The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1906-01-05
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PROVIDENCE OPERA HOUSE.

PROVIDENCE OPERA HOUSE.
Phyllis s...E Eiyia Croix seabrooke
Glydas Hildegarde Figgers Fax ......:.
.............. .................. Lottie naust
Prince Fortunio. ................ Bessie Wynn
Capt Montague Blue. Charles Barry
James es.........................G George Mckay
King OF Hearts..........W William Cameron
Meander. der...................... Doris Mitchell
5argot .'''''''.'''''''''''''''; hrIiisnss his
Rollo. Or Fax's horse...................
james Harris and Eugene Kelly
Chief OF Gendarmes William McDanlels
Al the Providence Opera house for the
balance OF the week with matinee to-
morrow. Julian Mltchelrs production. en-
titled Wonderland" a fantastic musical
play I'm three acts based upon The Dane
ing Princess" by the brothers Grimm.
the music by Victor Herbert the book by
Glen MacDonough.
The main wonder of this addition to the
roster OF Land" musical productions
may be said TO be one. Sam Chip. Mr.
Chip is physically OF the same general
model as Frank Daniels and Sam Collins
a sort OF DeWolf Hopper in tablet form.
He is extravagant. unctious. overwhelm-
the stage when he is on Il. whether the
luxuriant chorus or the opulent scenery
is there or no.-these usually are there.
OF course. with Mr.. Chip. but they are
mere details when Mr.. Chip IS giving his
thrilling and filling performances.
AS a dancer he Will provide you any
thing from the dainty art of a premiere
OF the ballet TO the knock-a-bout kind or
the lowest sort OF a low comedian. He
Is a demonstration OF physical culture de-
veloped 20 the uttermost limit In his con-
volutions OF legs. arms and body You
wonder how he can stand the strain night
after night. but he seems 10 enjoy IL like
a rubber bail. lie sings. too-nicely ana
sweetly. uproarously and eNtravaganty-
any way you like We guess he could DO
Hamlet without turning hair. sing
Marguerite like Emma Eames. and play
Humpty Dumpty in the class with Fox,
IL he was called upon TO do II. He is q
condensed ration. full strength, OF hashed
talent. with comic quality amounting 10
genius.
But there isn't time I'm wonderland"
for all that Mr. Chip might do In the way
OF individual entertainment II was after
II o'clock last evening when two or the
comedians and two of tho condolences
came on for n trivial topical song with
halloween as the NH OF IT, They were en-
cored until their verses gave out and they
had 10 begin over again. Last week. at
were leaving the theatre in droves-lesv-
ing Juliet dying in the tomb, or Portia
playing her little trick on Bassanio. but
nobody wanted 10 leave Wonderland"
last evening-not with Sam Chip and Lot
Ia Faust and Miss Seabrooke and Miss
wynn and Mr. Cameron and Barry and
Mckay and the rest OF the wonderland
fun makers, singers and dancers includ-
ing drove OF as pretty and richly adorn-
ed chorus girls as ever responded 10
conductors baton. Which goes 10 show
that audiences know what they want and
although wonderland" is crowded so full
that IL overfows the customary time linn
IT, last nights audience, al an awfully
late hour, was calling for more instead OF
putting on its wraps and -coals.-
Lotta Faust appeared In AZ least two as
tonishing gowns, one Of them with
headdress made out OF bon-bons the other
a wondrous lampshadc creation I'm gold
quite indescribable In the specihcatio
without the assistance OF working draw
ings. She sang n song about a girl named
Pauline who tended the taTy counter.
that isn't as fetching as her old familiar
Sammy song but is pretty. and wltchy
just the same Miss Wynn sings one partlc-
ularly choice bit The Only One" with
some Of the male chorus assisting and she
did Il so cxqulslteiy that the audience
only let her quit reluctantly after three
encores. Miss Seabrooke cut loose n lot
OF extravagant comedy that put her safe
~ In the class with the men comedians az
q laugh raiser
As n laugh-fest. wonderland" 70 real
" = funny. roaring success The corps os
comedians is unusually large and they do
things while the chorus Is changing rs
clothes that make you forget they are
only filing time. Two OF tho leading come
dians. though silent, enact the part of
u III
the long and notable line of extravaganza
animals that have come down through the
generations from Evangeline's heifcr
which first made famous Mr. Henry r.
DiXey and Mr.. Nat G. Goodwin It's hind
legs and fore legs respectively.
1t was a pretty idea of the trainers NJ
Wonderland to take for suggestion
an old time fairy story. Opportunity ,s
taken 10 revive one OF the features dear
10 childhood In the fairy spectacle-a
transformation scene II Is n wonderru,
thing Is this Transformation scene-an in
terror Of a dry goods store dlssolving into
an ocean and the enchanted city shortly
looming out or the mist I'm a way to en-
trance you n there Is a bit OF the child
left I'm your heart
As spectacle. indeed considerable
more r. wade o' this production than is
usual with musical plays-nstead OF two
or az the most. three big -sr~r-r-vrts.
there are almost "a many scenes and
drops as arc required for n shakespearean
production with FIVE great big stage 1lling
and eye delighting sets The chorus is
profuse pretty and Stimulating. Tho cos |
TUNES are literally dreams OF Gorgeous
ness and exquisite taste--if one may
speak Of dreams as being literal OF |
course there is y superb indian chorus /
and ballet no musical production is com /
pleie without ono. these davs n has /
taken me place ~ Ions held by the coon |
song corps But other costuIned ehoruses