tells him the
| transformation will last forever unless he
makes oath that he will no longer persecute
| the maidens of Egypt or permit his Mobiles
to do SO. He takes the oath, Marvel then
restores all and permits them to depart,
while she takes her flight to her realm be-
You'd the stars, and there holds a festival In
honor of virtue.
Benamela returned to his palace, renounces
| his oath, defies Marvel and conceives a VIC
| lent passion for Star of Beauty, daughter of
his Grand ViZier. and whose marvellous
| beauty is the amazement of the kingdom.
| She repulses him and in anger he VOWS she
shall wed his court fool. a bunch back more
all the court to assemble to celebrate the
| of Star of Beauty. Her maidens
bewail her fate and implore Marvel to re-
| turn to earth and save her. Marvel comes
| from the clouds once more and brings from
| Cairo the cousin and lover of Star Of Beauty,
a noble youth, and commands them to marry
| quickly. In Benamela's Palace the revelry
| has already begun over the supposed nuptials
| of the h~unchback. Benamela and his cour-
tiers 60 to the fountain to drink and dare
| Marvel. but the fairy exercises all her power
| and again transforms the Khedive and his
/! court into monsters. He then repents and
| begs Marvel tc restore him to his natural
| 10TH, ludO lo INDY 1OPoA oA ~O AOA5oA
has done, and in proof he sends his c~ourtier
to summon the lovers and to them he con-
socrates the festivities and ceremonies In
tended for the ~hunchback and the nuptials
| of Star of Beauty and her noble cousin are
| the most gorgeous ever witnessed in the
kingdom. as
The characters last evening were admir-
ably sustained in this manner:-Benamela,
Khedive of Egypt, Alexander Bartoletti
| Caschasch, his interpreter, a monster bunch
back, Fred Melville; Grand Vizier to the
Sultan, Angelo Bigiarelli; BedIedin, the
| Vizier's nephew, August Siegrist; Lantele
| and Marcovia, friends Of Bedredin, Adolph
Meanbert and Chenille Marriott; Pascal and
Bepshe, guards Of the Khediye,. William
the Vizier's daughter, Rose Newman; Sophia
| and Amanda, her attendants, Mirta
! Stevens and Stella Elton; Marvel, fairy of
| the fountain, Miss Sara Neville; Gent
| Danaseh, a sprite. John CoughIan; Red
| Gnome, a monkey, jim Coughlan.
Everything moved smoothly. last night
and the performance was in all respects a
success.