Book by Wm. Danforth Music arr. by Geo. F. Rosche
This is a burlesque on the district school of 100 years ago. Ezekiel Simpkins, the teacher, is the central character. His costume is a tight Prince Albert coat, with brass buttons, or a worn and faded “claw-hammer” coat; colored vest, cut low; stock collar, with large black tie; trousers, “high-water,” with a patch of other color on one knee; well-worn shoes. Bald gray wig and “side” whiskers. The costumes of the pupils are in keeping with those of the teacher.
The characters all read their lines from the book, so that there is very little to be memorized and for this reason this work can be prepared in a very short time. Price, postpaid, 50 cents per copy.
THE VISION OF HENSEL
An Evening with the old Songs
The Old Songs of Childhood, Youth, Love, War and Home
Libretto by Ellan N. Wood
There is no friend like an old friend and after all there are no songs we love quite so much as the old ones. This Cantata furnishes a beautiful medium for the introduction of the old songs which we all know and love. There is just enough libretto to the work to form a continuous chain of thought throughout, and we know of no Cantata that will afford such a pleasing entertainment at such a small expenditure of labor. The book is well worth its price if only to secure this fine collection of old home songs. Full of sentiment, humor and pathos and decidedly new and fresh in construction. Price, 30 cts. per copy, postpaid; $3.00 per doz., not prepaid; add 3 cts. per copy for postage.
THE CHAPERON
A humorous Operetta in Three Acts
Libretto by Wm. Danforth Music by Geo. F. Rosche
