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Event
SPCPA J-Term: The Devil and Daniel Webster
SPCPA J-TERM 2013
The Devil and Daniel Webster (operetta)
Director: Nathan Herfindahl
Music Director: Steven Stucki
Minnesota Centennial Showboat
Harriet Island
100 Yacht Club Road W
Saint Paul, MN 55107
www.riverrides.com
PERFORMANCES
January 18 at 6pm
January 19 at 11am
A folk opera in one act composed by Douglas Moore
Set in New Hampshire in the 1840s, the community of Cross Corners is celebrating the marriage of Jabez and Mary Stone. Jabez has recently become extremely successful. In fact, there is some talk of his being nominated to run for governor. The celebration is a huge success, especially since the famous New Englander, Daniel Webster, appears as a guest at the party. There is another guest in attendance - a Boston lawyer named Scratch - who carries a black box under his arm. Jabez is terrified when he sees him. When a lost soul, in the form of a moth, flies out of the box, the crowd realizes that Jabez has sold his soul to the Devil, and they flee in a panic. Webster is asked to help save Jabez, and he immediately demands a trial for his client. Scratch, an excellent lawyer himself, fills the jury with infamous American traitors and renegades, including the hanging judge from the Salem witch trials. This jury of damned souls leaves Webster little hope of winning the case. However, in a blaze of oratory genius, Webster turns the tables on Scratch. Webster wins the case, and the crowd drives the Devil out of New Hampshire.
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LocationMinnesota Centennial Showboat (View)
Harriet Island, 100 Yacht Club Road W
St. Paul, MN 55107
United States
Categories
| Dog Friendly: No |
| Non-Smoking: Yes! |
| Wheelchair Accessible: Yes! |
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