The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-12-18
THE NELL COMPANY.
Sol Smith RusseIl's Success VIII Be the
First Presentation

Sol Smith EusseIl's Success VIII Be the
First Presentation
The Neill company will present for the
first time in Butte Sol Smith Russefs
great success, "A Bachelors Romance
1t is an agreeable task to contemplate
this new play. 1T leaves a pleasant taste
in the mouth after the curtain has fallen
and its hearers, carried with its story
from the first. find themselves at the
close retaining a gratifying sense of mans
honor, womans sincerity and the innate
goodness Of human nature. 1t is that
more than any other one thing about A
Bachelors Romance" which holds the
sympathy and attention-it Is so genuine,
so full of warm human interest that 1t
might be page from ones own life,
and the people on the stage might be the
persons whom one should expect to meet
as he left the theater and turned In the
street The play has quality and flavor
that promise always to endure. 1t Is
prett!ly told, delicately woven story, with
something Of heartache much OF heare
yearnng and enough Of heart JOY to
make the shadows light and the troubles
right The incidents are charmlngly in
terWoven with such a nicely that the
denoument proves quite a novelty.
A bookworm and q student. immersed
his studies, absorbed in his editorial du-
ties suddenly awakens in his duty to find
womanhood, tender and winning, when he
had been thinking of her 10 years as
child and sent her toys at Christmas;
had never given her a thought beyond the
material supplies for her welfare, she
bursts upon him like vision. What
more natural than that he should grow
to love her, and that when he thinks she
is in love with another to heToically say
the word which he believes is to make her
happy. and at the end discovers he has
been as much to her as she to him.
1t is prettily told, with many effective
touches here and there, with bits of hu>
NOR to give the sunshine and hints of
pathos to make the shadow. 1t is done so
quietly and so easily that the naturalness
OF 1t constitutes it's greatest charm.
On Wednesday evening Of next week the
Neill company will be seen in Edward
Elsner's historical romantic drama in
four acts, amy Robsart," which Is
dramatization of Sir Walter Scotts "ken-
ilworth." The scenic and costume investi-
ture of this production is regarded as
quite a revelation by those who have
seen the splendid Neill company else,
where. The first scene of the first act
pictures an old inn. The second THE
House of the Dragon" The first scene
of the second act shows Queen Eliza
beth's throne room; the second, the old
/, inn; the third, the house Of the dragon,
ana the IOuTtn, sIne poSpefH gate lie
entire third act takes place At the castle
of Keniworth. where Amy Robsart makes
her plea before the queen; while the last
act takes place in a hall of the castle and
the tower of the CONNER.
Several very prominent historical char
acters are introduced in the production of
amy Robsart," including Englands
most gallant nobeman, the Earl of Lei
cester, role in which James Neli has
gained much praise; Richard Varney.
court trickster: the Earl of Essex, Eng
lands most glorious queen, Queen Eliza
beth, as well as the sweet and trusting
Amy Robsart
The Neill company has the quite uni
versal reputation of presenting the best
repertoire of high class plays of any or.
ganization travelling, and it's productions
require a scenic equipment that is par
ticularly elaborate. No local theater
scenery Is used in any Of the company's
presentations
The sale of seats will begin at the box
office of the Grand tomorrow morning,
and the opening performance promises to
call out one of the most fashionable and
representative audiences that has gath
cred in this city in some time.