The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1891-04-26
THEATERS.
IS to Give Us Comic
"a This Week.
k.sto. At coRpRAY's


- lasge thsatsr-going popuIA-
$50 5s~a ehown again during The past
1870 new stock company drew
~ N niehf and two matinee pr.
1853 n6vese "A Texas eteer' filled the
80 Tor two successive nights
GEe 0fefeess did nearly - we'll Even
100 Calm" played By rank, barn
. ss1S3fn n1fou did . good business. The
ekeo1ess wore the only ones thae
- lsIling o. in attendancs.
ssS 6oens with the three nights en-
81 ri - Bostonlans, the strongest comic
- nov on the road, 1t the Seattle
<s=S cordrayse new stock company,
sS- - nay, q gaining In public favor,
SaS1 wretehed stick for legl1ing
uens ssThe silver King, STRONG
- sspostoniaus, !" The Anest operatic
~ fhns eysr produced comic operas in
75S IN eommeuco IN engagement a4 the
-houso tomorrow night. To any
So dty the members Of this company
51 ineroAuction, - wherever they have
1Rey come back with : hearty vel
s5f 80 ara invariably sold Ct Z pre-
T1fing their last engagement In San
fnlly 500 people were turned sway ct
- 'S1 1nenance, and the last week Of their
Snt there was not . single seat TO b
~ 1hfrd day, for tho entire week. In the
~ wDostunians" ate looked upon
~ best equipped organization
and repertoire that tfavelA Their
80 haze always been artistic. Of . de-
u msoIlence more surprising when brought
utoon with those Of the more pFetsntious
11rne whose prices are double those Of
rlana The sopranos, contfaltos, ten
II who head this organization are,
{iE ympeetiyU ways, without parallel or
- % American stage II II the only
p opmpany'' in existence, and II the
= g able hand OF singers and excellent
Snxo no other cause for Qualification,
7SSuld b almost enough In that, 70 make
q seattle the new and SUCCESSFUL Ameri-
~ cpefa, "Robtn Hood" The San Fran
b1ses says:
rA Z peEoven's latest work IL q great sue
m oince the "Mikado" has comic OPP
fh1 friends have come 70 expect brilliant
Eom him In "Robin Hood" he has COM
orlipoed his former ef5ortA The dialogue
= cut crisp and very humorous, while the
oelion Y graceinl and rhyihmic: The "a.
80 . gratifying to his friends aud must
ILL satisfactory TO the composer himself.
1GnoU ana ensembles are bright and spir-
Onoh OF the Orcheatyatiou 10 novel ana
16. while the score has many delightfully."-
n uumhers.
8 ol&o Chrom<cle Odds:
op1sfoFmancc was an unequivocAl and up.
- success. A m amusing diversion, the
4 not lee effective than the best Of the
~ : sullivan series. There n not dra-
lilly dull or . musically m0notonoue mo-
81 e. The movement n animated, the
- = blithe, the humor 70 unctuous, and the
81 all OF ~ respects shows originality and
lDtakablo genius. II Llbeettist Harry b.
snd Composer Reginald DeKoyen can
1lp themselves ct this pace, We shall not
north have need to 20 10 Europe for our
e operas. The American article In this in
-, discounts any contemporary tmporta-
Itoths Bostonians appear in round of popu-
9CpeSas, the classification and full list OF the
Inny are given, 20 that the public can know
- 10y may expect In the repertory. The
nDGonm are Marie Stone. Juliet Cordcn and
3nn -, now member Of the company: the
,oo1uoltu are Jessie Bartlett Davis, Josephine
lGsloel md Flora Finlayson; the tcnors are
Ia xarl. Edwin w. Hon and Ferdinand
|shuo, ioe many years the hrst tenor Of Am
~ ITALIA Opera: the baritones and bassos
nv. h. Macdonald, H. C. Barnabee, Fred Dick
- kngene Cowlcs and George Z. rockingham.