The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1905-06-06

At the Providence Opera House for the
week. with matinee each day, the Imper-
ial Theatre Stock company presenting
"Trelawney OF the Wells n comedietta
in four acts by Arthur Wing Pinero pro-
duced under the direction OF Mr.. Robert
Milton. stage manager, Mr.. Al. Roberts.
With the production Of last evening
that excellent organization. the Imperial
Stock moves down the street from the
theatre. which gives II its name and on
whose stage II has made its substantial
reputa tion and takes temporary quarters
IN the house OF fits fathers. rs II were, the
we'll favored old providence, within whose
wells cluster many choice traditions Of
stageland. across whose stage more than
generation OF actors, including the best
and most popular that the stage Of this
country and OF foreign countries have
known have stalked.
To what may be deemed the larger
sphere that such a house ne the Provi-
dence offers I'm its very atmosphere, the
Imperial stock came with q confidence
that proved 10 he wholly justified and
were welcomed by an audience that must
have gladdened the hearts Of every one Of
ITS members. The fine organization. to
which people like Mr. Courtlegh Miss
Rockwell and Mr. Spencer have brought
fresh distinction. was perfectly at home
there and the actors were doubtless Stim-
uiated 10 unusual effort bv--t tho chara acter
and size Of their welcoming audience Mr.
Courteigh and Miss Rockwell AZ least
know that stage OF yore and although Il
is considerably larger area 10 get
around on than the COSY Imperials equip-
meni. the company has evidently settled
down comfortably for the Indefinite sea-
son that is theirs 10 play AZ the old
house pending the overhauling of their
own theatre this summer
And such a stock company as the I'M
rerials contributes distinction even 10 the
tradition-crowded stage OF this theatre
which is one Of tho oldest in the country
now running and doing business al the
old stand OF generation ago
And ~ Is 10 he said that nothing I'm the
iimitless list Of available PLAYS could
offer better selection than "Trelawny
Of tho Wells FOR the inaugural enter
talnment or as aftording peculiar individ-
ual opportunity TO the Imperial Stock
n Is distinctly comedy of chara cters
nd OF manners. II II essentially stock
company play. with the usual appottion-
ment ~ parts 10 the old-timp recogr ized
details of leading man and leading lady
and juveniles and ingenue and old man.
first or second and low comedian and
utility and walking gentlemen and all
the rest. n Is play about actors and
81 actors and cast according TO the one
time beloved traditions of n permanent
theatrical organization. II anything per
hars. the part ~ the leading lady II the
star part. But the part Of tho leading
man II only one of a number of engaging
character studies that simply fills a little
more Of the time of the play than the
rest Of the character parts. all equally
pronounced and entertaining I'm their re-
spectve WAYS.
-Ii-erder 10 secure effectiveness and |
afford greater picturesGueness 10 the /
setting % his comedy Mr pincro dates F,
the period Of tho play hack 90 the era I
81 the hoop skirt end the crinolire This
era hles him 10 give HIS audience tho at
nospherc of the stage with a degree ~ \
eject that II his types were ~ today. 4
would be called caricature--that were.