The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1903-01-01
"KING DODO'' MADE HIT.
sPEUTACULAR COMIC OPERA
SEEN By BIG AUDIENCE.
Tuneful Music, Splendid Singers
Gorgeous Costumes and Funny
Comedians Made Rarely Good
Entertainment at Theatre.

,'Kins Dodo:' companion piece to THE
BurEomastsr' made q great bit at the Mont
gonaery Theatre last night and large and
fashionable audience set it's seal Of emphatic
approval upon Raymond Hitehoock as = comer
dian,
Like 'The BurgemastsF'' "kins Dedo" Is
the work Of Frank Pixley and Gustav LudeRs,
The foFmer was such q great success that the
composers have followed 1t in King Dodor
giving the work much mere sPeetaculaF En-
feet. This Is es leoially true OF the Eaasls,
The theme il net SO original a. tine burso-
MASTER and follows more closely conventional
comic opera situations
The story Of king Dedo'' deals with tha
overpowering desire Of foolish and asaEepit
old monarch IN search Of ths eiiHiE Of life
IN order that hs May become yeunB and marry
his ward Angela, His ceurt physician, DE-,
Fizz Is about to be executed because he failed
to produce the elixir when Ptaia, soldier OF
fortune, secretly betrothed to Angela, tells
King Dodo Of a wonderful fountain OF youth
In spooptu Land, whose weterE- make the
Young old ana the old yeuns The king prom
ises Piola the hand Of Angela in marriage II
he will find the spring and the second act
shows King Dodo IN the land Of the spaop3us
Queen Lii, ruler OF the latter people. is de-
sIrous Of marrying King Dodo and, prefsrrins
an old man to boy, she endeavers to dis
suado him from drinking OF the magical waters.
Dr. Fizz,, however fearing for his life, man
ages to get a draught Of the water to he
king, who Is instantly transformed int
boy.
The denousment Is unconventional sad this
scene departs from the usual coaalo opera
finale.
Tho story, as will be seen, Is slender and
In At times incoherent, but there is so much
light 30 much color so many pretty women
with good voices, wearing gorgeous costumes,
and so much good music that one forssts
about the necessity OF story:
A,d fhara fs RayTu0uA Hitchcock. he
Is a comedian OF original methods His make
up was remarkable and his Transformation
from the old king to the young boy was start
ling in its realism The audience was sud-
denly confronted by young man perhaps
26 years old, when 1t had made up its mind
that the real Hitchcock was certainly man
old In years and ripe In stage experiences.
Hitchcock is funny. very funny, and the ati-
dience gave him ample reward for his etsrts.
The female principals were excellent. Miss
Cheridah Simpson scored FIRST In pub y favor.
Her rich voice, shapely Squire and graceful
presence made her every appearance delight
full She sang her numbers with ,-reat dash.
Her solos In the drst and second acts were
repeatedly applauded.
? DIANA" the catchy song whose beauty rad
preceded king Dsdo" in popular favor wa
sung with fine effect by Miss Marsares Nc
Kinney, an attractive little, woman who ia as
dainty as q Dresden vase and a. graceful As
any woman ever seen on the local stage.
Miss Flora Zabelle, pretty brunette, with
q voice Of remarkable sweetness, related ''The
Tale of the Bumblebee." assisted BY Mr..
Hitchcock and special chorus. This number
was repeated time and again, the players
showing a commendable spirit Of aeeonmoda-
ton.
The company Is large and all Of the voices
are much better than one usually hears in
comic opera.
The chorus was splendid and well trained.
The intricate marches executed by twenty
four handsome young women were received
with enthuiasm.
king Dodo' is a spectacular bit Of comedy
nonsense, but It is altogether one Of the rarely
good entertainments Of the Amusement season.