The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1902-11-03
MISS VIOLA ALLEN.

What promises to be the most importan,
dramatic event OF the season is the ap.
pearance of Miss Viola Allen in Hal
Gaines new play. The Eternal City" a,
the Providence Opera House next week
The initial performance Of the new Game
drama occurred at the National theatre.
Washington. on Monday evening, oct.
9Th. and achieved an extraordinary sue
cess. II Is a drama. according to all ac-
counts. Of tremendous force &sd po'yer
In one important respect Mr.. Gaines iay
differs from his novel. in this that Dona
Roma is q pure woman who triumpns
splendidly In the end. while in the book
her name IL tarnisbed and the story ends
unhappily.
All that portion OF Mr.. Gaines drama
which deals OF the life OF Dona Rosa ana
David Rossi in London is swept away, the
play opening with the papal procession
In Rome with the effort OF David Rossi
to address the pope In person. The frst
act In divided into two scenes, the flrst
being the loggia in the Baron Bonneiiis
palace, and the second David Ross's
apartment The papal procession passes
beneath the baron's window, when Rossi's
voice may be heard when he humiliates
Dona Rosa and the baron. In the sec
ond scene Dona Roma calls upon David
Rossi for the purpose of entrapping him,
when she learns to her surprise that he
is none other than David Leone, a con-
demned conspirator.
The second act occurs in Dona Roma's
studio. the Coliseum riot occurring with
out. The Incidents of this scene are par
ticularly thrilling. Act third is in two
sets. the first being hall in the Castle
OF St Angelo. and the other the Gardens
OF the Vatican. In the first OF these
scenes occurs the trial and suicide or
nrttrp nj f.x tk~
ers that David Rossi is his own son. Act
four occurs In Dona Roma's studio, now
stripped OF its elaborate hangings.
In this scene the Baron Boneln Is killed
and Roma assumes the crime. Act nftn
Is In two scenes. the first is the ante
chamber in the Vatican. the second the
loggia in the Castle of StsAngelo iii
the first of these scenes Rossi demands
and Is given sanctuary in the Vatican. the
pope recognizing him as his son. The
last act finds Roma imprisoned I'm the
Castle OF st. Angelo. when Rossi is re-
prieved and the lovers finally and happily
united.
Miss Aliens supporting company is an
ideal one In all respects and one OF the
finest that has been brought together In
recent years. 1t comprises such we'll
known players as Edward Morgan Fred
eric de Belleville. w. e. Bonney, George
c. Boniface, c. Leslie Allen. Affie Warner
Henry Harman, Thomas f. Graham. Jef-
ferson Lloyd. William EvIlle. Owing 20 |
the length of the performances the cur
tain will rise promptly at o'clock.
Mrs. LeMoyne, who comes to the Provi- |
dence Opera House tonight for three |
nights and q Wednesday matinee, is con- |
sidered by many elocutionists and critics |
the best exponent of good English on the |
stage. Lawrence Barrett. the classical |
actor. whose association with Edwin |
Booth is we'll remembered. once said: |
Mrs. LeMoyne. your accent Is neither |
New York, Boston nor London, but cos
II surprises me that every |
word you speak, even I'm q low tone, can |
be heard In the farthest part of the |
house. When so many of our promi- I
nent actors humble and chew their words |
your perfect mastery of the art of enun-
citation Is indeed remarkable" The ac- |
tress owes her purity OF speech largely |
TO the fact that for many years she stu
diously avoided work In dialect and the /
use OF foreign languages. English. she
states. requires the utmost fiexibiity OF |
the lips and this is injured by speaking
a foreign tongue.
Seats will be placed on sale today for
the engagement OF Amelia Bingham and |
her company in "A Modern Magdalen,"
az lHe ffONlutnce opera House the last
three nights this week, with a Saturday
matinee. No stronger company has ever
been sent en- tour and n casual glance
at the names OF the actors who play |
the principal roles will convince the
average theatre-goer that the expense OF
this production will reach comic opera
proportions. "A Modern Magdalen," Miss
Binghams latest production. has been
especially written for her by Haddon
Chambers. and held the attention Of
audiences for three months
NJ the Bljou theatre, New York
From all accounts "A Modern Magda-
en- is a play OF the most intense char
acter arising from grave 70 gay. its
sombre and more tragic passages relieved
By the most hrilllsSt sa dire and comedy.
All the original members OF the company
will be heard in the roles created by them
md include Henry -plxey. Wilton
Lackaye. Joseph Holland. Ferdinand
Hobart Bosworth. Amelia
Bingham. Alfred Fisher. Madge Carr
Cooke. Lucille spinney and others OF
squal prominence.
The famous Burmese football players.
known as the Nouns Toon Trio, who are
making their nrst American tour and ap-