The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1895-03-31

hearsing the results srtisrically and fnan-
cially would have been more satisfactory.
The company will open a. two days en-
gagernent al the Tacoma theater tonor-
row night
The attraction Of the coming week will
center In the Frawley stock company,
whose. repertoire Will be as follows:
Monday and Tuesday. 'All the Com
forts OF Home
Wednesday, Thursday and Saturday
matinee. Moths
Friday and Saturday. London ASsur-
ancs-"
The F-swley organization returns 20
the first grincesles Of the dramatic pro-
fesSson. namely, the stock system. which
secured the production OF plays. comedies
and tragedies IN which every part was
distinctly prominent and permitted no
single person being starred. This Gre
ated a school OF acting from which were
evolved the Booths. the keans. Garrick,
Barry Sullivan. Forrest. Charlotte Cush-
man. and others OF that old school OF
acting now fast dying out. The Frawley
company now Processes 20 revive that
system. and has for its motto the cast
ing OF the best persons procurabie for
the part, no matter how small II may De.
This Is what made Wallaek's and the Bos-
ton Museum companies famous. and what
gives 70 Messrs. Daily and Frohman the
higsl name they have attained. The stock
system has for the last fifteen years. wiki
the companies OF the last two named
managers as the only noted exceptions.
been RELOCATED 70 the limbo % 6esuet01e
by reason OF its expe0siveness- Managers
preferrai the combination system. by
which they needed 10 procure. but
good play one or two good actors and
M up the cast with inferior persons,
whose only merit was their chsapuesS-
During the piping times OF sentimental
PLAYS and szlacfous society dramas " hlcn
we're ushered in some ten years ago and
are now 20 some reasonable extent wan
ing. the combination system rose 20 It's
height and still holds a diminishing
though prepouderatIng influence upon the
riaywrAEhts and managers.
The great sttractiveness and worth ot
the stock couuary lies IN the fact thai
the players mEst be able 10 portray a var
iety OF parts and be OF such even ability
as 20 make the play interesting without
the assistance Of star" actor or actress.
They must be artists or experience ana
schoolei in more than one part, as many
who appear IN road companies are II
is one Of the chief glor1eS or the last
generation Of actors that every man or
woman was required - possess a thor
ouEh knowledge Of certain parts II every
acting play OF Shak eSpeare and the iegit-
innate drama IN general. This verSattl-
Ny lent a breadth and scope 10 their work
that strangely coatraste9 with the 700 often
stiltes AMI set acting % many % The pre-
sent Sav actors. who. By being forced TO
portray one or Two parts for a season a.
a time. have their dramatic grow n
stunted and dwafte1.
Fr-awley-s stock Company Tomorrow.
"A season in stock Is the modest term
enplovsst IN IRE announcement OF the
coming % the Frswiey stock Company,
which VIII beEia an engagement Al the
Seattle theater tomorrow evening To n .
average thesfsr-goe-. with a. best LIN
lted know Slge OF the theatrical business,
the term. so commonplace nowadays, IS
possessed o. no extraordinary meaning.
To the mind o. such X simply suggests
q protraseed euEageTnont o. an aEETega-
ton % ordinary players. who Viii pre-
sent a list az dramas more or less ACCEPT
able - an audience. Sucn ts-fae use That
has been made 81 the term N the West
that IL does not convey an adequate idea
o. the abilities ~ the PLAYERS cc-np posing
the ,,orrpany or Of the class Of plays 20 be
presented.
IN tha East f. 81 diTereat. particularly
IN New York There the announcement OF
a stock engagement means that only ths
hsSt performers cotat1se2e viii % cast,
TIE 7}ny viii he q IKE merit ans ne pro
s,rstfsr, therefore, q the very highest Or
ea~. Trsl1s ?. 81 that DAILY. the F'roas-nans.
etc. have established . worldwide rep
usatioa-
After the F-swIsv company shall have
faassSg1raie2 its engagement here the term
"a season ss stock VIII carry Tar greater
ssz-fa>ance - the mind % the Seattle
-N~ater-eos.r than - t2sti6e9 ~ a recall
81 ss-ea announes--ents IN the past. TIE
r1a-n he~x q the company are all PLAYERS
who ven vhet- straps, 50 % speak. with
the Best stock upAntes OF New York, "a
may ~ ver3feA ~ reference - a rec
ord ~ TIE New York play houses sor the
past few years Every psay-soer with a
memory Tor names NIL rec2H t5a- %
= d Fraw3ey as having been connected
wlfh ere companies 81 Daniel FrcesG1an.
r Henry French NiiH SIAM II. Crsre. Nat
ts.>>swtu klaw & T,rlsnger. etc. as cne
og The popular young heading man Of the
9av.
Mss Jenny Remark The leading lazy.
viii r. remembered as having been asSo-
slated N.sth ths companies % panBsi Froh-
man Frank Sanger. W. A Brady ard
many others
II n B]ake-ncre - the familiar name %
ths ccznesS1Sa. TIE p.shShc having become
Acquainted with fAs raNsa frnz having
been compelled 70 laugh ~ith him 1urfn <
xn. Ss E--S->S anSssSa wsra CoAy.ea