The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-07-05
METROPOLITAN

At the Metropolitan theatre.
Thursday night. in THE Honor OF
the Family" Otis skinner will bring
his Col Bridau back to tho stage
after long absence.
Undoubtedly. the appreciation OF
this really great drama is greater
now than II was before America real
lied the bigness and the human in
tensity of the French nature. The
Honor OF the Family" deals with hu-
man character, concentrating its an
alysis upon n single Identity. the
swagger but sincere colonel. lie
alone is sufficiently complex and
striking in mentality TO supply. the
evenings entertainment, with able
assistance from the opposite charac-
ter i'm his principal scenes, the charm
ing but INSCRIPTIONS Flora Brazier
The story OF Flora's conquest OF "A
rich dotard, whose nephew rescues
him by hard and unsparing methods,
is told chiefly by three personages,
Flora Brazier. played by Evelyn
Warden: Commander Max Gilet. her
paramour. impersonated by Alexan-
der Onslow, and Col. Philippe Bridau,
the stellar figure in the cast.
Otis skinner will remain for three
evenings and Saturday matinee.
WILKES
When Arthur Goodrich wrote Yes
or No." he gave To the American
stage one Of its best dramatic offer
ings. This is the play the wilkes
players will present next week, start
ing with a Sunday matinee.
In yes or No" the author has
cleverly woven the plot around the
friend of the family" the sort OF a
fellow who. altho posing as your
real friend, is really a snake in the
grass and alienates the affections Of
your wife. He goes even further In
showing that this sort of n character
exists among the poor as well as the
rich, and, with this in mind, car
ries three separate stories thruout
the action of the play, with three
different sets OF characters. In man
ner that Is clear and concise. The
play is full of pathos, with here and
there a touch OF bright comedy.
Grace Huff will be cast In the role
OF the Good Samaritan, and altho
she is only n servant in the house
hold of the rich. 1t is she who mends
the broken threads.
LEWIS ORPHEUM
"Honolulu Loo" bubbling over
with humor and cast I'm the atmos.
phere of the sunny isles, will be the
Offering of the Midsummer Folly
company, at Levys Orpheum. for
the week starting with a continuous
performance Sunday.
The offering will abound in pretty
settings and classy costumes. while
the two comedians. Lew White and
Ert Hunt, will be seen as tourists
with plenty of time on their hands
and coolies of stage money in their
pockets. There is very little plot TO
the play--just enough to work in a
lot of big musical numbers.
Olive F'inney will head IT Left
Her on the Beach at Honolulu" in
which the entire company win take
part. Floy Ward, Corey Hunt, Law
renee Orth and Madge Moore will all
have catch numbers with the chorus
girls included. Lew White will en-
terrain on his one.string fiddle.
As an added attraction, Eugene
Levy will offer the Ames Shipyard
quartet, who win launch tons OF har-
mony In manner that Is sure to
make them popular.
PANTAGES
One OF the largest attractions in
American vaudeville-Singer's Mid
gets---will be the headline Offering
OF the new bill opening with the mat
inee Monday. The aggregation
which was booked personally by
Manager Pantages for his circuit. in
cludes 80 tiny men and women, who