The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-03-11
George AIDES Musical Comedy.

The Sultan of Sulu," book by George
AIDE and music by Alfred G. WathaIl. will
be produced at the Studebaker Theater,
Chicago, tonight. The arrangements an
nouncement is as follows:
"In the Sultan of Sulu' George AIDE has
for the first time transferred to the stage
of comic opera the men and women, the
scenes and manner of our new Philippine
possessions. In broad, humorous strokes
he has drawn a series of pictures of the
Sultan, his court, his family of wives and
all those surroundings which make our
Philippine possessions the most picturesque
territory Uncle Sam has ever acquired.
Ki-Ram, the Sultan of Sulu, or Jalo. an
actually existent island in the southern
Philippines, is q real character whom Mr..
AIDE, Artist McCutcheon and other Ameri-
can war correspondents met, studied and
sketched from life on his own native Sulu
soil. The stories told in Manila of the mer-
ry old potentate suggested to Mr.. AIDE the
gay scheme of making him the center figure
in a musical satire dealing with the intro
duction of American divorce laws and the
American cocktail into his primitive tropical
paradise. Briefly the story of the Sultan of
Sulu' is as follows: ki-Ram has recently
invaded the territory of one of his tribu-
tary chieftains, or dattos. and captured
the eight beautiful nieceS of the dattO,
whom he has promptly added to his family
of wives. The Infatuated datto has de-
clared war upon his Sultan and threatens
to invade his immediate territory when a
shipload of United States marines, COM
mercial travellers n soldiers, headed by
Jefferson Budd, an Arkansas politician,
and commanded by Lieutenant Hardy, y.
S. A, appears in the harbor OF Sulu. Ac-
companying this expedition is a delega-
ton of Boston schoOlma'ams chaperoned
by a stern-visaged spinster, Pamela Jack
son. They are received with open arms
by HIRAM. Colonel Budd proceeds to
initiate that willing monarch into the use
of the American cocktail, to whose inspir-
ing influence he falls a speedy and hilarious
victim.
"While HIRAM is saturating himself with
cocktails the education of his wives in the
gentle art of flirting with Uncle Sans
marines is progressing gayly under the
tutelage of the Boston. school teachers. In
spired by too frequent potations of the
insiduous beverage to which he has just
been introduced, HIRAM proposes marriage
to the indignant Pamela Jackson. For the
deadly insult of this p~olygamOuS proposal
Miss Jackson by way of revenge inspires
all Ki-Ram's wives TO seek divorce, which
in her capacity of judge advocate she
promptly grants, allowing to each wife one
half the Sultan's income in alimony. OF
course the wretched husband is unable to
pay and is promptly cast into Jail. Novel
complications make things merry for
monarch is, however, released in the last
act, when everything Is Strengthened out
satisfactorily and Ki-Ram, his guests, his
court and his wives live happy ever after
i'm the customary comic opera way. For this
merry book the composer, Alfred O.. Wat
hall. has written a score of jingling melody
l1dI Il III DIS ll&Cil III
ally as is Mr.. AIDES libretto from a dra-
matte and humorous standpoint
The cast:
HIRAM. the Sultan Of Sulu..............
George A. Beane
Col. Jefferson Budd, of the volunteers.
.............. Robert Lett
Lieut.. William Hardy of the regulars
............. Reginald Roberts
Hadji Tantong. the Sultan's private
secretary Frederick Frear
Wakeful NJ. Jones, agent and sales
man r. Macdonald
Datto Mandi, of Parang. Harry Warren
Bindig, captain of the guard.............
William IL. Halter
Didymos, Nubian slave.....John j. Fogarty
RastoS, Nubian Gilbert Z. Brown
Henrietta Budd, the cOlOnels daugh-
ter Margaret Mckinney
Pamela Frances Jackson, judge advo-
cate Chapman
Chiquita. wife No. 1........ Gertrude Gilman
Mauricia, wife of r Jessie Bradbury
Ramona, wife of Ki-Ram.... Lillian Seton
Galula, wife of Mildred Claire
Natividad, wife of Laura Doty
Remenita. wife of HIRAM. Louise Kelly
Selma, wife of Gladys Coleman
Miss Dodson, a schOolma'am Bonnie HenkeI
Miss Bright, a schoolma'am- Nora Johnson
Miss Fortescue, a schoolma' am........
............. Powell
Miss Winter, a schoolma am..Lfllian Maury
Synopsis of Scenery
Act Exterior of Sultan's palace, Island
of Sulu. in the Philippine group.
Act 2-RoOf garden OF Sultan's palace.
Act S-Courtyard of military prison,
leland of S1lIu-