The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1903-04-07

either off the standard on its own ac-
count or unsuited, TO the minds OF Mr'
Drew's admirers. at least, 10 Mr.. Drew
For TO his admirers IL is a requirement
that Mr.. Drew's plays be fitted 10 MIN AZ
his clothes are fitted 10 him. And MT.
Drew has fallen in with this prevailing
notion very comfortably TO himself and
with entire satisfaction 10 his audiences
II was a long stride from Richard Car
vel' to Rosemary and these Drew
plays represent the extremes of the sort
OF thing that Mr.. Drew's audiences coulu
never reconcile themselves TO. Mr Drew
may be an exceptional hero OF romance
or character actor but he must needs re-
strain himself to the limits OF the parlor
as the scene and to an age In the thir-
ties. at the farthest. as 10 period-his own
period. that is. SO the tottering old gentle
man OF the black stock OF Rosemary
and the swashbuckler Carvel were equal
ly impossible-not 10 Mr. Drew but TO MS
audiences.
wherefore Mr.. Drew stands on the solid
ground between and rings the changes,
ever on emotion, passion, In the conven-
tional and up-to-date.
Last evening he drew a revolver. II
was n wicked looking gun and. or course
of the very latest manufacture-the new
est style IN pistols.
For a brief moment we thought he
might shoot. But had his lines called
for such an interruption, giving the
pistol anything more than thinking
part Mr.. Drew's new play had not lasted
long enough to get out OF New YORK
and reach Providence And II is be-
cause such thing Is utterly impossible
that Mr. Drew remains an unique and In
teresting individuality among our stage
young men. with an art finished 10
nicety within limitations that bind no
other actor Of the period. and on the other
hand. which few. II any. Of our actors,
could break inside Of with success II
they tried TO.
Bird" Mr.. Drew's part follows the pre-
ferred medium course. No longer the
Youthful gallant OF The Butterflies" he
Is still safely this side Of the self sacri-
Ncing sort that was represented in the
series OF plays beginning with Rose
mary" II not too young. he Is stlll
Young enough to have and To hold.
rhe habit OF scientific study makes him
.,ov 10 appreciate the companionship Of
. wife. 90 say nothing of the demands NJ
a wife for companionship, hut he Is reused
before II IL too late and he gets after the
fellow who has taken advantage or the
situation 10 steal the wife and break up
his home.
He gets after him sharp and hard, too,
and as nelodrama tically as is possible TO
good clothes and the social conventions or
a perIod when men can no longer wear
swords with their dress suits and. indeed.
rather stretch a poipt Of social usage ana
render themselves liable To the police
court by carrying concealed weapon
The play ~ ieo3'0i thus has n good
deal more snap 10 Il than anything that
Mr.. Drew has done with the exception or
Carvel, which Of course had too much
snap. In his two interviews with the
william when ne is convinced OF his VII
lainy, Mr. Drew has n scene that Is
strongly dramatic even n restrained 10
the conventions Of n man OF AFFAIRS whose
training for n generation or 50 has obli-
tereated death" from the vocabulary
Of controversy and who must properly
regard the shedding OF blood as muSsy.
These two scenes. the first where Lord
Isurnfpy- -purrurs-his wife TO her lover :
apartments determined 10 rescue her
with as little fuss as possible. In order
90 save scandal OF course but determined
20 rescue her even II he has 20 Kill the
fellow. as n last resort thus In vigorous.
earnest. but clever and tactful; the sec
ond where there is a fine trial NJ wits
between the D'Orell! and fsumley with
the wife fed from both OF them they
are splcndidy written scenes. splenddly
acted and 30 intense that the audience
h kept sitting straight M as few of the