The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1899-10-02
PROVIDENCE OPERA HOUSE.
Sporting Life WIN Open Weeks Engagement
al That Theatre This Evening.

Sporting life" which commences a
weeks engagement at the Providence
opera house tonight, is the biggest
! melodramatic production ever made In
this country. At least such Is the ver-
dict of the New York and Boston press.
The play is also said TO be the best
representation OF Us particular style
which has ever been seen I'm this coun-
try. 1t is a massively picturesque pro-
duction, sixteen huge sets OF scenery
being used. each painted by master
OF his craft. The scenic effects are no
smah part I'm stage production and
Mr. Lit0 engaged Mr.. Homer Emens
Gates & Morange Hart & Becker, John
n. Young, Platter. Ernest Albert and
Joseph PhysOc TO do this share Of the
work, The most notable sets are the
training stable at Newmarket. the an
cestral hall OF the Earls OF Woodstock
the Earfs Court exhibition. the Hotel
Cecil, the National Sporting club OF
London, Coyent Garden by night and
TWO scenes OF EPSON Downs during the
rumnlng of the historic Derby. They
are all said TO be marvels of scenic
'Deauty. The play Itself follows the ac-
cepted lines Of melodrama In most re-
spects. but the telling Of the story is
or far better workmanship than is or
dinarily displayed I'm such plays and
the telling situations are said to be
constructed with splendid dramatic
unity and great power. II is the story
or the young Earl Of Woodstock
typical Englishman I'm his love for true
sport and his straightforward man.
mood. He has indulged his passion for
race horses to such an extent that at
the beginning OF the play he finds him.
h.. o a.. .t..l Ia
only his beautiful mare. my Lady
Love can save him. she is entered
In the Derby and If he can back her
properly she VIII carry fortune TO her
owner the day she wins the great race.
To do this ne has recourse "a an old
ally Andread. the money lender. Here
he finds a new disaster. a note for
several thousand pounds is presented To
him for payment. Ii Is a forgery. but
at the same time that ne makes this
discovery he finds out that the fOrger
is The brother of the woman he loves.
Sooner than DISGRACE the family Of his
sweetheart he assumes the added bur
den and is compelled TO sacrifice not
only his estate and the home OF his
family but the priceless mare whose
victory i'm the Derby means everything
Il him. Luckily for him Andread turns
out TO be very different man from what
money lenders are usually supposed to
be and he is enabled TO carry out his
purpose Of racing the mare under his
own name and also have the stakes for
which she - running. The evil geni of
the play are Lady De Carteret and her
husband and they try everything 10
bring about the ruin Of the young
nobleman. \ fighter he has backed for
"A boxing contest il drugged at their
orders. Woodstock sooner than lose his
stake enters the ring and wins the
night: then he himself Is kidnapped on
the day of the Derby. but virtue firmly
prevails and the winning OF the Derby
by MY LADY Love" sets everyone To
rights except the villains. This brief
oCIne gives but a faint idea OF the
incidents Of the play or OF
the intense dramatic interest with
which IL abOunds. Mr.. Lit has pro-
,Tded the best cast ever given a melo-
drama.