The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1888-09-26
TRAGEDY AND COMEDY.


ysnes .nd Marie WainwrfgA4.
The interest taken By our hest citi-
Gems in the coming engagement II
Louis James and his Charming wife.
Marie Wainwright. i amply exhih-
tied in the advance sale which COM
menced yesterday. The theafer par
/ ties have secured a number Of seats
| for tomorrow night and FRIDAY even
ing, and doubtless this viii he the
most fashionable engagement With the
single exception of Enma Abbott.
since the opening Of Fryc's opera
hcase. Ths past success OF these
cap2sle expone.sts e legitimate frag-
ely and essszeiF has been SO fat
tering that they determined % els5oz-
ate upon their productions THIS season.
and 10 that end have engaged the best
supporting company that nsony could
procure saa includes sueh-weH known
actors as r. G. Mo~eley. Harry Lang
don. Edward Royic. Erro1 Dunbar,
Misses Kate Meek and Ante Harris.
all Of whom have been connected with
or best tragesians and hare support
ed SalEinis Booth, Mccullough and
Frederick Wzrsie Entirely rew COS
tunes OF the most costly niz.sri-
ais have been provoked hy Hawthorn
OF New York, who is The Worth
OF America, from designs i'm
ported for Mr.. and Mrs. James.
On Friday Shakespeare delizhffni
comedy Of g As Ton Like II sill be
given IA which Miss Wainwright nc aGe
her first appearance in male attire
three weeks ago in Minneapolis, and
OF which Mr. Henry Basrfam. the
managing editor OF The .TessraGl writes
The mellow notes of the hunts
mans horn we're dying into echoes
and thousands Of eyes were looking
expectanzly upon the woodland scene
represented upon the stage. There
was a dainty patier Of little feet and
vision in rel appeared ia the wings.
ran down to the stage and shen started
back as If afIrigkted at the roar OF APP
plause which passed over the audi
toriam Then. With two companions.
came the vision again. B1t this tins
il did no. SEEM IKE / vi ion. A ysiy
10y AlEo~tAk A4AAAs
elk and plush, came Gown the sage.
The beautiful oral face WAS framed in
cluster o. golden culis, partial COW
cred with coIrtser's picture que hat.
About the shoulders vas q sweeping
clo4> OF pluh. A Goaiiet reached be-
low the waist in vain endsav5r to
touch the daiaty hunting boots, which
extended far up the beautiful gou dei
legs That Was Maj Wainwright "a
she appeared in tie second act OF As
You Like It., AZ the Grand opeia
no lse last night. My way Is
10 eoaiure yoa,' says kosa-
lind IN the epilogae. Truly the
actress did eonjure her audience last
night. About them she woye spell
like the magiciaas of eli, save that il
WAS far more potent. Hereafter, wnen
writers shat. speak Or the great Rosa
lin6s Of by-so one days, Marie Vain
wIight's splendid performance viii be
among the first. Certainly she never
achieved a greater triumph than she
did last night, and this in the face af q
nervousness that would seem 10 make
success impo ssible. Miss Wainwrighs's
RoSalind j. her own. She has departed
from the old, conventional interpreta-
ton, and surprise Is lost IN Celight.n
These fine artists viii close their
engagement on Saturday nieht in
"OsheIlo, 4" of which Joe Howard, Jr.. !
writes 10 the Boston Gi0te.
Ii would be well ior cur oijer actors
TO look to their laufeis when such an
otheilo IS Louis James is presented,
rs was the case at the Fifth Avenue
theatre. For majesty OF psTSOn, facial
expression. clear enGneiaiion, splendid
reading OF the lines ana artistic pietaT-
iag OF every feeling, passion and emo
ton incident to the part, Mr. James I
stands With the best ol or actors. No
one OF his most ardent admirers who !.
believe in his future can realize, with /
out having seen him play the Moor. !
how grand piece OF work 1t was. I
Miss Marie Wainwright played Des-
cenlona with Q charming simplicity, I
sweetness and natsrainess, and she
was exceedingly elective in the last /
act. The excellent company gathered
by Mr.. james rendered valuable assist /
rnce in making the performance go so
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