The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1894-11-20
ADJUSTMENTS.
providence Opera House = especial
Dsiyery.'

providence Opera ftousO
ID Avery"
Moat folks would be willing TO pay LOT
AisYsusation TO be delivered rom 'opoo'a.
Dclivery.D AT the same time,, AZ
= worth seeing as a parav psrsa the
dram attic education TO ,o:yaneons sny
Ssfendency of the contemporaries
dram. y Although. fortunately, ~ ohly
illustrates one OF the diverting palus "a
ahe fendency--and IL almost reaches 'A0
limit OF that path. A..
The new play was evidently written 70
I'LL space and the author must nay
had lot OF time running 10 waste on us
hands. It is what is known as " comtuy,
drama. - but there arc comedy dramas shu
there arc other comedy-dramas. ms s
one OF the others. IL Is built ior .ne
gallery on the presumption thaV
tho gallery doesn't know the ulnereneS
4 between somethin worth somethlng anu
something worth nothing. III Woulu
make frst-class piece TO storm
barn with down in Eseoneas
or Taiklin, where it might ofaM
full house II the barn was small enoug1-
( 1t is so thoroughly abnormal that ~ = ~
most enjoyable, like the leading freak OF
dime museum--you may not be pleaseo
with the appearance OF the freak, put nc
Possesses certain fascination.
1t is impossible TO pass upon the ue-
merits of Especial Delivery" IN the usual
way, but one may admire the auaaeng
OF the author and the recsless
bravado OF the capital that stagea
it. The company comprises NUMBER OF
oarnest people who are too well meaning
TO deserve the fate TO which their respec-
tive parts have condemned them, and ~ ls
only faint praise TO remark that they
are more capable than the requirements OF
the piece. Mr.. Al. s. Lipman, Mr.. harry
Mills. Mr.. Walter &. Kelly, Master Jean
Clarendon, Miss Fanny Denham Rouse,
Miss Marion kilby, Miss Laura Rouse are
the principals in the misfortune.
Especial Delivery" will only be IN town
for two more evening performances ana a
matinee, and, as limited above, IL Is worth
going 10 see not because OF its intrinsic
value, but on account of what ii can teach
An the way OF dramatic dresdfulness.
Keith's Opera House-"Old Glory"
William A. Brady is a gentleman OF rare
ideas and tremendous vigor. he never
gets up anything that hasn't dash and
gimp in il. Consequently his name
attached 10 the ownership and
part authorship OF "Od Glory"
which has the boards at keith's
this week, is an assurance of plenty oil
novelty and fervor never mind what else
may be violated.
"Od Glory" is p naval melodrama, and
II swarthy Chilean would chance TO
drop into Keith's this week he would
be likely :oiump up in his seat and ejaoul-
ate 'sCarsm bal' and "Abajo Ameri-
cnnoslD and such like, and turn triple
somersault of rage and kick in the Tres
coed ceiling before the second act 10 over.
The plot is the ordinary melodramatic
plot, only very much more so, be-
cause MIR. Brady doesn't deal In
ordinary things except in an extraor-
dinary way. The heavy villain is OF the
heaviest kind. He's charged TO the muzzle
he. h Ind hot
would destroy a kingdom to accomplish
his modest efias.-44e- hats at-not hing
except a drop curtain. The heroine is a
sineWy young woman, who crosses
q chasm handovcr- hand on rope. There
are two or three heroes, whose heroism is
Of the most unmitigated kind. The play
Is lurid with "stand-aside-vil illians" and
"ha- ha- l. have you-nowl" And the action
is done amid elaborate scenery that COM
prises nrst-class reproduction OF a
modern man o. war that fills the stage with
its hull and the auditorium with the
screeching OF its whistle and the boom OF
its guns.
The central motive is tho anti
American sentiment in Chile which
few years back centered about
the murder OF some of the u. ). ;. Balti-
mcres men in the streets OF Valparaiso,
and which embroils the figures In the
play. who for various ressons find them
is of frequent occurrence, and II wins the
audience every time, as 1t ought 20 do. The
Chileans in the play talk in broken Eng
lish so they may the more readily be un-
derstood, and the costumes are such as
the natives ought to wear for proper
picturesque effect, IL they don't.
Altogether - Old Glory - is inspiriting,
spectacular and well done. Ii is as exciting
as dime novel and as picturesque as
q Kaleidoscope. 1t was done by remark
ably good company which includes John
A. Coleman, an English low comedian OF
unique talents, and Louise Montrose, no
was prominent IN the last revival
OF the "Black Crook" Miss Knott,
the athletic heroine; Mr.. Horne, the
superbly virtuous and muscular hero; Mr..
Jarrett the heavy-as- a-ton -of-iron villain
and Mr. Collins the leading naval figure
and all the rest present their parts with
vigor and full conception OF what the
parts require-which Is a lot.
All the week and mgtinees today,
Thursday and Saturday.
Lothrop's Opera House.
The opening of The second week OF the
new mans cement at LOthrop's Opera
House augurs well, and the receipts Of
tne box office are liable TO exceed those OF
last week. which were stated 10 be above
the average.
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messed by large audiences, among them
being many lovers of polo, VINO
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