The times., 1897-06-13
NEW PLAY BILLS.

Tomorrow evening at the Lafayette
"The Gondoliers,p Giliert and Suliivan's
pretty comic opera, will be presented with
elaborate costumes and gorgeous scenery
by the Castle, Square Opera Company To
fully develop the lyric parts the most
efficient members of the company have
been selected. The story is rhnantically
pretty, and tells of two gondol!ers in
Venice, the Brothers Marco and Gilseppi
Paimieri, with whom every maiden is in
love. To prevent any ill-feeiiug, both
agreed TO be blindfolded and choose their
brides from among the crowd assembled
in the Piozetta Fortunately, they find
the very ones Trey wish, Gianetta and
Tessa To these they are married. Imme-
diately after the ceremony there arrive
from Spain the Duke and Duchess of Plaza
Toro, their daughter Casilda, and the dukes
attendant, LUZ They have come III search
of the son of the lately deceased King of
Farataria, stolen in infancy from his fos-
ter-mother by the grand inquisitor, who
did not wish the prince to be influenced
by the example of a father who had Joined
the salvation Army. Don Poleru, the grand
inauisitor, states that the lost prince is
either Marco or 6iuseppi The elder Pal
mieri was given the child TO rear, but
being a heavy drinler he was unable upon
their coming to manhood 10 distinguish
one from the other, and died without in-
forming Don Rolero which was the prince
and which was the gondolier. AS both
are now married, and as the real prince
was welded in infancy to Casilda, daugh-
ter of the duke, the situation is embarrass-
ing Which is Cas'ida's husband cannot
be decided, nor Is she anxious to know,
since she secretly loves and is beloved
by Luiz.
The kingship is. however, settled by both
Marco and Giuseppi being nguaken To Barataria
to occupy thethroae equally, their wivesleft
behind ,andtheir mari ge gebeingunmentioned
to the Spaniards. Arrivingat Barataria, the
foste rmother, now married to respectable
brigaad, with threats is asked to tell which
of the two prince. She declares that the
title belongs to neither, and reveals the fact
that when traitors came to steal the royal
child she substituted her own and allowed it
to be carried off to Italy. The real prince
grew up as Luiz and became the dukes at
tendant Thus the crowns of Marco and
Giuseppi are taken from them but they are
compensated by being reunited to their
of Them Luz ascends the throne with
Casilda, to whom, unknown 10 any one he
has all the time been IN arried.
The cast includes:
The Dnke of Plaza Toro,
w. TropeIt Carleton
Luiz, his attendant Reginald Roberts
Don Alhambra del Bolero
Raymond Hitchcock
Marco PalnieH ......... Joseph Sheehan
Giuseppi Paln,ieri. o. Stewart
Antonio ......- Arthur Cunnin CHAM
Duchess OF Plaza Toro
Miss Gertrude Rutledge
Casltla, her daughter ...-M Miss Alice Judson
Giannetta .............. Miss Grace Golden
Tessa ..... Miss Belle Chamberlain
At the performance of Gilbert and Sulll-
vans 'Gondoliers" at the Lafayette to-
morrow night the big chorus OF the Castle
Square Opera Company will sing Berliner's
new patriotic song, .'The Columbian An
thern" This song is the one Which was
dedicated to the Daughters of the Ameri-
can Revolution andit will be sungtomorrow
evening as an honor to Flag Day. Each
ladyin the audience will be presented with
q copy of the words and music
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