The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1901-12-19
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PROVIDENCE OPERA HOUSE.

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Agnes Goodwillie Miss Marie Linden
Lucy White. ..........M Miss Ellen O'Malley
Efne ProctOr........M Miss Edith bennett
Dr. Cosens. Mr.. III. tane
DIR. Yellowlees. Mr.. III. G.. Lonsdale
The Dowsger Lady Gliding. g.............
x...........,,.......M Mr. A. s. Homewood
Lady Gliding, .......... Miss Alice Lonnon
The Dowanger Lady Gliding ...-.......
......s.s..............Mis Miss Laura Linden
Henders.. Mr.. Ernest Stallard
Pete. ..,.......................M Mr.. NJ, Barfoot
Dawson. on.....................Mr Mr.. w. Edmunds
At the Providence Opera House last
evening Mr. r. $. Willard and his ex-
cellent company appeared i'm a change OF
bill-a very distinguished change from
the "Middleman." Mr.. J. NJ. Barries.
THE Professors Love story" This will
he the bin tonight. tomorrow night and
for Saturday matinee, THE Middleman"
closing the engagement on Saturday even
ing.
Bsrrle's dainty comedy along the gem
erai lines OF human interest as manifested
In blended humOr and pathos that
reached climax in The Little Minis
ter. or perhaps has gone into even fiaer
art in the new Quality Street" is fa-
miliar though far from common by reason
OF the exceptional sttainments required
fog Illustrating the principal character.
f, As consummate character actor, Mr..
willard makes perfectly plausible and
human person OF Professor GoodwilIie
for all the obvious eysggeration of the
| authors fancy.
The love story OF Professor Goodwillie
was delightful Sort altogether working
| a novel vein i'm the much worked mine OF
| the emotion OF love. It Is Barrie ''all
| over" fun OF odd concelts, whimsical
| notions and unexpected lid bits that keep
ones eyes and ears open pretty steadily.
! IL Is quietly exhilisratlng and ~ calcu-
| lated 10 keep the auditors face literally
wreathed in smiles from beginning to end.
| the wreaths being now and then broken
| by an outright laugh out loud. Other
| wise Il is mirthful and cheerful with
strain OF positive and delicious sentiment
| running through IL that not infrequently
may start a tear or little gulp in the
throat-anything of the sort, however.
TO be swept away as suddenly as IL is
| called out
! The acting and the production OF the
| comedy contributed to the unusually
| strong impression that Mr.. Willard made
| on his audience Monday night. He is
an actor OF elegant accomplishments and
most careful and effective art. He II dis
| tingushed as one OF a small contem-
| porary company that perhaps require no
count; who, while not seeking 20 express
| the drs ma in its very highest form. are
| TO be compared only with the greater
figures in their profession by reason OF
being consummate players in an elevated
sphere distinctly OF the best He is
treat 20 watch and 10 listen 90 and he
commands the most pleasurable stten-
tion. The line OF work he is doing Just
| now is variation from anything that
| for few seasons past has been common.
! and his appearance thus gives an unique
! touch 10 the round of the seasons en-
| tertainments.
As an actor-manager Mr. Willard's
| stage appointments ere not the least Of
| the nioeties Of his production Scenery
! and equipment for the comedy that was
the bill last evening are strikingly COM
plete without over-elaboration. and per-
| feet good taste prevails The Professor =
Love story is simply a delicious even
| ing st the theatre.
New England Folks the latest sue
! cessful play of New England life. has a
character new to the l,, stage, The vllsge lsse
he was cslled--ls played with great sue
! cess BY Samuel Reed. Mr.. Reed is. prob
| ably. the best exponent OF such charac-
| MIR. Reed is a thrifty actor. and in his
! professional vacations makes hay while
the sun shines on his own fnely stocked
| farmers who can make hay when the sun
| does not shine. for he lives In perfect
gold mine OF New England character and
| spends his rainy days swapping yarns
| with the natives. sitting on the sugar
| barrel OF the village store. or waiting for
the mail at the postoffice sam mas
! more good yarns so gathered than any
| other man on the stage They are usually
sort and pithy. like this one:
say Bige! 81 Holcomb is pretty hefty
Liar, Gosh, He wastes 'em."
New England Folks" will be the at
traction at the Providence Opera mouse
during the coming week.
Annie Mirlin. Zeda Sears and Helen
French. members OF the cast or Lovers
the Providence Opera house, are es,
pecially proud OF the wonderful
hats and bonnets they wear IN the
play All these have eccentric parts, and
when they were searching for costumes
they soon discovered that the most DIM
cult portion of all 10 find would be tht
~ New York millinery shops. but every
thing was too modern, too entireiy up'
+t,-Aa+A- -fae-Ihe Eddysyille ladies' theI
FINALLY Miss Miriin suggested visit e
Jersey city. and It was there that tn
weird creations worn By those ladies' ~
|
| woman who waited on them hoveret
around and assured them thai the hat'
were OF the latest patterns and were eN
ceedngly becoming 10 them and the wo
! men OF the stage said nothing. but smiled
| demurely. and afterward had many jolll
| laugh at the experience IL seems 900
| indeed that just the difference acros
| the river between New York and Jersel
| Citv should make all this difference ~
| shopping possibilities. u would pe IN
| teresting TO know how long the Jerse!
| dealer had these things in stock, Tor thel
are marvellous examples OF the milssr!
| ~ tho long long ago. aud are 81 hide
oIslv outlandish- as 20 contribute great
to the fsrcical incidents IN which lh
purity Brigade OF the New England toWl
30 largely figures.
"Ths Burgomastcr. the musical com
, edy from the pens of the eminent Chicak
, ,vit Frank Pixley aud the prominent mu
steal genius. Gustav Ludsrs. will be pre-
: seuted in our city very shortly AZ ="
. | Providence Opera house. -
This merry melsnge glories IN the DIS
{ ttnction of being the most phenonehs
| gnan,iaI and artistic record breaker i