The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1905-08-12
PREPARING FOR
THE SERENAOE''
TALENTED AMATEURS WILL
HAVE \ TREAT FOR HONOLULU
THEATER GOERS IN FUTURE.

Little by little Honolulu is drawing
it's amateurs towards higher ideals
and now they are about to present Vic
tor Herbert's Masterpiece The Sere-
made" The Healani Yacht and Boat
Club lost no time in selecting the Sare-
made when the opera question arose
and already they have the catchy mum
ical comedy well on its way to produc-
ton. cast never before euualled
from amongst the amateurs of Homo
lulu has been selected, and under MI.
Hugo Herzer's direction, with Con-
ductor Stockton of the Honolulu SYM
phony Society welding the baton. the
production will be most creditabe.
A syndicate of bandits, Romeo" ].
Haystings Rowland as president, has
it's headquarters near haunted castle
belonging to the Duke of Santa Cruz"
Guy Livingston). Here he brings his
ward, Dolores" A.rs. Lawrence
Crook, to separate her from her ad-
mirer "Alvarado" (Hugo Herzer), who
has won her by a serenade. The Duke
can only identify Alvarado by this sere-
made Robert White as Colombo"
with Miss Marion Bell as "Yoonne,"
his daughter, are on their way to fill
pantOmine engagement in which Co
lombo is to impersonate the devil, and
while in the mountains they run across
Gomez" part most admirable suit
ed to F. M. Boyd, and being pursued
by bandits they seek refuge in the cas-
tie of the Duke of Santa Cruz.
Gomez, in order to captivate Dolores,
asks Colombo to teach him the Sere-
made, and during the lesson the Duke
hearing the singing and thinking he Is
Alvarado, locks Colombo I'm the castle
Dolores" is then placed by the Duke
in the convent and Alvarado fees to
the monastery to escape his creditors
Yonne, during the Dukes momentary
his Serenade, falls i'm love with him
and, disguised as a boy, she follows
him to the monastery where the now
famous Serenade is taught to the
Monks who sing it as a chant.
The schoolgirls in the adjoining gar
dens echo it and the monastery parrot
shrieks it. Doloras and Yoonne have
meantime succeeded i'm opening a door
i'm the wall where they changed clothes.
The Duke finding YoOnne i'm the gar
ments of Dolores, hurries her away to
his castle thinking it is his ward.
Yoonne during tn Deuke's momentary
absence, reveals her identity and re-
leases Colon --, who has all this time
been locked in the Castle dungeon. The
Duke still haunted by that ever inn
pressive Serenade, and cheated OF Do
lores is about to take vengeance when
the whole party is surrounded and cap
tured by bandits, headed by Alvarado.
Every one is pardOned and a matri-
monial epidemic follows. Lopez, secre-
tary of the Bandits Association Games
D. Dougherty), manages to mix mat
tiers a bit for all parties with his band
of highwaymen, and his small part af-
fords much opportunity, for the rend-
ering of some Of the prettiest airs in
the opera.
The house is to be suitably decorated
, for the boat club and regatta events
and it goes without saying that this is
to be crowned the mos successful ster
of Honolulu's amateurs. Prominent
amongst those interested i'm the "Sere-
made" as patronnesses are: Mesdames
Robert Levers, w, c.. Wilder, j. IL
Soper C. L. CRADLE, ]. O. Carter, G. G
Becldey, W. G, Irwin, s. y, Dole, An