The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1899-05-08
Providence Opera House.

What will unquestionably prove TO be
the most notable engagement OF the
present amusement season in this city
will be the appearance Of Mr.. Nat
G. Goodwin and Miss Maxine Elliott to-
night tomorrow and Wednesday even-
ings and Wednesday afternoon, when
they will present for the first time here
two OF their greatest successes, namely.
Nathan Hale" and THE Cowboy and
the Lady" Both plays being from the
pen OF Clyde Fitch. The arrangement
of these plays will be the former on
Monday and Wednesday evenings and
THE Cowboy" on Tuesday evening and
Wednesday matinee. Concerning ma
than Hale" so much has already been
written that ii is familiar to all. In the
part of the young revolutionary hero 1t
is claimed for Mr.. Goodwin that he has
done the best work OF his career. The
more serious and pathetic side of the
character receiving thoroughly artistic
expression. while the comedy elements
which predominate in the earlier scenes
also give him unusually effective op-
portuntics for creditable work. The
PLAY Is i'm four acts, the first showing
Rale's New London grammar school;
the second within the Brltlsh Ines the
third, the farewell OF Hale and his
sweetheart: and the last the apple or
chard where he awaits his death at
sunrise. "The Cowboy and the Lady"
which will be the feature of Mr.. Good
wins London engagement this summer,
has tts scenes laid in Silverville. Col.
Mr.. Goodwin appears as Teddy North,
a muscular college graduate, who drifts
Westward and becomes a small king
among cowboys. and who by his false
confession OF murder To save n wrongly
suspected woman. nearly reaches the
gallows, being saved by the confession
of the real murderer. n half-breed In
dian. Miss Elliott purtIays the role of
a dashing young Easterner whose hus-
band is killed i'm a darce hail. and OF
which she is at first suspected. as pis-
tol found by the body mad belonged to
her. There are no end OF complica-
tons OF a very exciting kind. Both
Nathan Hale" and "The Cowboy and
thu Lady" will receive the most elab-
crate production and III the hundreds
OF applications for CHOICE sittings al
ready received can be taken as a cri-
terion. then stan ling room will certain
ly prove feature OF the engagement.
The pen name. "Ian MacLaren." no
longer conceals the identity of DR.. Wat
son the celebrated Scotch divine who
refused the call TO tho Firth Avenue
Presbyterian church. New York upon
the retirement Of the late DR.. Hall DIR.
Watson As now lecturlng I'm the West.
where his famous novel. "B side the
Bonnie Brier Bush" had already made
his pen-name a household world. The
pretty story. Incompatible In the art
OF It's character drawing and unequal
ed I'm the true tone of its paihos. has
ben dramatized by Jams McArthur
editor Of the Brokman. AMI Tom Hall.
the well known humOrist OF Life. That
veteran actor. ]. ". Stodf1rd. creates
the role of the stern old scotch elder.
fsstr-t1frrr- TTTrTTiJTtt. nm Sf1a OTner dt-
lghtful Dpra0nq ges ~ "DrumtOchty"
viii be- vitalszed by some Of the best
known actors and actresses OF the Me-
tropolNau stage. "R side the Bonnie
Bfior Bush" will be given az the Provi-
dencc opera house next Thursday even
ing. upon which occasion the Rev Dr.
Watson VIII for the FIRST time view the
stage production OF his work.