The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1910-05-20
LOCAL AMATEURS
AGAIN SUCCESSFUL
Pirates OF. Penzance Given for
Benefit Of Band.
THIRD PERFORMANCE TOMORROW
Annual Comic Opera Production by
Local Talent Greeted by Crowded
Houses Las, Nigh, and Night Before
Good Work by Principals.


III. First Regiment hand. ihirl annual
ss,inir otrra pI.lntiion Nas given ~ hrsi
i.erfoTnanoe "Wednesday evening in the
auditorium bciore an audience that taxed
a.. capacity al the building, II Wa Te.
Ieais-l la.i night aud will bc presented
for ihid time tomorrow afternoon
The piece selected this year was Gilbert
SULLIVAN. Pirate. oi pcnEanor, an orcIa
not 80 well known a. Pinsiorc not -
eaptivating a. Mikad0 hut tunciul aud
pnrt,y for al that, Whether OF not Il
= bit too difficult ior even the most
capahlc OF amateur. 20 aitcma !. qu.s'
tion whose discussion . not for this
article. let Il bc enough 10 ssy ~ gen
cfal that the performance at last night
and the night before gave evidence oi
determined and conscientious effort on
th. part OF principals. chorus. conductor
and orchestra. None Of them can right
fully i. blamed because the plot OF the
opera l. a trihc obscure aud IT, humor
somewhat antiquatcd. although these facts
were apparent, :,
The production was exceptionally Wen
.tagcd aud castumed and all OF the pm
cipal parts were in competent hands, IN
fortunately for all concerned Mn. " ".
Bras0r who had the leading soprano role
Ia sing any 0f her musical numbers We'd
ne.day evening on account Of a severe
throat trouble. Not only was the sltua'
tion extremely trying ior her and dlsap,,
pointing to the audience. but i inteffered
in considerable measure with the work oi
the other principals and the choIu. and
robbed the performance of conference.
Some OF the prettiest music IN the whole
score Is found in the numbers which were
necessarily omitted. ~ those who heard
Mr.. Bfasor's excellent work in rehearsal
and in lat evenings performance
are well aware. A. the pirate chief Alison
Dugan did an unusually good piece OF
work. His makeup and carriage were all
that could be desired, while hi singing
was excellent. His first solo number. !
Am Pirate King merited NOR, applause
than it received. a. did also his work
with Miss Matthews and Mr.. Davis in
the trio, 4 Paradox. one OF the best
rendered numbers of the evening. Alfred
:. Thompson filled the part OF the pirate
lieutenant acceptably, doing good work
in his solo with the opening chorus.
Most of the solo work. much Of II ex-
tremely difficult, fell on Myron p. Davis,
who sang the tenor role OF Frederic As
usual. his work was finished in every
respect although his opportunity to make
the most OF the part was seriously ham
pered in the first performance by
the enforced omission of several mum
bers with Mr.. Brasor. Miss Gertrude
Matthews did eXcellently with the
rather thankless role of Ruth, the pirat-
ical maid-of.allwork Her only solo,
When Frederic was Little Lad, showed
her voice TO good advantage although she
was perhaps at her best in the trio. A
Paradox. already mentioned +. ii. Crane
as Major General Stanley showed mar
velous powers of enunciation IN his solo,
The Modern Major General and gave his
part the proper amount OF mock dignity
With Onslow Thompson. who proved a
breezy and graceful police sergeant, he
made one of the hits of the evening with
the interpolated number. He Walks the
Streets Just Like King, several local
verses being necessary to. satisfy the
audience Mr. Thompson did exception
ally well in both his solos. The younger
daughters OF General Stanley were I'm,
personated by Miss Rose Putnam, Miss
Alice Croll and Miss Florence Harrington.
The male chorus was a strong one,
that portion that imperson'
ated the pirate crew. and did much credit
able work. The girls chorus was larger
than usual, but the increase was notice
able more in appearance than in volume;
In fairness to the girls, however, 1t should
be said that in several numbers they
sorely missed Mrs. Brasor's leadership.
The opera was produced under the
direction of c.. +. Macomber of New
York. who has directed several local
operas in past Years. The ,patronesses
were: Mrs. S. f. Lawton, Mrs. l.; ID.
Greene and Mrs. c. l., Stickney,, Follow
ing is a list of those who took part in
General Stanleys daughters-Muriel
Cav. Rita Eckles. Alice Ferriter, Elsie
Smith, Elvira Croll. Marion Gibbs,
Gertrude Stockwell, Flossie Ober. Grace
Sanderson, Charlena Bemis, kathar-
inc Guiheen, Bertha Pellerin, Caria
Ebbighausen. Annie Kirwan, Mande
Phillips, Ruby Estey, Isabel Trendell,
May Macdonald, Margaret Lillis,. Elfreda
Ahrens, Eva Rodden, Alice Connarn, !
Albina Fillion, Maude Leitsinger, Minnie |
Ieitsnger Sarah Dimes. Helen Rohde, |
Nellie Redding, Mabel Winchester, Eula
Torrey. Pauline Putnam. Victoria John
son, Viola Harris, Alvena Walker, Flor
ance Lefevre May Yauvey.
Pirates-La Verne Thayer, Charles K.
Frink. Harold Newell, Willard Richard
,on, Leonard Taylor, Roger O'Donoghue,
Robert C. Clark, Fred Sheldon, Orlm
Whitney, Franz Anderson. Howard John
,on, Hugh Dunklee, Noah Regal, Harris
ray, Wallace Clark, Francis Marion.
Police-E G. Sloane, Frank Richard
on. jr.. John M. Lee, Earl W. Wood
vard Will Blanchard, Roy Munroe; Man
ey Adams, Robert n. Crosby, p. N.
;oodenough, Edward Eckles, r. R.,,,P. 7.
Wheeler Arthur L. Clapp, Homer Ellis,
L, pI,,,b,rJ Vonda1I Tohusou Rob- |