The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1901-12-28


one presentation OF king Lear"
"a enough For the average thcater-
gocr. but that one should by all
means De soon, II r. too much TO
RE through three hours Of this in
gvntoua misery more than once, FOR
IL ls safe Go Hay that the audience
nc the Grand laat nirht felt almost
as bad as Frederick Wardr ala ma
the tragedy drew on 10 It's close.
The gloom Is 90 thick that u might
he ut With knife. and the suffer
ings ~ Lear 20 distressing that even
the battles ~ the audience cried.
THIS baby crying, By the way, has
uooeme an intolcrablc nuisance az
the local theatcrs.
For all that. some of the finest
work ~ the Immortal poet Il found
ih KING Lear" Tho charm ~ in
the beautiful ilnen, taken siuEly. for
as whole the play " heavily moral
ana the action much drawn out and
altogether deficient, THIS IL why
Lear h found On "a few classic
repcrt0ircs. though the title role ~
the unhappy monarch To- one W
Shakespeare Finest chamctertxa-
lions, aftarding the richest oppor-
tunities for tragic emotional work.
Mr.. Warde n az HE best ia this cx-
acting role. and r. strongest ia his
depletion 81 the finer emotions which
lntetspcrsc his periods 81 strong eX-
element Mr. Harry Johnatone IL a
particularly fire Edgar. son of
Chester. the made scene being tire.
menduusly effective. Miss Aitrun
Herteilc as thc fool. and Mr.. Fran
chs n Mrvinn as Kent. deserve com
uirndHtion. Miss Warfa az gartetia
e winning. and Miss Prescott and
Miss Ashton appropriately hateful
"a uoneril and Regain. The play
VIII be repeated tonight
PrimSssc and Dockstaaer
frlmrosr a nockstader's company.
the Great American Minstroin last
season created considerable comment
on being - different from what had
gone before The public naturally
inquired tn a Hnmswha doubling
manner How. after all. can one
minstrel ahuN dlffrr from nnothsrf.'
hut the witnessing % one Of their
entertainments proved that such
could be- ana Was she case. Primrose
and bockstader have some positive
opinions on this subject Their idea
81 minsirelay - that u must retain
all the piciurssaueuee ~ the planta
tion. must excred IN novelty any
thing known IN vaudeville. must de-
light the aye by the beauty OF ita
stage environment. must aurprlarl
and please the mind hy the absolute
novelty OF rs special features ami
the spectacular character 81 ifn
flnaie They believe that minatrulnv
or rather future minatreiny, such as
they have tnAugura ted. should en-.
semhlr all that ~ best from every
form - entertainment known 10 the
stage uniting them in a pot rsurri
II mirth and melody. novel and mar.
yeliuus M O. so with dash. rnpidity
and Hparkie-the brilliant jest 4
touching ballad. screamingly
funny song. refrain 81 the old
time darkeys q gunfnt humorous
uunoloEus. the twinkiing 81 dancing
feet fun and frolir. light and color.
beauty and bFtliihncT. such should
b. ninsirrlsy and such Is the min
strclsy they produce and which
leaves no aisappcinted one "a any ~
the many large audiences that
gathrr % hear them BIZ season.
Primrose and puekstader open at
the Grand tomorrow night Tor four
evenings.
SEATTLE Heater Ben Hsserieka
AZ the Seattle thehter tomorrow
night ben Hendricks and his com
pauy viii begin an engagement ~
one week IN the familiar AMI we'll
. 'ikea swedish Dialect comedy. lle
Olson" Mr, Hendricks - generally
rscuEr iEed a. an extremely clever
comedian tn this particular line ~