New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1903-09-09
KING DODO OF DODOLAND'
Comic Opera Monarch Comes to
New Ulm This Month.
Will Appear at Turner Theatre on
September 26th.

September Goth.
Perplexities of Potentate in Search
For Elixir of Youth.
AS the time approaches for the APP
pearance in New Ulm of comical King
Dodo, his jovial retainers and merry
court, the keenest interest IS being
manifested in the great production,
undoubtedly the finest thing of its kind
that will visit Southern Minnesota this
season and one of the best attractions
now upon the American stage. Too
much cannot be said in praise of Pix
ley & Luders' wonderful comedy opera
and when it is presented at the Turner
Theatre on the evening of Saturday,
September Goth, local lovers of amuse-
ment will find that it has been in no
wise overrated.
Ridiculous in the extreme is the story
of the play. King Dodo I, of Dodo-.
land, is possessed of the idea that he
would like to regain his youth. To
this end he does all sorts of foolish
things, such as having the calendar set
back the trifle of thirty years and keep
ing his court physician in constant
dread of violent death if he does not
discover for him the elixir of youth.
A young soldier of fortune, Piola, has
had the temerity to fall in love with
the Kings ward, Angela, and proposes
to marry her. To this King Dodo OBJ
jects most strenuously, for she is the
apple of his eye and he intends to ac-
quire youth himself and marry her,
until Piola promises to take him to a
fountain which will make him young
again.
The second act of the comedy opera
finds all of the interested persons in
which is ruled by a Queen
of surprising loneliness, who an
nounces that she will marry none but
an old man ofexperience. When Dodo
I, and his encourage are taken before
her as prisoners, she sees in him the
man she has been waiting for, and, as
she pleases Dodo's fancy, the wooing
speeds right merrily until conspiracy
is Matched and Dodo is given drink
from a spring which is indeed a verti-
able fountain of youth. Presto, the
old King is transformed into a boy.
This pleases Dodo, but the Queen will
have none ofhim. Again the conspira-
tors come to the rescue, for with the
idea of drowning the favorite they
throw him in the same spring and by
its marvellous powers he is again trans
formed into the decrepit old monarch
he was when the Queen OF the Spoopju
people lost her heart to him. Dodo is
of forgiving disposition and when
he finds that the Queen will be his he
gives everyone his blessing and his
kingdom to Piola and Angela, telling
the former to ssgo into the King bust
ness on his own account Thus all
of the complications are happily ad-
justed.
Coming here with the celebrated
comedian, Richard Golden, in the title
role, it is assured that the troupe will
be at its very best. DR.. Fizz will make
a bid for sympathy in his compulsive
search for the tabled elixir of youth
L .
and the quality of the supporting talent
guarantees a hearty laugh from the
time the curtain rises on the first act
| to the moment it descends at the close
fof the third. In the costuming and
scenic productions Henry W. Savage,
the multi millionaire Theatrical man
ager, has made his expenditures with
a lavish hand. the result having been
to raise the opera above the level of
its competitors and to make it one of
the greatest successes of the stage.
The troupe itself consists of more
than seventy five people, including an
immense ballet, and their performance
is never for a moment stupid or tire
some. Altogether the play presents
itself as an opportunity not to be light
" treated and there promises to be a
record breaking attendance at the
Turner Theatre when it is put on.
Manager Johnson anticipates lively
demand for tickets the moment seats
are placed on sale next Monday and
he has been given to understand that
Sleepy Eye, Springfield and other sur
rounding towns will be represented by
large delegations.
Seat Sale For DOd0.
Manager F. W. Johnson announces