The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1906-01-13

i his leap from the lyric fiold 10 straight
farce Mr.. Hitchcock takes with him the
quaint refned methods and unctuous hu-
NOR that makes his work captivating His
| part Is that OF q good hearted New
York cluhmRn who goes 20 the front dur
! Ing the Graoco-Turk!sh war In the guisc
| Of Girke Warren, a famous newspaper
correspondent and who is really response
Bile for the stirring I'D the trouble that
brought on the war. There Is music hall
performer known as "The Human Fly
who IS the divorced wife OF Kirke War
rer and also a Newark widow who Is on
the correspondents trail. The object Of
Tho clubmans disguise Is 90 capture de-
mure Young woman who has volunteered
as Rcd Gross nurse. There are other
Americans who happen TO be In Athens at
,he time Of the trouble The background
f Of "The Gallopcr" is fun OF color describ-
ng the hotel at the port OF Athens ana an
Inn az Volo in the Grecian mountains at
] the scene OF the actual conflict The play
gets It's title from an expression used by
English newspaper men and army officers
10 describe a dispatch bearer, who first
gets % the wire. Nothing has been left
undone to launch the play successfully
and among those In the large cast are
Raymond Hitchcock, Edgar Davenport.
Harry Stone, L. Rogers Lytton. Harold
Wizard. T. Daniel Frawley Scott Cooper.
| E. b. Tiltop. NJ. w, Rale, Howard Potter,
Nanette Comstock. Nav Buckley. Helen
Lackaye and May Helmuth
DREW IN DE LANCEY."
John Drew one OF the most popular
players on the American stage and one OF
the ablcst as well. will appear I'm "A new
romedy called "De Iancoy." by Augustus
Thonnas, at the Providence Opera House
sur the last three nights Of next week
with matinee Saturday The play is one OF
society life IN America and viii bo richly
mounted, while Mr. Drew VIII be support
pd BY strong company. Including Mics
Margaret Dale. seen At the Onera House
TWO seasons ago as his leading woman IN
''The Mummy and the Hummine BIRD"
Mt Thomas has scored such series n
succosscs TINT he has established him
self as tho foremost playwright IN Amer
lea. His comedies are invariably note
worthy for their refreshinglv brilliant d'a-
logic and ingenious as well plausible
hc,lon. In the case of DE T4ancev." Mr..
Thomas has perfected n three-act comsdv
bf exceptional originality I'm theme and
rare smartnegs OF sneech. The Niece was
written with John Drew I'm mind and the
Fact that many of its Incidents are actual
occurrences taken out OF his own life. MS
him go the. mart of Jim Delaney as no
,ther role ~ his entire career has done
The production will be given here with
The same scenery md cast that appeared
Fo- 80 many months before the fashiono-
bic New, York audiences that crowded the
rr,pire theatre There the triumph was
,onnnlete for both star and nav
n is conceded that tho present work Is
The beet that Mr Thomas has vet given
q tho store The hero is p Drew r7rt that
anrea's n tho sfronrcet vav 70 Drew ad-
lri-crs There e. l1uCh I'm rlr1os' every
lire and-na -Alr-D-o- has nea-lv Al tho
kvit,v s~cerheq ~ r'ake. n ~-'ll be seen
|lhat no ho~ nre ccNuc for fhat drv re-
|tfrof~cd .ee~ec ~ hwr11r that Nas 90
ltrcrof,, o~tatif-t,sF ~, ~ the elections
|l, sf-,.f-.f,o.f-o theot~e0~o~e T|n
lbole Ma. is rs~-a -i-aNiv vol acted aid
Ihnrcorct Dole n fhe role % J7cdueline.
Ihe Iarccv's sweetheart. is most attrac-
tvciv placed.
|. IN keeping vita everything else staged
|yy Mr. Frohrnn, tho comedy will ne put
tn with nawless taste and by 40 skilful
|h handling OF details az 10 create in many