Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1905-03-01
AUGUSTA LOCALS.
KING. PEPPER"
Great Success by Bow
dom Boys, Last Night.
One of the Best Amateur Pro.
auctions Ever Seen Here.
a Packed House Carried by Storm by
the Stars and the Maids"

The presentation of the comic opera
King Pepper" at the Opera house. last
evening, by the BuWt!oin College stu
dents under the direction of the ;u-
th"rs, Icssrs. Burns and Favor of
Gardner, WIS II grand success in all
respects. Tile house was filled TO its
capacity, and certainly it never held
Il NOR" apprcciativc and enthusiastic
audience or one that WAS more con-
TiEccd when the evening WAS over that
IT had received its moneys worth. Pos
Slh!N III some of its fine and artistic
points. the production hacked some of
the finish and polish which. one expects
Of a high-clasS opera when presented
by professionals, but nobody in the an
dience was disposed, to be too critical
along this line. AS 4 production by
amateurs. the whole thing was spIcn-
dIdly done, and the audience got lust
what it WAS looking for an evening OF
mir'h and mf9cdy from a stage flied
"ili cnllr.s" boys.
"kII@ PEPPER is un,!oIihtc.lIv tho
most ambitious musical production eyer
staged by college boys in Maine and
the appreciation given their rfir,tS at
,b;. .,. io,,t :
""o"' W ~
Hio"hS Hi"tii! iilS u tiiein as We'll as
~ t'i' ''"'""i9 "'iuer whose dlrecfio
me "i'ti" WIS presented. here were
VIZ '''itSS p'49 III me cast, including
hiin d"Zen Augusta young men vino
teGel%"i particularly cordial greetings.
ana from the time the curtain rose un-
II ate: 1t fell after the final chorus
'ii' it vas something DONG all the time
LIN - t.ote'
,,1a. '.,.,,. t,'.,t,'ra'. '','. 'ie i''o~'
aul., II -
i:i...'. WIN "'''-'i ~ 1"''ee'
w." We ''''S "'9
H''' '"' 4" ma ti''''iS''FfS proud. Per
'4"@ n Young Ileh ~ tic female roles
ann ''' '''hH'''N IN" pretty and grace
| - ''"' I'M ~"'' 'Hh'H ~ ~ ~" non n
1''''i'. Vt '' '',i'''"'- l"'H more inc IN
IL" h"piY' ana earned ny storm
'"' i'e"''" "i 'he young men III the
"d'}''!c'. Ro!!iihi'iy johnson. Of. as
KING Pepper. did splendid work. both
III tire acting ana III the singing of his
part. y. {. Delnirg, %. as Qu"cn
Mac. certainly made ore OF the big
hits IF the evening. Mr.. Dcnnlng does
not nrotcHd that he is more at home
IN cGi-,atS and skirts than in Winning
New England championships with the
SHOT aud hammer, hut nevertheless ne
mad" q. queen of dignity and fine pres
"ice. ana 1t is NOT t" be denied that tho
i'hdi"llc" went W!id when he asked
friiic" iaf"ih II II" loved hcr for her
own ""'r it'l' sou. MI Dciihihtt. by
'''e wy Nc'S !" ~ l"'''il"S' "''iic IKE
a. iii"'t i'd' %" Is ""Eldcaiy less ro-
""N'' bchilliIa i''" Tenor voice won
Enthusiastic ehcoicS III the several
songs
non 1t came /" inc uh-mtkins'.
Neith Ryan ~ rs Professor Mars. ana
-. b. NH"Fc"S' 10, as the scribe. iur-
'iS''"' o%'ti!S on hlefiiIn"hl ana their
songs were iHftcui'rly fakin&. IN"
maids III =" EeWItchliG Carried tho
io"S' hN STORM anu the drl!! work OF
tiie @h''uS WIS EiIt-FlG"d uh'i"f tE"
ieaa'rShip "i !" ID. II. N"lt, %, the
IN" state fhIf scene III thu second
act Was fr"" To ne, ami was put on
VITA Il Sh'p ami ginger tiIat was re-
li"SiilhI. tn" tEiii!"i brothers ~ their
SHI% anu "di'ce carried OH Il %"ni share
81 KS i'"f''fS' WHO lafli" hlhSih'iii,
w. ANA iiAf"iu =. fiitho"il, %, as
+NruS "pd" -"'d ana VIE showed they
''hd not forgotten stag" lessons taught
,hehl ~ N '"iiH Ei'tStreiS- tn" d"nn!H
SoHt"tte by IN" lhihfS ana Jockeys WIS
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