The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-01-02
THEATRICAL NEWS
Attractions Booked for Every
Night Next Week.
Richard Golden i'm the Title
Role of Hing DodO.'
MISS GRANTLY--STAR.
Appears as "Mendoza" in "The
Palace of the Hing
What the Press Agents Say of
Their Plays.
AT THE CRAWFORD.

Al l. III N-ItA w t O1NAS.
Down Mobile" tonight
in a Woman's Power" Sunday.
king Dodo," Monday.
1.-The Power Behind the Throne"
TUESDAY.
"a Night on Broadway Wednesday
I'm the Palace of the King Thurs
dav-
1.-The Charity Nurse" Friday.
Haverly's Ministries, Saturday.
= Lincoln J. Carriers southern drama
Etled Down Mobile" viii be seen at
crawford tonight There is an ex-
9nely clever plot running through
=, story and one which holds the au-
afence throughout. There are two eX-
oepticnally good scenes i the play
One is the Dismal swamp scene where
Mother GubaTe, an old witch, holds
forth. The part she takes in the play
is 10 small one and she is admirably
adapted to the role. Her makeup is
good and none of the company could
The burning of the cotton mill in the
fourth act is one of the finest mechan-
zeal devices ever seen on the stage.
Comic operas. as a rule, are consoic-
uous for the absence of plot, but King
Dodo," with Richard Golden as the
king, which comes to the Crawford on
Monday, not only has a real plot, but
1t is interesting. and the story is not
finished until the final curtain falls.
king Dodo." the ruler of Dodoland.
IN his declining years begins to fear
death and the infirmitieS incident to
old age. He wants to grow young
again in order to marry his ward,
Princess Angela, a girl of eighteen.
formally betrothed to Piola, a young
soldier of fortune.
Pedro, the court chamberlain in love
with Annette, the daughter Of Sancho,
che innkeeper. against the strict orders
o9 the king. releases Angela from the
palace for a brief interview with her
EanPa The king
and orders their arrest and confinement.
The resourcefuI Pfola tells the king he
has discovered a fountain in a far off
country whose magic waters make the
old young. Thereupon, he is respited
and made the leader of an expedition
to search for the mythical liquid re-
Juvenator A year later finds Dodo
and his court in SpOOpiuIand ruled over
by Queen Lili who sits on her throne
until the arrival of a man in her do
main possessing the requirements of re-
lIeVing her OF her Sceptre and whom it
is her intention to marry. When King
Dodo arrives in search of the fountain
of youth she exercises all her wiles to
convince him that youth is d deIusion
and that his proper course is to remain
in MS present state and become her
husband and sharer of her throne. Dodo
sp5spoks with favor upon the arrangement
3 md actually orders his troops back to
EDodoland declaring his intention to ac-
! cept Queen Lii as his spouse. He names
PiOla as his successor as king of the
Dodos and gives his consent to his
union with Angela During the nuptial
fete. which Queen Lii orders, the king
asks for a drink of water A cup is
filled from a nearby spring which
proves to be the long sought fountain Of
youth, and in spite of himself Dodo is
transformed into boy Of ten upor
draining the vessel. The queen prompt
" repudiates him and the misguided
monarch finds himself without throne
without sweetheart, devoid of all pow
er and left with nothing but youth. He
tries in vain to re-establish himself
with Queen Lii, but is repulsed agair
and again But by an accident the dis.
confited Dodo tumbles headlong into
the magic spring and upon being res.
cued another transformation has taker
place and he is once more the decrepit
ruler of his people. Queen Lii expresse.
her Willingness to proceed with hel
original idea and marry the king. there.
by adjusting all complications
Musicaliy King Dodo" is pronounced
surprisingly catchy and there are nc
less than q score of songs which pro
duce the whistling quality to a marked
degree TIE pro 1uction is made b,
Henry w Savage on a thorough scale
the scenic establishment Of which i,
sEeesdipgly elaborate while the ensem