The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1893-12-03
corar.y.s nsopsasas sex. asnday.


Cordray's regular stock company viii
reopen the thearsr tomorrow evening with
Joseph Hoxardss beautiful society drama.
in FIVE acts. entitled a Double Marriage :
which viii be presented with the full
strength Of this excellent compsny, IN
Guiding the two handsome Tissell sisters,
Essss and Minnie. who return 20 their
many Seattle friends after an absence OF
nearly three years. The stock company,
which made such q favorable impression
when here last. has been strengthened by
the addition OF q few good actors in tho
place OF those who tended TO weaken the
company, and with the addition Of the
TitfeiI sisters. the company 20 be prese nted
tomorrow evening promises TO be the
strongest in point Of talent and good
looks Of any on the Pacific coast The
socissy drama, "a Double Marriage" IL
one calculated TO test the ability
Of the seversl leading people, and
aside from the powerful emotional part
that win fall 30 Miss Essis TitteII in the
leading role. and an excellent figh. comedy
part in which Miss Minnie Tittell will ap-
pear. Mr.. Wright Huntington, the hand
some leading man, as Charles Randolph.
has part fully equal in point Of power to
that of the leading lady. Mr.. Arthur T.
Buchanan, who made such favorable inn
precision before, will have part in George
Wilson well suised TO him in every respect.
The character OF Siias Horne. an excellent
light comedy part will be presented BY the
indefatigabls stage manager, Mr. Adolph
Bernard. Mr.. Barley McCullam. a clever
character actor, will have fat" part as
the divorce lawyer, Servis Fake. Miss
Lillian Andrews, Miss Weevie Vivian and
Miss Florida Kingsley, all favorahiy re-
membered. will each have parts suitable to
their respective talents.
"a Double Marriage" is a modern So
ciety play whose action takes place in the
fashionable circles Of New York and sur
rounding water places. and the main
story is that of wealthy couple. with
everything that love. health and money
can wish, brt spoiled by fortune and eager
for pretext to quarrel. They do so over
trivial matter. which leads TO a separation
and all Its bitter consequences. Intriguing
lawyers fan the flames and induce the
husband to abduct their only child from
the now wrctched mother, aud the heart
broken father seeks refuge for himself and
his child in the everglades of Florida
The same intrigues that brought about the
separation are At work, and after untold
mental agony on the part of both father
and mother the two are reconciled. There
are several pretty side plots woven around
these central fig1res. principally the
matrimonial experience of Edith Marlowe
and silas Horne. their subsequent divorce
and remarriage. This is part of the light
comedy element that runs all through the
somber plot of the two leading charac-
tiers and furnishes an abundance
of material for laughter that fully
Offsets the emotional heart-rending scenes
of the bereaved mother and recluse hus-
band. Mrs. Marlowe, the designing
mamma, also furnishes much anlusenen
through her many designin: schemes.
The characters are drawn true to life by
the talented author, and the whole form a
set Of pictures OF life among those who
toll not that ID always interesting TO those
who are not so fortunate. The cast of the