The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-12-09
Pirates Of PGDZaDce.
Captured Their Audi
ence at the Opera
House
Eirst.CIass Production Given.
asIayers Were Well Up In Their Parts
and the Music Was lmmense-Be
AZ the Opera House Tonight

and the MUSIC w hs hhhhnchso .'o
AZ the Opera House Tonight
The opera house was last night filled
TO over-flowing with a representative
and critical audience to witness the first
performance OF the above named comic
opera and il the frequent and enthusiasts
tic applause is any criterion to 60 by the
uaudie nee was indeed well pleased and will
in a measure repay all those who Tor
charity's sake have for several weeks
sbeen putting in their spare time learning
and rehearsipg tt cir several parts.
VNe opera opens on the day that Fred
eric (Mr. Cooley arrives at his majority
when he announces TO his brother pirates
that, having been bound (by mistake) to
the pir ates he has. being slave OF duty,
carried out his agreement and worked
with them during the full term oi his ap-
premiership, but having reached his
majority, he was now about to leave
them, and should hereafter, being slave
OF duty, feel called upon to do all he
could to exterminate the pirate band.
The pirates agree to this when Ruth,
GMiss VaiD who is in love with Frederic
and who was in times gone by Frederic's
nursery maid, through whose mistake
the bog was apprenticed to the pirates
dnstead OF to the pilota, wonders what
is to become OF her. Frederic says he
has been to sea since he was \ years old
aud as Ruth was the only woman he had
seen he agrees to marry her provided she
compares favorably with other women
when he sees them At this iuncture a
nevy of young girls, among them three
deQgbters OF Major Hanley: (Mr. +. A.
X ohlhaas) Kate, Mrs. Leayitt) Edith,
{ Miss Lottie Childs) and Isabel. Miss
OsborD) enter; Ruth exclaiming that
her chance of winning Frederic's affec
ton is lost and departs. Frederic's
belief IN Ruths veracity is at once lost as
ne finds out she is not beautiful, al.
though she had assured him she thought
she was "a fine woman Frederic re-
tires and the girls thinking themselves
'slone on the island are preparing to take
of their shoes and stockings in order to
paddle in the sea when Frederick appears
much to the CONSERVATION OF the girls
who refuse to take pity on pirate on
the score OF duty, Mabel. Mrs. BossoD)
another daughter OF the major-general,
hereupon appears and crying shame upon
the others, takes pity upon Frederic
while the other young ladies withdraw
and talk about the weather. The pir-
,ates re enter and each appropriating
,yerRg lady, are about to marry them,
When the maj )r. general appears and de-
cIaring himself an orphan boy, the
Pirate King (Mr. Charles B. Gale) states
that therefore according to rule the pris-
,oners are all released and are elected
honorary members of the pirates band,
which closes the first act.
The second act opens in chapel where
the major-peneral is surrounded by his
daughters and asks Frederic when he
and his followers "a squad OF police in
uniformly will march against the pirates.
When the squad and Others depart
Frederic is left alone, upon which the
Pirate King and Ruth appear and ex-
Olain TO Frederic that as he was born in
Geap year on the goth OF February and
consequently az his indentures called for
atlis services until the twenty-frst ami
yersary OF his birth, he still was MEM
Der OF their band and, although he was
81 years OF age, there had only been FIVE
zanniyersarys of his birthday, and being
a slave OF duty, Frederic agreed to return
and serve out his full term, having thus
again become member OF the band, he
-discloses the plan OF attack tothe pirates
who in return decide to attack the major
-reneraT q castle. which they do and find
Jog that individual surrounded by bic
many daughters capture them, but
ny the timely arrival OF 1.-THE police
the pirates in turn are made captive, but
upon huUn y dssuTduCc obdS bhO lhiutc'
are not members OF the common throng
but noblemen who have gone wrong, TIT
maio general pardons them and tn
opera comes to an end by his telling tn
pirates to resume their rank and legisla
tive duties and take his daughters all o
swbom are beauties.
Generally it lie no easy task to review
a play given by amateurs, as one doe
not feel like using any criticism whicl
might hurt the performers feelings, bu
an this instance we honestly believe Their
were no grounds for adverse criticism
the opera was well staged, the whole {
the performers were well up in thei
oarts the choruses were catchy and th
soIos and recitatives we'll rendered and a
totbe orchestra that wassimply immens
the writer lays no.claim to be a mus
Ion INIT he believes that no maestr
.eould have got together a more prof
In largo pitV an