The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1893-02-12

ground - . leader Of revolutionists. In
duces his wife. in order to save her hus-
band, TO place the name of Paul di Novarro
In the lions mouth. When Paul learns
what has been done, he rushes past the
guard and deposits an exposure of An
Reio, giving his true character a. Fan
CISCO, In the lions mouth. The two lead
ers are thus brought face to face in the
council Of the inquisitor. They are
condemned to die, but before the sentence
can DO executed, the populace break in,
free Paul and proclaim him doge Of
Venice. The entire scenery is carried by
the company. The stage settings are
under the personal direction of the well
known scenic artist, Mr.. Seymour d.
Parker.
Mr.. Cartoons play is written in blank
verse. and its lines are fairly frerted with
metaphor and smile, the richness Of the
figures charming by their brilliant and
startling beauty. The love of southern
women 10 told in scenes IS beautiful a
the moonlight that bars the Venetian
lagoons with golden letters, while plot and
perfldy peculiar to the period, when secret
denunciation showed the fear of the We
nefian leaders. are woven in . manner
justified ~ the license of that time and
government.
The supporting company is said to be
especially strong. It embraces the names
OF Beverly Turner, James Cooper, Harry
9. Barton. Charles H. Clarke, Robert v.
Percy: Charles Charters, Uric Collins,
Ernest Charles, Edgar Marvin, J. C.
Hickey and the Misses Edythe Chapman,
Fanny Bowman, Louise Macintosh and
Florence Everett.
1t is gratifying to learn that Mr.. Warde's
present venture has been constantly and
largely prosperous. and that he has solidly
established himself az . performer of the
highest class of drama.
''The Mountsb bank" as Cordray's.
The Cordray management has provided q
genuine treat for Seattle theater goers this
week. DEnnery's masterful play, "The
Mountehank." will Be produced. with the
popular actor, Mr.. Clay Clement. in the
title role. The story of the drama is laid
in France and dates from the overthrow of
tho Napoleonic dynasty and the restora-
ton Of Louis XVIII, when the exiled
members of the aristocracy are returning
to their estates and to the polished court
OF the BOurbons. The Marquis de Mont
bacon, the eldest son of the duke of that
name. was obliged to escape from Paris to
avoid the guiliotine, taking with him his
only child, Madeline, q mere infant He
placed the child with poor printer whom
he requested to care for her until three
days should elapse, when he would return
and claim her. He then, with his friend
and companion in arms, the Chevalier'.de
Rnllac. joined the Prime of Condos army
against the republicans, and was shot in
the first rank during one of the early en-
gagements. To his friend. De Rollac, he
bequeathed the sacred trust of restoring
his child to her proper rank and station
when tho royalist arms should prove tri-
umphant. The all-conauering Napoleon
shattered the royalist ranks wherever con-
fronted. and every supporter of the Bour-
bon line who refused to bow the knee to
the new ruler was forced to flee to foreign
shores. De Rollac, with other mobiles,
was forced to seek refuge in America. La
varennes. q double traitor. who sold both
royalist and republican armies, and on
whose head q price was set tor his per-
juries, was also compelledto seek refuge in
America. There he met De Rollac and be-
came acquainted with the importance of the
papers carried on his person. Lavaren-
mes schemes bold plot. He is aware that
De Rollac is the las. of his race, and that
the long absence of twenty years from his
native land, as we'll AZ the death by vio-
lence or natural cause Of tho associates of
that nobleman, would make his identity
possible only by documentary evidence.
He therefore plans to kill De Rollac, gain
possession of his papers and proceed I'm
mediately to France to impersonate the
murdered man. Not only does he expect
to enrich himself with the estates of his
victim. but he intends to present the last
will and testament of the Marquis dc
Montbaxon to that nobleman's father,
who still survives his son and il still in
possession of his estates. He then in
tends to become sutton for the hand Of
Madeline, who will fall heir to her grand.
fathers inheritance. Tho child of the
Marquis de Montbazon has grown up in
the meantime with the family Of the poor
printer and has married Belphegor, .
strolling mountebank. When Lavar-
ennes, alias De Rollac, appears on the
scene Madeline has held the position of
wife for eleven and mother for ten years.
The false De RoIlac endeavors to part
husband and wife. and for q time sue
ceeds, but the finale witnesses his COM
plete overthrow.
THE CAST.
Al.