The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-12-07
Grand orera at the Grand.

The de Koyeu Opera Company is
responsible for the revival Of Robin
Hood which will be heard at tho
Grand next Friday.
This organization has been formed
for the purpose OF revlving an inter
est In the masterpieces Of the light
opera stage. The first work selected
for this purpose was the little clas-
sic that Reginald de koven composed
over twenty years ago, and which
stifl maintains It's freshness despite
the flight of time. In fact it is safe
TO predict that generations yet I'M
born will enjoy the score and book OF
Robin Hood in the years to come.
Originally written for the Bostonfans
and produced By them only because
OF the lack of other available ma
serial, this work OF Reginald de kov
ems found an immediate success and
has been performed over 5000 times.
1t Is safe to say, however, that no re-
vival OF Robin Hood has ever attain
ed the dignity OF the present one. For
the cast, the best singers from the
grand opera stage were engaged. TIT
keynote OF the entire production has
been artistic simplicity without over
elaboration. The scenes are faithful
reproductions OF OLD England when
Robin and his merrie men roamed
through Sherwood forest The cos
tunes are in keeping with the period
OF the opera In the list OF singers
WHO will be heard in Robin Hood"
/ the one dominant figure is Enrica
Clay, dramatic soprano, with that
rare thing, range of two and half
octaFes. each note of an equal force
and value. She was secured by Nr. de
Koven from the Grand opera at Paris
and is making her first appearance in
a light opera role. Another importa-
ton is that of Misha Ferenzo, who
will be heard in the title role. He is
q graduate of the Imperial Opera at
st. Petersburg. and has sung in Rob
in Hood for tWo seasons. George
rockingham, the original Friar Tuck
of the famous Bostonians, has been en-
gagged to re-create his faTorite part,
and he has played it upward of five
! thousand times.
/ Others in the cast are Jerome DaleF
as the announcer, Joseph Parsons as
Little John, Sara Maxon as the jeal-
Gus Alan-a-Dale: Helena Morrill, az
/ Annabel, who leases Kim; lille Sal
niger as the buxom Dame burden;
/ Phil Branson as the willy sheriff OF
/ Nottingham and Sid Braham as Guy
of Osborne. his confederate and dupe
The scenery, which is very elabor-
/ ate, shows the market place at Not
] tingham, the edge of Sherwood For.
/ est, with a stream flowing across tie
stage and the court yard OF the sher.
I ifs palace. The forest scene, with
! the eighty choristers clothed in Lin
! coin green tights and brown leather
/ jenkins, never fails of round OF ap.
plause. There is a happy, out-of-doors
atmosphere about Robin Hood that
seems to take US back to our child
! hood s.-Advertisem
Little Women.
] Close acquaintance with the loyable
characters of Louisa M. Alcott's new
er-to-be-forgotten story, Little Won.
en- win be the privilege of keokuk
people at the Grand next Tuesday az
ternoon and evening. The play viii
be presented by William A. Brady ex-
actly az it ran all last year at The
!, Playhouse. New York
Sweet. simple, quaint and refresh
Ing is this story of half-century ago,
4 and the play is as charming az the
book, bringing very close to those
who know and love the story, the
old friends from out the covers of the
book into that larger. more intimate
life of the stage.
How strange and yet wholly de.
lightful-it will seem to the thous-
ands Of Little Women" readers to
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