The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1895-09-21

sum than s20, 600 has been expended by
Forbes Robertson upon this venture,
and IL goes without saying that the stsg-
ing OF the play, he costumlng ana the
accessories will be on scale fully equai
10 that OF the best traditions OF TINS
famous theater. Mr.. Robertson Will be RE-
mem bered by those American, who wit
messed his performance while supporting
Mary Anderson and Henry Irving on the
of her side OF the Atlantic. In this con-
nection an old story is recalled, that
while he was i'm Mary Anderson's com,
pany he fell deeply in love with her ana
that they were al one time engaged. Mr.
Robertson's sterling character and indl-
viduality have won him influential friends
and the interest in toni ght's performance
is something unprecedented. The de-
mand tor seats has been enough to NIL
the house four OF five times over.
Much interest also prevails In the juliet
OF Mrs. Patrick Campbell. The papers
have for weeks been condo!lng with Mrs
Campbell upon the fact that her imper-
sonation OF the part must inevitably be
contrasted with that OF the late Adelaide
Nelson, who is still remem bered as the
ideal juliet of the English stage. The
audience tonight will comprise all that is
best I'm the literary, artistic, fashionable
and dramatic world OF London, many
leaders of these circles having returned
10 town expressly for the purpose OF at.
tending. Mr. Robertson, of course, will
be the Romeo of the cast. Charles Cogh-
Ian will play Mercutio, w. Dennis,
Tybalt; A. Greenville, Paris Nutcomb
apothecary; and Dolores Drummond,
nurse.
The Shakespearian revival seems 10
have seized upon others OF the prominent
London managers, and II is now inti-
mated that Mr. Willard aud George Alex
ander have in contemplation productions
of "Hamlet. - in the near future.
Arthur Nikisch, formerly conductor OF
the Boston symphony Orchestra, mas been
appointed to succeed the veteran Herr
Reinecke as conductor OF the famous
Gewandhaus Concerts at Leipsic, at q
salary OF 20, 900 marks per annum.
Miss Dorothea Baird, whom Mr.. Tree mas
intrusted with the part CT Trilby, has hac
| q rapid and striking success as an actress.
Indeed, so far as experience goes, she II
but a beginner on the stage little
/, more than year ago, she had yet &c
make her debut. However, she had the
good fortune TO study under Mrs. How
son, and Bon Greet was one OF the mrs.
manager to be attracted 10 her. He firs'
| saw her IN an amateur performance o.
| "Galatea, " and soon had an opportunity
| OF giving her a remarakbl chance This
was at Shakespearian performance
where the leading actress found IL lmpos'
sible to appear as Rosalind. The success
| which Miss Baird then scored was re
peated in such parts as Hermione, De
monda andsPauline
The production OF "Cheer Boys, Cheer,
at Drury Lane, on Thursday night, wa
| a disappointmen.. The play, which wa
| the Joint work of Sir Augustus Harris
| Henry Hamilton and Cecil Raleiogh, wa
handsomely mounted and costumed
but II was tediously long, lasting from
| 1880 p. IN. until midnight. The scene II
Hyde Park where real ponies loaned b.
Lords Lovat and Bathurst and others
disported was greatly applauded. Mis-
Eleanor Calhoun's debut In this dram
can scarcely be set down as a success.