The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1894-11-06
Il. r. Keith's Opera Honse.

Ii. r. Keith's Opera Honse.
Jack Woodruff, Mr.. Walter Fessler
Edwin Marston, MIR. Harry Driscole
Giovanna. Mr. Hugh Ford
Daniel Dexter. Mr.. George Mccormack
Richard Powers. Mr.. 1. y Drew
Capt Dave Woodruff, Mr.. Joe L. Winter
sam Harding, Mr.. Ed. p. White
Durango. Mr.. Ghas. Miller
Walter Goodwin, MIR Vim. III. Palmer
Harry Butler, Mr.. John G.. Nick son
Annie Powers, Miss Caroline Gage
Roxanna jordan, Miss Ehe Dinsmore
Rosetta Woodruff, Little Flossie
Sister Marie, May Nugent
The great scene in "a Ride for Life
occurs in the third act when a piece OF
stage mechanism immensely like a loco
motive whirs and rumbles and toots and
bears away from their latest danger the
undlsmayed hero and heroine of a nerve
jogging melodrama. wrapped in each
others arms on top of the tender.
The locomotive is really stationary.
But the little wheels and the big
drivers revolve at rafting speed while
the body OF the engine and the tender
move IN consonapce, making an
illusion that is decidedly effective, as
sociated "a IL Is with flying sparks fall
ing all about and a shrieking whistle
ewhere in the wings.
There Is other good scenery, too, in "a
Ride for Life" The company fills the
stage with its own outfit of scenery and
the pictures presented are elaborate and
very attractive. Mr.. Walter Fessler is the
author ana Inventor OF the whole produc-
tion and he also assumes the star part in
the cast. The drama is as interesting as
an old friend who bas turned up from dis
taut parts in suit of new clothes,
and it Is thrilling beyond the power of the
critical To estimate. Jack Woodruff
nt har x.yit n
popular priced intensity but fortunately
for the maintenance of interest in their
affections, one, Edward Marston,
holds a mortgage on Annie Powers
fathers silver mine, which, of course, he
proposed To foreclose unless he may have
the hand of Annie Powers. This slterna-
tive TO financial ruin is never considered
for an instant by Annie Powers father,
who indeed gets so mad about
it that Edwin Marston has to
kill him TO lively music to save
himself from being thrsshed. Woodruff.
is accused OF the murder and eight years
after is arrested for ii. In the meanwhile
however, while the eight years are elaps-
ing and the man part of the audience are
out eating cloves, Woodruff and
Annie Powers are married anu Marston
hires az Italian TO steal their child and
the Italian puts out the child's eyes--or
thinks he does. BY this time Marston,
who has we'll earned the title of heavy
villain, is unable to sleep without taking
brandy and he is about TO put the finish
ing touches on his career by
getting getting Woodruff Wood hung for the the
Woodruff escapes from jail by pulling out
the bars to his cell and dropping them
back of the scenery and then he takes the
"Ride for Life" and escapes from the
authorities on the tender OF the spec
tacular locomotive. Glittering daggers, a
of course--and low comedian are
conspicuous among the incidental prop
critics, and a lost father is also utilized.
Audiences are bound TO be pleased with
"hidc for Life" without being speci fic-
ally told to. The interesting pro-
duciion W Ill have the boards at Keith's for
the week with usual matinees today,
Thursday and Saturday.
Lothrop's Opera House.
liza Miss Katherine Rober
Countess Dobronowska Miss Lillian Mortimer
Madame Lesperon Miss Helen V. Linde
Madame Clcmenceau Miss Grace Hamilton
Georgette Miss Ellen Mortimer
Pierre Clemenceau William rarnum
Constantin Ritz Leonard Rowe
Thomas Ritz Albert H. Field
Theodore James r. McElroy
Serge Vinof Morris McHngh
Victor Lawrence Evarts
Inc attendance at Lotnrop's Opera
House yesterday afternoon, at the OPEN
ing performance OF "The Clemencesu
Case" was so great that tho pro-
grams gave out long before the
orchestra began the overture. IL was the
first performance OF Miss Katherine
ROBBERS farewell engagement and the last
week OF the old management, Thomas
Trowbridge OF New York having leased
the tbeater for vaudeville purposes, to be-
gin next week.
Little need be said about the interest
ing and highly sensational French drama
itself, for the attempted suppression of
the play by city governments throughou
New England Is vivid i'm the memories of
theater- going people.
In the present production OF "The
Ciemenceau Case" the original manu-
script is used and the great statue scene
given with becoming modesty and start