The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1902-12-01
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England has sent us In many years, VIII
be seen at the Providence Opera House
tonight and the rest OF the week. only
matinee Saturday, in his wonderfully sue
cessful comedy "A Message from Mars
This play ran for over 500 nights In Lon
don. and all last season at the Garrick
theatre, New York.
The story deals with the adventures Of
Horace Parker (Mr Hawtrey), who Is
man OF means, yet selfish. looking ever
a fter his own comfort and welfare. lie
is so selfish that he declines TO accompany
his fisncee. Minnie Templer. played by
Miss Frances Belmont. and his aunt. Miss
Parker. played by Miss Hetta Bartlett.
10 an evening party. preferring to remain
at home and read a treatise on the planet
Mars While reading he falls asleep and
Is visited by a messenger from Mars,
played by Mr.. II. Stephenson. who starts
I'm to reform him with excellent results
Mr.. Ganthony has given to the theatre
going public a play that is original and
witty. the lines are above the ordinary
and the situations are we'll arranged. The
work is finely staged and many new and
intricate stage effects are used. several
OF them being OF a nature that almost
make the trick settings OF the Hanlons
pale into insignihcsnce.
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The acme Of stage setting. witty lines.
catchy music and beautiful women, go
10 make up one OF the most magnificent
musical extravaganza productions that
has ever been presented to the theatre
goers OF Providence This lavish praise
which as deservedly given is of A. III.
| Chamberlyns yachtical merriment. The
Defender" which has been booked for the
Providence Opera House for three nights
beginning next Monday. Dec. s. The
Defender" is widely known by reason OF
/ ewta. 4. "a ~. ~
| Herald Square theatre In New York. and
| it's phenominaiiy successful engagement
| OF 20 weeks at the Columbia theatre in
| Boston. Manager A. III. Chamberlyn.
| who IL noted for the wonderful effects of
| stage craft that he has produced In the
| last few years has quito outdone himself
| In putting on THE Defender" The pro-
| duction which comes 10 Providence IL the
| same'one that enchanted both New York
| and Boston and the cast contains such
| notable principals as Alexander Clark,
| Richie Ling. Clara Lavine. Lotta Faust.
| Gilbert Clayton, Josephine Kirkwood.
| Grace Spencer and Clair Lorraine.
| The sale OF seats will open at the bog
office on Thursday morning next.
Charles Frohman has given to the stage
many creditable and costly productions
| and not the least In the list Ia the forth
coming presentation at the Providence
Opera House, Dec. IL. IL and 18th OF Clyde
| Fitch's latest composition. entitled The
Bird In the Cage" which was recently
| shown, for the first time on any stage, at
the Boston Museum with genuine success
The play Is to be repeated here with the
| complete original Boston cast and scene-
1 ry, the principals of the company In
| clude Edward Harrigan. Charles Mackey.
Sandol Milliken, Arnold DAILY. Guy Bates
| Post, Grace Henderson, Jennie Satterlee
L "A a tch
| has written that ignores his customary
theme OF fashionable foiblee. He has
elected to confine his pen this time to a
story Of quiet life in. Boston suburbs.
THE Rogeers Brothers In Harvard"
the latest of the series of the immensely
| funny entertainments put forth by
Messrs. Klaw and Erianser, with the
Rogers Brothers featured as the stars.
will be presented at the Providence Opera
House for one week begin ing Monday
! evening. December 18th. In compiling this
skit, which the author designates a vau-
| DEVIL efarce, Mr.. John j. McNally has
had the assistance of J. Cheever Goodwin
and Ed. Gardiner, who wrote the lyrics
for the production. Messrs ]. Cheever
Goodwin and Ed. GARDINER have had
something TO do with nearly all OF the
successful musical plays Of the present
| season.
Maurice Levi, who wrote the music for
| the Rogers Brothers In Harvard" is a
| young man who was practically unknown
TO theatregoers until he began contribut-
ing his efforts In making the Rogers
| Brothers skits successful. His music is
OF the tight, jinglng kind which fits in
! well with an entertainment OF this sort
! wherein vaudeville acts form one OF the
| attractive features. The critics say that
The Rogers Brothers in Harvard Is
constructed on a more legitimate plan
| al, NJ Ar.tI, o. 70 L.
three elaborate scenes. which represent
| the gardens of Claremont Inn, Riverside
! drive, New York city, the campus at
Harvard University on class day, and the
| entertainment hal at the Eden Musee.
New York city. The company presenting
The Rogers Brothers in Harvard num-
ber 100 people and is headed by the Rogers
Brothers. Lee Harrison. iWlliam West,
| Eugene Jepson, George Honey, Pat
Rooney, Emil Heusel. James Cherry.
Hattie Williams. Clara Palmer. Emma
Francis, Edith ST. Clair. Neva Aymar,
| Stella Maury and Elsie Davis. +,
A sketch act that is attracting quite a
| little attention from vaudeville managers
is Her First Divorce Case" from the
| pen OF the celebrated writer. Ella Wheel
er Wilcox. Miss Matte Kcene, who pre-
sents this little sketch with her own
| company, impersonates a young female
| lawyer and is said TO give most laugh
able depletion.
Besides being ono of the highest salar-
led topline acts in vaudeville today Cole
and johnson. the colored entertainers
who last week contracted for thirty three
weeks. the rest OF the season, on the
Keith circuit. are the composers of the
following well-paying song hits: MY
castle on the Nile" II Dreamed l Was
tt.a Il Eitu ..f a., .efr 49, ~,
Beauty and the Beast" and have just
finished the music OF "Bluebeard," soon
TO be given a big New York production.
Some OF the acts underlined for appear
ance at Keith's I'm the near future are
Murphy and Nichols, Rose Naynons
birds, Snyder and Buckley, Midgeley and
Carlisle. Hal Merritt. the Salambos Lew
is McCord and Co. the Florodora Sex
tette. six Glincerrettis. Cole and John
son, Cushman. Holcomb and Curtis, Mat
tie Keene and Co., Geo. w. Day. and