The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1904-03-11

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The costuming OF "A Venetian Ro-
|hnce." in which the Frank l. Perley
Pera company will appear at the Provi-
knce Opera House the last three nights
4 xt week. matinee Saturday. Is said 10
i OF gorgeous assortment and 10 repre-
|ht a fortune I'm itself Mr.. Perley has
|pven In his other operate ventures
Dt he never does things half way, and
| Is said that in "A Venetian Romance"
II sartorlal display exoels anything he
|ssented in the operas OF the Alice Neil
N company. of which he was the found
and director. There are $50 different
the scene OF the play is in Venice
|ring the romantic era OF tho 18th CEN
|y the possibilities are almost limitlcss
ese costumes are worn by dancers pos
Hons, flower girls, carnival merry-
kers. gondoliers and bandits. male and
Inale, in the first act. In another act.
owing the Interior OF The Temple OF
rmen." some gorgeous Partisan crea-
MS are displayed, calculated 10 cause
nderment and admiration. Altogether,
Venetian Romance is said 20 be the
hest and finest production made I'm
|ars.
Everyone who has seen William Collier
THE Dictator seems TO enjoy the
bits Of satire which he hurls at diplo-
| tic methods. The farce is undoubtedly
greatest success that this talented
|nedtan has ever appeared in. Ii is by
ehard Harding Davis who wrote the
Inedy with Mr. Collier I'm view. Charles
Ibhman has taken Mr.. Collier under his
|nagerial wing and he starts off with
huge success "The Dictator with the
| ginai cast and complete production,
be presented at the Providence Opera
use the first three nights next week,
tinee Wednesday.
|yill NJ. Cressy. Of Cressy and Dayne.
o return to the local Keith stage next
}bk, is one Of the most Interesting men
fore the public today. Aside from be-
the foremost rural character actor on
hor of many OF the big successes in
sketch line in vaudeville. also OF
Iee-act rural comedy and two-act mu-
HI comedy. Mr.. Cressy comes from
| old New Hampshire family. his mothf
ng a well-known magazine writer Mr..
Hssy owns n very beautiful summer
Ihe on one Of the quaintest and pret-
kt islands IN Lake Sunapee. New
| lmpshlre, and II is there thai Mr..
| ssy gets the rural characters he por-
| BIS In his one-act plays. One would
urally expect to find the clever and
life author-actor busily at work writ
new sketches during his summer va
bon, but such Is not tho case. He
| er touches a pen. except 10 write the
essary business letters and TO make oc-
ional rare notes. but spends the entire
| her fishing, sailing. driving. ct ceters.
dying the different types OF people "
Pts and planning mentally the scenario
new sketches. He makes friends with
quaint old people Of that place. and
lares that he finds more that Is in
sting and funny I'm thePreal people he
| ets than can lla found in all the joke
ks ever written. His character, Squire
|ppan." which he introduces IN "A VII
Ie Lawyer. THE New Depot and
III Biffin's Baby" is modelled from life.
In TO the name. from an old attorney
IN lives at Bradford, n. H., and is very
bud TO be the model taken for Mr..
Issy's delightful impersonation.
.s.
|nnie Abbott. "'rhe Little Georgia Mar
who IL the big sensation OF the Guy
season, and draws capacity crowds