The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1896-11-03

of the brave natives of the queenIy isle TO
enjoy the.privilege Of liberty so priced by
us all.
The piece Is remarkably well staged,
great attention bsing paid TO have scenery
that represents the glowing rich climates
OF Cuba and of Florida, where the scenes
are laid. The placing Of the people in the
castle on the stage during the grand
climsxes of the piece shows great care,
and there seemed not a thing 10 criticise
In the really marvellous picture making.
The electrical effects are also good, partic-
ularly worthy OF praise being the burning
of the house at the close of the first act.
The curtain does not go down In any one
OF the four acts, on a scene that fails TO
arouse thoroughly every one in the audi
ence. There is room for some pruning.
and once In while the play may appear
to drag, but this is all forgotten In the
many splendid scenes, and the painstak-
ing, earnest and intelligent work of even
the smallest character In the cast. Among
the most perfect things seen In this thea
ter for long time Is that where the Span
ish soldiers rush into the church, led by
spy and traitor to meet and be re-
pulsed by the Cuban patriots. The exer-
cises ofthe CUBAN army are well done, aud
the fife and drum band is not the least
sttraction of the evening.
The story being of war IL, of course. a
lively one; there is treachery, and then
there are false accusations. There are. of
course, tragic love incidents and there
are spies that suggest things We rse even
than gattling guns but there are also re-
freshing and really amusing incidents
that are never out OF keeping with the
main story, which is a good one. The
cast is an exceptionally strong one. There |
is an American atmosphere around |
Scott Cooper In his part OF the American |
consul, DIR. Blake, that has no need of |
campaign flag 10 make its presenca
known. Oscar Eagle gives a proper rep
of the character of Padre Ma
varro, the Cuban patriot and priest.
Howell Hansel ss Richari Vance makes
his part as important as possible. Edgar
Forrest in makeup ana action is as
PAN''N7fhe "'o 'p"hATh hDN as
could be desired. Frederick de BelleyIlle
as Valdez has a strong vilainous charao-
ter 10 portray as the representative of the
Spanish secret service, and he does some
very good WORK, but even making ell al
lowsnce for the exuberanoe OF such
IT almost seems impossibls To-
come TO he conclusion that he does not
overdraw the character. Lieutenant
Dunn gives natural and fine portrayal
Df the American volunteer, snd his
scenes with Maribel Seymour, who her
'elf Is very fresh and charming, could
lot be improved upon, for they are mer-
" incidents In the stirring plot. Harry
Wills has good part In orderly o'Grady,
'nd he is amusing and interesting in
lis portrayal OF II, and the same may be
aid of George Floyd's Uncle Zach. tho
ervant. Esther Lyons portrayal of Luz
lille Vance, the wife and the novice, left
little to be desired, and Leonora Bradley
s Sonora Martinez, lady loyal TO
spain, gave an earnest End powerful pre-
entation of one OF the strongest char
cters Ia the piece.
This timely piece, which will no doubt
meet with deserved f,vor, Will be given
very evening and at the usual matineos
his week.