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...Fool's Gold" is a two-act comic opera, with a consistent plot and a logical story. Almost all the songs and dances are closely allied to the development of the plot and the libretto calls for an abundance of movement and comedy situations. The music is of a light, catchy order, and should prove popular...
...scene of the opera is laid in Florence. The plot hangs on the attempt of Count Giocoso of Pisa to mary one of his daughters, Gioya and Passata, to the Duke de Grabo, who holds a mortgage on the Count's estates. Giocoso is reputed to be very rich, but in reality he is bankrupt. The Duke de Grabo, lured on by visions of a handsome dowry, is exceedingly anxious to win the hand of the beautiful Gioya. She, however, falls in love with Amorello, a handsome page, who finally, after many exciting adventures, by the aid of a fake...
...latest stage effects and the highest spectacular results of modern scenic art will again be displayed. With true love that runs roughly for its theme, and war, murder, bomb explosion, broadsword combat, fox hunting with English thoroughbreds and fox hounds, and similar realistic features to enliven a sensational plot "Humanity" is unquestionably one of the strongest melodramas on the American stage...
...story is one of Underground Russia, and deals especially with the secret and terrible power of the Nihilists. It has a strong historical background and an absorbing plot. Jokai never forgets that, after all, the story is the thing, and here is one whose moving complications may well stir the feeblest pulse. It is a book to read and to be read again, a story instinct with the pure romance of the Thousand-and-One Nights...
...Society have already begun rehearsals for their annual spring theatricals, which will be given in April. The name of the play is "Fool's Gold." It is a two act comic opera, written on fairly legitimate lines and with considerable plot. The scene is laid in Italy. The music is by John A. Loud '98, and the libretto by Vivian Burnett '98. Mr. Edward E. Rose will, as in former years, have entire charge of the rehearsals and staging of the play...