The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1894-02-27
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"Eancy & Co." .nads q great hit at Cor
drsy's theater last evening, and Miss Ethel
Brandon gave another evidence of her
brilliant and versatile talent in the part of
Nancy Brasher, her naturally vivacious
nature adding a snap to her comedy work
that enhanced the charm of the character.
MIR. Arthur Elliott. the indefatigabls man.
ager, deserves great credit for the perfect
manner in which the play was staged and
rendered, and the audience expressed it's
appreciation Of the results by hearty
applause. 1t is a clean, healthy play.
with all of Augustin Days mastery
dramatic touches. and the end of each act
was the signal for gratified applause
Nancy & Co." may be termed brilliant
II seintillates with Wit and humor and
with overwhelmingly funny situations
brought about by Nancy Brasher's impet-
uous nature. The character is not only
clean. but strong dramatically; her humor
is of the dry, quaint order, until she
awakens to the sense of the folly she has
unwittingly committed through her
thoughtless action. The woman In her
then becomes aroused and her dramatic
defamation in the fourth act, q self aeeu-
sation and review of her own folly, Is in
such strong contrast to the lighter comedy
vein of the previous acts that she succeeds
in winning hearty round of applause.
Nancy Brasher is married to q good, but
mentally weak man intensely jealous of
her. and who despisss the stage and all
actresses. Nancy has literary turn of
mind. outlines the plot for Q play and
sends IL to Mr.. Kesfs 0'keefe--
poet and author. She sends it under
an assumed name with instructions to
dramatize and have ii produced. He does
so and on the night OF its first production
Nancy runs away from her husband under
false pretense and comes to New York
to find o'Keefe and implores him TO take
her to the thester to witness the play.
This clandestine affair brings about all
the subsequent amusing complications.
Nancy's husband finds his wife gone, sus-
poets she has eloped, comes to New York
and finds her at a hotel where she had by
force dragged the unhappy O'Keefe, who
liz O. lid that his Gance will learn of his
whereabouts and think him unfaithful
Mr.. Arthur Elliott fully shared the
honors of the evening with Miss Brandon.
Mr.. Arthur Livingston made the most of
the self-tortured husband. A new face
was presented in Mr.. Cornelius Hawley,
who did fairly well. though lacking a little
in force. Mr.. TilIiston Bryce had another
one of those a5normaly effeminated dude
characters. and acquitted himself in a
thoroughly artistic manner. Mr. Frank
Ridsdsle was easy and did well. The
ladies, also, were exceptionally clever.
Sara Stevens doing the little she
had TO do in her usual finished
manner. Miss Della Mscquaid and Miss
Anna f. Daley were ch arming, and Miss
Myla Roweli made hit as the tough girl
See 70 her makeup and walk creating
great amusement. All the ladies appeared
in various handsome toilets, which proved
an additional attraction TO the feminine
portion Of the audience. Nancy Il CO.
Is deserving Of crowded houses nightly,
and better antiiote for fit Of the blues
could not be recommended