The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1893-09-10
IRVING AND TERRY COME NEXT.



Terris the Leading Man.
The great attraction TO which all thea
ter-goers are looking forward Is the APP
pearance OF Henry Irving and Ellen Terry
with the whole London Lyceum company
at the Seattle theater on Wednesday. Sep
TENDER 20. The play will be The Mcr-
chant OF Venice, and IT will be presented
in the style " hich has made the Lyceum
company world-famous with scenery, cos
tunes. property and ali mechanical effects
carried by the company. On the follow
ing day. September q, the company will
present Nance 0ldiield" and THE Bells"
at the Tacoma theater. The price of re-
served seats will be S, 81. So. 81 and 81.
according to location. and the sale viii be-
gin at the box Office at the theater at 3
o'clock next Wednesday morning. Mr..
Irving. Miss Terry and their company
have met with an enthusiastic welcome at
San Francisco, and their tour promises to
be a series of ovations. Concerning their
appearance at San Francisco, Peter Rob-
ertson says in the Chronicle:
Ito the simple. hard working'citizen the
unsuccessful actor is problem. Why
should people cling to a career that neces-
states skirmishing all the time for a
square meal. travelling about one-half the
time without clothes TO wear and not even
sure of place to sleepf Yet there are
thousands of men and women doing il. 1t
is ambition, hope. Ii is 10 win a prize that
falls TO half dozen IN a century, and
everybody expects 10 be In the half dozen.
What is the use of arguing7 Here is
Henry Irving. They may be Henry lry-
ings or Ellen Terrys
"Can we blame them, after all7 Is there
any prize open 10 the ordinary man start
ing out without money or prestige. as
giittering as that achieved by Henry Iry-
ing2 When he joined the Tbespian ranks
and started out In search of fame granted
to the few great actors. he alone believed
he could reach il. | have no doubt he was
told he could not act; that he had better
give up his rowing life and settle down 10
something sensible. Through those years
when he was low down in the cast and
felt grateful for line in the notice of the
performances. / daresay he felt hopeless
and dispirited, and very much like throw
ing his ambition over and going in for
business. But no dream he ever had, no
ideas of the fulfillment of his ambition be
ever conceived could have risen To the
height of has achievement. He must smile
when he looks back over the mention
in the press OF his early performances. and
compares IL with the volumes of literature
that have been published about him since.
but neither blind fate nor happy chance
could have made for Henry Irving the
place be holds. Henry Irving is without
doubt the most remarkable man the stage
has known. He may not be as great in
some WAYS as others, but he has the power
by which man masters men. His weapons
were energy, ability. convection. His argu-
ments were illustrations. He believed
tina. his art VAS the highest, and he knew
il only in its highest forms. He com
PEELED for Il from the intellectual aud IN
teliigent the honor he gave it himself. and
for This art or combination of arts his
high-class work which the general public
are reported TO be incapable of appreciat-
ing hard-up San Francisco puts so 900 in
the box Office of the Grand opers house on
the names OF Henry Irving and Ellen
Terry.
There Is nobody who has seen Ellen
Terry who does not rhapsodiEe over her.
From her first appearance in New York
but one opinion has been expressed. A
charming woman, refined magnetic and
delightfully."- unaffected, she has won all,
men and women. In her wide variety of
roles her personality has played large
part, ana her art IS q part of her nature
There are two kinds OF actresses. both
artistic and both great. ona men rave
over and women acknowledge 20 be clever;
the other women rave over and the men
are constrained TO admire. The combina-
tion n the actress IN whom men aud
women take delight, and who conpels
even hara headed and uuSeafimenEai
critics 10 yield 20 her. IS very rare She
must be a charming woman. Fer ten or
tRe.ve years Henry Irving and Ellen
Terry have played together. and they are
as eongenial today as ever they were. With
al the trying conditions of stage life al
the worries and troubies of rehearsais and
travelling aud getting 10 new pieces. IL is
the greatest compliment they can pay 10
one another that they are still together.
The fact IS they are quite phenomenal.
Miss Terry, the greatest English speakiuv
actress. Fsast be free from the jealcusies
and weaknesses OF her profession. aud the
only fAiuZ about Heary Irving that would
throw doubs on bis being great artist
is that he does not seem 20 Re an nnendrE-
able crank.
William TerFis. leading man Of the
Henry Irving company. - the son Of the
late George Lewin. ESQ.,, and aewhew Of
the eminent historian George Grote. and
was bora in London in is4e and educated
AZ Wildemore college aad Jesus college.
Oxford. lie vas foE short time in the
royal navy. bat catered the dramatic PRO-
fessson in October, fsN. ST the Prince OF
Wales tAe&teF, birmingham. After play
ing minor parts for some time be became
= memteE 80 the company a. the Prince ef
" Alcs theaseg, LoHdon- In ISL be re-
moved 70 nrury Lane theatsr. playing in
the late Andrew Halllday's drama Of
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