The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1939-03-16
SCHOOL OPERA
IS POSTPONED
"Mikado" Related for March
% Because Rehearsals Are
Hit by Illness.

Mikado by the choruses from the high
school and Junior College has been
changed to Thursday, March 80. An
extraordinary amount of absence, due to
illness, made this change necessary. The
opera was originally scheduled for
March %.
The Mikado was written in 1885 by
two Englishmen, Gilbert and Sullivan,
and has enjoyed great popularity ever
since. Quite recently federal theatre
project negro unit presented swing
version with South Sea Island scenery
in Chicago and after running five
months there, is now creating a SEN
sation in New York.
A moving picture, filmed in England
of the Mikado, is to be released soon.
Kenny Baker plays the male lead.
The version to be presented here will
be the original one with japanese cos
tunes and scenery. The story goes:
Nanki-Pooh John Skule), the son
of the Mikado of Japan merlin Riik-
ola), fees from his fathers court dis
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escape the wiles of Katisha elsie
Tjader), an elderly lady who wishes to
marry him. While thus disguised
Nanh-Pooh meets Yum-Yum Oois
Anderson )and falls in love with her
Yum-Yum and her sisters, Pitti-Sing
patricia BottianD and Peep-Bo (Kath-
crime Herseth), have all left school to
prepare for YUM Yum's wedding with
Ko-Ko Oemuel Anderson), her guard
ian, who holds the office of Lord High
Executioner. She loves Nanh-Pooh in
return, but knows she must inevitably
become the bride of her guardian.
In despair Nanki-Pooh is about to
kill himself but ne is restrained by
Ko-Ko, Pooh-Bah Uord High Every
thing Else) (Bernard Hutar) and Pish-
Tush Joe Senta), another aristocrat
Ko-Ko is in a dilemma. He has be-
headed no one since he became Lord
High Executioner, and the Mikado has
commanded that there be an execution
within the month or Ko-Ko must cut
off his own head. Since Nanki-Poot
is resolved to die, Ko-Ko begS him to
be executed at the end of month
To this Nanki-Pooh agrees if he may
immediately marry Yum-Yum. Pre-
parations for the wedding go forward
when Ko-Ko happens upon law which
states that when married man is be-
headed, his wife must be buried alive
Yum-Yum regards this as a deterrent
and refuses to marry Nanh-Pooh. The
Mikado and his suite are meanwhile
drawing near the city.
The soft-hearted Ko-Ko cannot bring
himself to kill Nanki-Pooh so, with
Pooh-Bah's connivance he makes aft
davit that Nanki-Pooh has been exc
cuted, gives Nanki-Pooh and Yum-Yun
permission to marry and arranges then
flight from the country.
| When the Mikado arrives, accom-
panied by KatiSha, he reads of Nanki-
Pooh's execution and confounds Ko-KS
by informing him that he has killed
the Heir Apparent. For this crime, &C.
cording to japanese law, Ko-Ko mus
himself be put to death Therefore
Ko-Ko tells Nanh-Pooh, who is about
to go on his honeymoon with Yum.
Yum, that he must be brought to life
again and make himself known to the
Mikado, his father. This Nanki-Poof
refuses to do while Katisha remains
single; for unless she marries someone
else he will be punished for not marry.
ing her himself. Ko-Ko relieves the
situation by becoming Katisha's sutton
and she accepts him. Then Nanki-
Pooh and Yum-Yum present themselves
to the Mikado and receive his for.
Igiveness.
Lois Mae Sandstrom, Merna Maxi
Lois Mae Eckert, Phyllis Palmgard anC
Earl Edwards are understanding the
principal parts.
Miss Gunhild Paulson Is designing
and executing the scenery. Frances
Mae Richards and Barnetta Agnew are
the accompanies. Miss Elizabeth Will
kin is directing the production.
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