The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1892-12-25

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A\NeuHL/< 10 the direction OF Mr.
.SANAM< Ihn l. A. Darling Thurs
NNZk4S( lRTN day night It was
~SX1@[jS1 . success, and af-
RM HZLx fcrced an excellent
ENO. opportunity for
&N * ~ ceYtaining what ex-
Xxx - celient amateur tai
cut the city pos
sesses- The outlook for the future is much
brighter. For tho next few weeks Manager
Hanna will offer the public their choice of q
long and varied list OF performances. Next
Tuesday night Mrs. Annie Besant. the cele-
brated theosophist, will deliver lecture en-
titled "Death--and After" The engagement OF
Miss Clara Morris company will follow on De-
eember %, and "Odette," "Ciaire" and "Article
a. will be given on the evenings OF December
o. 30 and 81 Miss Morris company, under the
management OF Edwin II. Price is an expert
enccd one, and includes J. NJ Colville and
other well-known actors. On Monday, January
2, Manager Hanna will produce dramatizaton
of Mrs. Harriet Beecher Stoves great novel,
"Uncle Toms Cabin" An afternoon and even
ing performance at popular prices will be given
Aubrey Bogcfcault aud splendid company OF
players will open two-weeks engagement Tor
the Puget sound circuit, under the direction of
Manager Hanna, st the seattle theater on Janu-
AIRY O. Manager Hanna has also secured an en-
gagenent OF Lederer's "U and T. company for
January. The attraction at Cordray's was "The
Golden GIANT which drew well and yielded
general satisfaction. This week and next Will
be occupied BY a grand production of Siberia"
spectacular drama of great merit The prepa.
rations warrant successful run OF the piece
and the management deserves liberal patronage.
"Siberia" at g ordray's.
With the customary enterprise and desire to
give patrons an attraction BETTING the season,
the Cordrny management has entaied consider
able extra expense by the selection OF sSibaria"
for Christmas and New Years weeks When it
Is remembered that few IL any OF the stock sets
can be employed in staging the play. aud that
nearly every scene occurring in the six acts
quirss elaborate scenic ana mechanical effects,
some estimate can be formed of the expense
attending the scenic effects alone But in adj
dition 70 this, when IL Is borne in mind that at
least sixty people will participate in the per.
Torrance. never to speak OF the additional help
behind tho scenes to assist in handling the
mammoth sets and the bulky properties, faint
conception can be formed by non professionals
OF the labor, expense aud difficulty OF the task
undertaken. The twenty-six speaking charac-
ters in the cast as we'll as the incorporating
complement will be costumed in attire made
specially for the production OF the piece in San
Francisco. Tho ballet will be quite q fea-
ture, az the ladies are young, shapeiy and hand.
some. aud their symmetrical figures will be
dsintily clad in elegant and tasteful costumes.
Great pains has been taken in training the ladies
OF the ballet in novel evolutions, marches and
tableaux by Mr.. Bert Coote, who has been iude-
fatigable in his efforts to make this portion Of
the performance specially prominent. In the
third act several high class specialties
will be introduced. Advantage is taken
81 the fete given In tho governors palace to in
troduce the famous serpentine dance by Miss
Julie kIngileyi the Carmencita dance by Mr..
Bert Coote and Juggling and balancing feats by
Miss Laura Ashby. Mr. George Osbourne has
been hard n work Guperviainp maffers m gan
eral. aud his large company has been we'll re-
keersed and every member Is well up In details.
1t is safe to predict that the production will
equal. If 1t does not excel. the presentation of
"Around the World in Eighty Days last Christ
mas season. The story OF the play is briefly
given. Jarakoff. the dissolute governor of
Russian province and dependent, Sparta, visit
the cafes In the town OF St. Nicholas incognito.
Their object 10 TO spy upon the actions of the
students newly arrived from Moscow well
20 engage in a Gissoiute frolie. The rudeiy APP
proach unprotected girls and, after frequent
repetitions of such unmanly conduct, they are
sharply called to account by one Nicolai,
young Nihilist, whose Indignation was aroused
by tie afirouts shown the maidens. He attacks
both ferccly aud repulses them. They fire on
bi m and the reports rouse the popuace, who
swarm 20 the spot. Jsrakof is hurried from the
scene by friends TO escape detection. Sparta
crcuistes false reports of the encounter to the
detriment OF Nicolai and the students. Jarakoif
IL still fascinated by the beauty of one of the
girls whom he had wantonly attacked.
Marie. the daughter OF the innkeepsr of St
Nicholas, was the unfortunate girl whose fair
face hal reused the base NAL passions of the
governor, and she had some time since been be-
trothed TO Ivan, old playmate. The gov
ernor plans scheme TO gain possession
of Marie, in the execution OF which her
lover, Ivan. Is killed. Marie is AIKEN To
the palace and her sister Sara attempts to rescue
success is browning her efforts, and in the melee
which follows he is stabbed. sara is taken into
custody, is found guilty of attempted assassina-
zion and is sentenced to the mines. Neoigi, the
nihilist, hears of saras doom and, loving her,
determines to accompany her at all hazards.
He joins the army and is assigned duty as one
OF the guards de.atle TO escort the couvicts to
Siberia After untold hardships the miserable
convicss arrive at their destination, and shortly
afterwards friends of Sara plot her and their
own escape. Nicolsi. outside, aids them Sc
crectly and, by providential Interpolation
assisted by their own blows for freedom. they
make good their flight Odessa harbor is finally
reached by Nie0lai aud Sara, but their dangers
are not yet over, as the crafty Jarakotf had ord
cred 4 strict watch on all outgoing vessels In
order 10 prevent the escape of such of the con.
victs a had survived the terri Bile rigors OF the
overland Journey. Nicolai has friends Ia the
same dread order to which he belongs who cir
Sparta. sara and her lover are taken aboard a
vessel for America as friends OF the captain,
Anchor Is weighed. A fair wind blows from the
shores OF desp0t.slh, and Is they cast las. TOOK
on their native land their hearts are with the
great empire OF the West. of whose freedom and
greatness they had heard such wonderful stories
when a. boy and girl they had sat round the
log fire tina long winter nights.
CHARACTERS OF THE CAST
Nicola Neigof ........... Mr. George Osbourns
saraGou -.,.-....---.-..........M Mr.. " alter Hale
teSet 4ioi>Ay Mr.. Bert Coota
Alt2ac' sparta. .........1r. Frank Jamison
IVA -.....'-.. .-.....-.-...M NJ Milton LipInan
iAnHlof, ...-.....Ir. J. 4 Num-
s''.l.S aus ...-.... Mf l. Milton
A's.,H --...-...; ..-.,......-.M Mr.. Ernest Walcot
fArsof.. .......... NJ t.nr.Is u.~S.NI~,,
David 30 ............ g. L ~ ~,
Narfoyitch .........-- N- = N ~
itvus, ei'aii0u ----'......-,.---..MT !. \. Mum
4tSe AN $1,000 -..---...-.....M Nj = II EiwRrrs
Courier ....... M- II r..sf,
nne.Vt A'is'ofica- ,-...-..-..--- Mr.. Thomas Lane
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