The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1895-11-20
ADJUSTMENTS.
Providence Opera House.

James Harabin ........... Stephen Grafton
Ferguson Pybus. ......s ....... rrit1 "iiiian.s
Lucien Edensor. ...........s. Naitor haio
Kirby ......... Ernest Tarleton
Footman -. wxs.vts
Hoter waiter. Wits
Lady Susan Harabin. .......... lsapei irvlhg
Elaine Shrimpton ..,.....n Enzapetn Lyree
Lady Darby MRS. Chafles nulcot
Mrs. IIez Quesnel. ..........Ehta froctor GUS
Daniel Frohman's Lyceum Theater Com
pany; presented at the Providence Opera House
last eyening.the new comedy which was its
principal New York attraction of a year ago
1.-THE Case Of Rebellious Susan. by Henry
Arthur Jonos.
IL is a bright, entertaining production that
merely suggests the 'social problem ;" with
out the slightest hint of a solution or discus
sion Of il, and all that there is Of seriousness
is in a.two-m minute dialogue of the third act,
when the constancy Of the human heart is
talked about in a manner that offers a strik-
ing contrast to the general devil-may-care,
take things.as they-come spirit that charac-
terizes the speech and conduct Of the several
characters.
In the words of the comedy itsolf, "The Case
| OF Rebellious Susan presents ga respectable
average case'' of domestic unhappiness in
which the husband is guilty of the first out
side ENHANCEMENT and indiscretion. and in
which the wife. TO whom patching things
up is particularly distasteful. furnishes sup
Elementary cause for grievance on her hus-
bands part by hunting up "A little romance
for herself by way OF revenge. She is sufhci-
emily enthusiastic about this little romance
of her own to arouse the suspicion that she is
not bruising her feelings very much in hirt-
ing with another man out of spite.
This estrangement and separation occurs,
of course in the first act. and the conclusion
to let bygones be ~bygones, and to become a
good husband and a good wife; is reached by
both parties two years later, as the result Of
the efforts of friends and n shrewd uncle.
In the meantime. there are two other
types" OF marital relations exemplihed' and
everything goes by contrasts. There is Adj
miral Sir Joseph Darby and Lady Darby, who
are old married folk. and can get along
comfortably enough during the brief periods
that the Admiral is ashore, and who also on
Joy life immensely, both of them, during
the more extended periods that the Admiral
is at sea. He has been more or less bad, and
dry champagne makes him remorseful, but he
doesn't tell Lady Darby "all, and it isn't by
any means necessary.
The other type is that shown by Fergus
son Ply bus and his wife Elaine. He is an
aesthetic and a fool. not altogether lacking in
shrewdness, who would "stamp himself upon
tho age.' IL his wife would only surround
him with the requisite amount Of poetic at
mosphere and divine affiatus, which she
doesn't. On the contrary, she is a woman
with ga message TO mankind" who has her
clothes cut with nip pockets. ana induces the
working girls OF a London suburb to strike.
fThere il no real love In the several stories
that run along together in this comess. Such
"a thing is alluded to in the two minutes Of
"reminiscences, but the man and the woman
with something OF that sort TO remember
way back in their lives decide that it is "too
sacred TO talk about and they 60 ont to
dinner.
Nothing really need DO said OF tho cast. ex-
cept that 1t is all that IL should be. The per-
FINANCE il rich in opportunities Tor artistic
acting, and not one of them is lost. It's the
little niceties of detail. rather than anything
else, which makes the performance entertain
ing, and the skill of tho actors, rather than
the intrinsic merits of the pfuy,
Mr.. Herbert Kolcey. rs Sir Richard Cato,
the bachelor uncle of rebellious Susan, and
the ''new woman" Elaine. TO whom all the
marital woes of both couples are referred. il
excellent. He is the man of the world, who
believes in the conserving of family reputa-
tons for the sake of expediency. and he has
a. JUL VI httA NniNh OiiasiOnllll
comes to the surface in a way that's delight.
full.
Miss Isabel Irving Is the rebellious Susan,
and she is pretty and saucy and petulant
enough TO make an unqualified success of the
part.
Fritz Williams was clever as tho aesthetic
Pybus, and Elizabeth Tyree has the correct
style of exaggerated determination ard wilful.
ness TO portray the part OF his wife.
Miss Elita Proctor Otis is delightful as an
actress. and incidentally, in the role Of Mrs.
Inez Quesnel. 4 she has the one character
among the women of the comedy which is
suggestive Of something better than tho un-
DERIVING meaning of the phrase ''social prob
lem" The stage setting was elegant.
This afternoon Mr.. Frohman's comedians
played 1.-THE Charity Ball. excellently. This
evening the company will present San Ideal
Husband"