The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1889-11-12

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in Lightly Days" a. Turner haltiast gwen
ing drew 4 good house. The play : too
wei known 10 need description. w. J.
Fieming. as Phineas Fogg carried bis
eccentric character through without tiaw
ard sustained his high reputation as al
artist. al Harris, Sc Passe partout played
his humorous part vel and capiivated the
audience. Harry Dalton, IS John Arehi-
bald, and James FL. CosdwelE- IS Mr..
Fix. also made decided hits in their
respective parts. The costumes
were elegant and costly and the
tableau excellent. The character of Aoaida.
the rajah's widow. the leading lady. usually
taken by Miss C. Rees, was taken rs Miss
IseyegI. Mis- Rees' absence wes on ac-
count OF fail whieh she sustained on the
way TO the theateT she Was coming
around The corner OF the round house from
the special car in which the company
travels when she fell and sustained severe
cut on her head. which prevented her
taking her part. The same play viii be
given tonight
fHE Ri;sAw4T WIFE AT Turn Hall
theater tomorrow ard Thursday nights
THE Runaway Wife, will be produced by
Mr. Mckee Rankin, supported By Miss
Mabel Bert and company OF acknowl-
edged ability. There is much In the play
% interest and to bold the attention OF an
audience The characters are all well
arawn, and stand out distinctly as repro
dHctions Of everyday life. There are no
forced or improbable characters, and they
all via upon the audience by legitimate
| means. The incidents are striking, and
while the elimaxes are sensational they are
never OF the 'sblood and thunder order, "
and appeal directly to the common sense
OF the auditor. There is an entertaining
story running through the play, and the
plot develops naturally from the first act
until the final climax in the last.
GRisuEk-DAvTEs CoMsgG. simple an
noEneement that the Grismer- Davies Conn
hination Is coming. will be sufficient toil
sure . run on the box sheet as soon as il is
opened. They viii be here Friday and Sat
urday. On Friday night The Burglar
will ne produced. The san Francisco Call
Of August -, speaking OF this play says;
eft - something of a surprise to theater
goers that Mr.. Joseph X. Grisraer and Miss
Phoebe Davies should have changed their
venue from the Alcazar 20 the Bush Street
theater; but, nevertheless. they opened at
the house Of the second part last evening in
Gus Thomas elaboration Of the popular
sketch. "Editha's Burglar, +" under the above
title, TO enc Of the largest assemblages OF
the season. The present version is called
comedy-franla, and is in four acts, all of
which are infused with sufficient strength
to justify the elongation of the original
sketch. The third act. where the
interview takes place between the
child Editha and William Lewis,
alias Bib the Burglar, is. without doubt.
the most interesting OF she four. 1t is this
act which entities the piece to be called a
| chiid-play quite as much rs that Of Little
Lord Fauntelroy.n Editha. in her night
dress, interrupts the burglar in his nefar-
ious work of robbing the home of Paul
Benton, an editor, and her naive remarks
to the cTacksman, as he Is going through
the newspaper mans plate come close 10
tbs heart of everybody IN the audience;
the climax being the discovery that she is
the burglars own child-a fact brought out
by Benion's arrival on the scene before
Lewis has time to quit IL. There had been
an imhrogiio between Lewis and Benton
years before in regard 70 Alice, the mother
of Editha, and this Is skillIulIy woven into
the warp OF the piece. OF course the
whole business is built. and with skill and
strengths. il may he added, around the
third act. ''The Burglar is q play that
will become tonic OF domestic converse
ton in oar households or We are mistaken