The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1893-06-02
AS BEAU BRUMMELL.
Brilliant Opening Of the Mans
field Engagement.
ARTISTIC AND SOCIAL SUCCESS.
Finished Production Witnessed BY One
OF the FineAt Audiences That
Ever Filled the Theater.

Richard Mansfield presented Beau
Brummell" at the Seattle Theater last
night to one OF the largest and finest
audiences of the year. What a difference
environment makes in the enjoyment Of q
theatrical performance! We had the same
play in the hands of the same players with
the same costumes less than twelve months
ago, but We saw and heard them then in q
great barn. We sat on hard chairs ranged
in straight lines on level floor and gazed
between the heads Of those in front OF Us
upon . fimsy. dimly-lighted stage and
strained our ears to catch the voices whose
sounds went echoing iecbly through the
rafters. And yet We were delighted.
But last night we saw beau Brummell"
in the most pleasant surroundings. Set on
the best lighted stage in the country We
could see every play Of the features. The
minuet was danced in a salon whose walls
and decorations were in harmony with the
rich ballroom toiiettes; we could hear
every word spoken and, best ofall. We were
comfortably seated.
1t is difficult. if not impossible, to say
anything new concerning Mansfieid's best
known work. He is easily the foremost
character actor of his day, and he never
had an equal for versatility. He is master
Of the art Of detail. and his standings are Of
the most delicate. What wide range of
art is traversed from the opening scene,
where Brummell is shown in all his ele-
CANT egorism, to the dieary attic where he
fuifi!ls an appointment with his-eupreme
majesty. Death. Mansfield makes q many
sided character out OF the historical
dandy. Brummell is more than a
walking fashion plate. He is y
gentleman. He knows what honor
is and obeys its dictates. He has
moral bravery. Beneath and beyond his
love of fine clothes and his repugnance Of
everything that is not in good form he
has a warm. honest heart and intense
natural pride. He is not hypocrite. He
has fine sense of humor and his satire is
delicious. These attributes did not belong
to the real Brummell, but they do to
Manstield's Brummell and they are pre-
sented in a series Of harmonious pictures,
each one finished work Of art.
And woven through and through the
checquered career of this one time favorite
of royalty. there is the attractive quality
of human passion. Without employing
the sentimental, Mansfield eniists your
sympathy. He plays tenderly on the
chords which stretch from heart to heart,
but still his touch has force and the vibra-
tons he causes are deep and strong. Mr..
Mansfield was complimented by a curtain
call at the end of each act.
The audience presented handsome
sight, no small number being in evening
dress. Indeed the play was social event
of no small importance. Among those in
the house were:
Mr.. William Mcdonald gave party oc-
cnpying the three upper boxes. chape-
roned by Mrs George B. Kittinger. his
guests being Miss Furth, Mrs. Kittinger.
Mr.. Fred X. Strive, Mr.. Kittinger, Miss
Fay. Miss Munday, Mr.. Fay. NJ. Caine,
Miss De Wolfe and Miss Henry, Mr..
Bausman and Mr. Smith.
In box No. were Mr.. and Mrs. Jacob
Fur,h, Miss Sidonia Furth and Mr.. and
Mrs. Maurice McMicken. In box No. Z
were Mr.. Theo Halter and Mr.. James D.
Hoge. In box No. 3 were Judge and Mrs.
Burke, Mr.. and Mrs. W. Z. Boone and
Mr.. and Mrs. David Kellogg. Box No. 2
contained Mr.. and Mrs. David Baxter.
Mr.. and Mrs. r. c. Washburn and Mrs.
Brown.
Among those present in the body of the
house were Mr.. and Mrs. A. 4. Mac
Culsky. Judge and Mrs. II. G. Strive. Mr..
and Mrs. Erastus Brainerd, Mrs. J. c.
Haines. Mr.. and Mrs. F. II. Osgood. Mr..
and Mrs. Powers, Mr.. and Mrs. l.. c. Gil
man, Mr.. and Ms. +. C. Neufelder. Mr. and
Mrs. Grambs. Mr.. and Mrs. l. A. Nadeau.
MIR. and Mrs. f. l.. Terry. Mr.. and Mrs.
X. Il. Albertson, Mr.. and Mrs. g. II. He'll
bron. Mr.. and Mrs. J. 3. Metcalfe. Mr..
and Mrs. W. NJ. Calhoun. Mr.. and Mrs.
Bell. Mr.. and Mrs. 4. w. Mcguire, Mr..
and Mrs. Pennefather. Mr.. and Mrs. By
ron Phelps. Mr.. and Mrs. J. II. Woolery,
Mr.. and Mrs. A. P. Hill. Capt. and Mrs.
Harry Strive, Mr.. and Mrs. Martin. Mr..
and Mrs. Whittlesey, Mr. Lester Turner.
Mr.. James 4. Hayden. jr., Mr.. Howard
Thomas. Miss Strive. Miss Collins.
Mr.. d. ii. Gilman. Mr.. p. b. Shelby. Mr..
4. c. Hughes, Mr.. c. T. Webb. Mr.. J. d.
Lowman. Mr.. L. A. Strout. Mr.. Harry Car
roll. Mr.. f. o. Ranke. Mr.. J. c. Campbell,
Col. +. NJ. Campbell. Mr.. Albert Schioss-
macher, Mr. Harold Preston. Mr.. W. Mar
mott. Mr.. :. Aronson, Mr.. James Gold
smith, Mr.. S. Frauenthal. Prof. +. j.
Barnard, Mr.. f. II. Warner. Mr.. Jere
Wheeiwright. MIR. A. +. Chaffie. Mr.. c. W.
Saunders. Mr. 4. W. Conant. Mr.. James
Leddy, Mr.. VIII Fischer, Mr.. Daniel keile-
her. Mr.. Richard Hurd. Mr.. William Sill
man. Mr.. F. +. Edsen.
Tonight We are to have him as Baron
Chevriai. in a Partisan Romance" the
role in which he made his first great
success; tomorrow afternoon. IN prince
Kari, OF which we have had one act on
the last nigh, OF his former visit. and the
engagement closes tomorrow night with
his new creation H Arthur Dinmesdaic, IN
THE Scarlet Letter." an ADAPTATION OF the
greatest American novel. The advance
safe is very large.
A Scientific Seance.