Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1912-08-06
MUSICAL THRILLS
AT OLYMPIC PARK
Pirates of Penzanoe" as Am
liable a cutthroat Crew as
Ever Scuttled Ship.

They looked fierce enough last NIGH
to scuttle any ship, did those pirates
of P~enzance.'' at Olympic Park
where they are going to continue to
take the toll of laughter from au-
dienees for the rest of this week.
The fact that the comic opera has
q Gilbert G. sullivan parentage makes
comment of the play itself and of ite
music superhuous. The play is a
marvelously Ingenious satire upon a
variety of mischievous, pernicious
folbles, chiefly that of those who i'll
a mistaken sense OF duty. run counter
to every dictate CT reason. This blind
obedience to the fetish DUTY" is per-
sonifled in the play by Frederic, the
pirates apprentice. who is bound TO
them by articles of indenture until
his t~wenty-first birthday.
Up to his twenty-first year he
serves the pirates faithfully, guided
by what he conceives to be his duty,
but after that he quits them, ntend-
ing, although he loves them dearly.
to wage a war of determination
against them; wherein he is again
moved by his memorable sense of
duty.
Ruth Discloses Sad Truth.
But, alasl the pirate chief and Ruth,
the piratical Observation-Disclosures, the
latter of whom has fallen in love
with Frederic, disclose to him the
awful truth that he was born on Feb
ruary 90, and that, therefore, his
birthday comes around only once
every fourth year; and, SO, al his APP
premiership contract requires him to
serve, not until his twenty-first year,
but until his twenty-first birthday,
the Moloch, Misguided Duty"
scourge him back into the pirate
lair, to resume the work of o n
scientiously cutting threats and scut-
Ting vessels.
And how great is the sacrifice he
thus brings may be judged from the
fact that he breaks his own heart by
this step; for he leaves behind him
Mabel, most beautiful of many daugh-
ters of the major-general of the
British army-Mabel who loves him
tenderly hat she promises to love
none other and to wait for him alone
until he attains his twenty-frst birth
day; and this will be when he is S4!
Bewltchingly Chic Mabel.
Mabel, bewitchingly chic and dainty,
is Miss Stella Tracey. Like cascading
rills her musical voice lifts forth notes
wherein love and joy and hope and
grief and agony are alternately ex-
pressed.
Frederic, the duty-loving pirate APP
prentice, is William Naughton, a
newcomer at Olympic Park. He is
a lyric tenor with an exceedingly
sympathetic voice and engaging pres
ence.
The pirate chief, performed by
Overton Moyle, and his lieutenant,
Samuel. who, in his true character,
is Pacie Ripple. have deep musical
voices, admirably BETTING the roles
which they portray.
Roger Gray, too, as the major-gen-
eral, leaves nothing to be desired in
the astonishingly clever in
which he depicts his difficult part.
Nor should Fred Frear be passed
~ 9hohSS' dS Aio Chatting VI tne
role of the funny sergeant of police
was an achievement of histrionic art.
Miss Lucille Saunders as Ruth, the
piratical maid, won many rounds Of
applause, for. both in acting and in
singing, she carried the audience by
storm, and much resentment UNI
doubtedly was felt by many toward
Frederic for spurning the proffered
love of so fascinating a lady pirate.
The Misses Ethel Morton, Leigh
Buchanan and Vega Ling also won
high enconiums by their charm of
voice and acting.