The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1895-11-09

Alderman" Is TO be the attraction ut
Keith's Opera House next week. Kerr
nell's droll witticisms, his irrepressibly
funny name and his more than strong
company give to his com-~,a factor of
interest that is not often seen in a travel
ing organization.
j. J. Dwyer, the riding master of the
Agawam Hunt Club, has been especially
engaged tor the production OF Human
ity" at Keith's Opera House. He Will
appear in the aunt scene with his famol 8
hounds ana several OF hi thoroughbreds,
notably Lord Lyon, the amous steeple-
chaser.
in addition to the regular carpenters OF
the company 10 handle the production of
"Hamlet' which Mr.. Salvini Is TO pre-
sent on Friday night.
"Othtllon Is now in active rehearsal
with the Salvlni Company. Ii IL expect
ed to even exceed his Hamlet" in the
way of scenic accessory. 1t is said that
salv ini's aim is TO win a reputation for
stage management sue as Irving en-
Joys In England.
The attraction at Lothrop's Opera
aiOanO " "a hNEh Nv III ht
ow OF Guilt" will be Miss Kate Dallas
and company III "Bfvoreed.n--
The Rose Hill Company will be at the
Westminster Theater week after next.
"The Year One" a new play by
Charles Barnard, was produced after no
end of postponements at the Star Theater,
New York, early this week.
Mr.. Neil Burgess, being deservedly a
great favorite in New York, the theater
was filled, OF course, with a friendly audi.
ence. But its patience was taxed 10 the
Utmost limits Of endurance for the play
was silly beyond description while the
waits between acts were nearly intermiuN
able.
From every point OF view 1t was felt
from the outset that a faux pa of the
most awful sort had been committed.
NO END oil money had been lavished on
something that was utterly unworthy.
For what in the world is this play? Is il
comedy, Is 1t tragedy, is il farce, or a
mere phantasmsgoris, asks the New York
Herald.
Echo answers what?
Mr.. Burgess thought, no doubt, that the
dual role of the Vestal Virgin and the
Roman Emperor would furnish him will
splendid opportunities for showing his
talent (Which ii may be admitted Ia
uniq ue) in quito a new light. He was
never more sadly mistaken, for whether
he appeared in the immaculate robes of
the vestal or the armor Of the Emperor,
he was the same old woman from Con.
necticut. What the whole business meant
puzzled the spectators greatly. They bore
the mental tension bravely, however,
hoping 10 be rewarded in the end by q
m arvelous counterfeit presentment OF a
chariot race.
A new invention this OF Mr.. Burgess,
we are told, ana one that would complet-
ely throw the County FAIR race scene
into the shade. Like Mr.. Barnard, Mr..
Burgess failed most wofully. The horses
suffered from stage fright, fully one-half
the beasts refusing to bulge an inch.
There was no race, no illusion, no excite
ment, no anything.
Then-it was nearly midnight-the
spectators ieft Observation-Disclosures
and Indignation.
They had endured nearly four hours OF
unspeakable agony to see the chariot race.
What they really saw was n dramatic
monstrosity and a lot OF balky horses.
A speedy return to the pantalettes Of
Abigail Prue Is the best advice one can
give under the circumstances TO Mr.. Neil
Burgess.
Richard Mansfield, who was taken i'll
with typhoid fever at the time when he
was to begin acting at his Garrick Thea
ter, New York, last autumn, was taken to
Lakewood as soon as his removal was
possible, about q month ago. Reports OF
his slow but steady recovery have come at
intervals from that retreat and the news
was given that he was nearly well. "He
has recuperated from his dangerous at
tack, said Frederick Edward Mckay,
land, indeed, is virtually we'll again. He
Is ready to appear on the stage again, so
Tar as health Is concerned. But he has
just made a startling discovery. IL
Is that he has forgotten the lines
OF all the plays in his repertory. In
every other respect Mr.. Mansfield feels
remarkably alert mentally, but 1t is a pc
culisr result Of his illness that the lead
ing roles in Beau Brummel,' sDr.
Jekyll and Mr.. Hyde "A Partisan
Romance ana the other pieces in which
he has been seen hundreds OF times, are
now wholly strange TO him." Mr.. Nc
Kay said that Mr.. Mansfield would set to
work TO study his forgotten roles anew.
He was to begiu a tour In a week OF two.
but IL he is unable TO commit the parts
TO memory, the project will, OF course,
have TO be abandoned.