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Show ; : : ' O.' l!L A! "- V . . . f .... Prcf.1 ncClcUan V,'ill S::l. Bcn:on;:uusic for Roz2:ccxfJapaii.M ' Prof."J. - J. MdaeUan has decided 'to write the score for a comic opera, "A Komance of Japan," ' the libretto of. .which was "written by F. H. Stevenson i of New. York, and has agreed to begin work In the near future. s ilr. Stevenson has been wIth,Klaw & " Erlanger and Weber & Fields' for some time, and has had considerable! experience experi-ence In dramatic lines. " " Hecame from New York to Salt Lake especially to arrange Ith Prof. Mc-Clellan Mc-Clellan for the production of the score. He will remain untli September. A leading firm " In New York has agreed to produce the play as soon as it is completed, but it will probably "be presented here before It is sent to tlje metropolis.' ProfV McClellan is at present workr ing on a heavier operatic production, the libretto of which was w ritten by a Denver man, andr which will occupy hia ' attention for three or four years. Mr. Stevenson's production Is light opera, and tan be finished , in a short time. -The action In "A rtomance of Japan", is in the city of Peking, China, and the central fgare is "CoL Bob Prescott,. a Texas cowboy, who, with his command of rough riders, enters the army of the Japanese Mikado. . The Chinese-Japanese war is in progress pro-gress and the Invaders are in Peking. Prescott and .his cowboys disguise as Tartars and enter Peking' to kidnap Prince Hoang and end the war. . Prescott falls in love with the Viceroy's Vice-roy's daughter, and this love affair, together to-gether with the Jealousy of Ching Ling,' an actor, w ho turns out to be the Prince in disguise, furnishes the basis for the story. . Those who" have seen the work, so far as it has been completed, declare that it will be distinctly successful. |