The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1892-04-01
COMEDY
Successful Performance at the
Opera House.
"a Box of Monkeys" Makes the
Public Laugh and "Turn
Him OUT Makes
Them Roar.

A fashionable audience gathered
ia the Hawaiian Opera House last
night Full of pleasurable expecta
tions, which were more than fulfilled
by the charming performance of two
farce comedies by select company
of amateurs. A Box of Monkeys is a
Light farce comedy which finds much
Vi It's fun in the English view of the
American girl. The scene of the &C
ton is the parlor of Mrs. Ondego-
Jhones, an American woman who Is
a passionate admirer OF rank. At
the moment when the play opens
she is in state of rapture because
she is TO be visited by Lady Guini-
we're Llandpoore, the daughter of an
English earl. Mrs. Jhones has a
very wild Western niece whom she
is vainly trying to tone down. The
English Lady, on the other hand,
has been hidden to study and initiate
the ways of the American girls who
carry off all the dukes and leave the
natives nothing but commoners.
No play would be complete without
a lover, and this little comedy
has two, Edward Ralston, who
is in disfavor because his
gold mine yields dust but no gold
dust, and Chauncey Oglethorpe his
partner, and frowned on in like man
ner by fortune. These are the
2 dramatis personae and out of their
Shaps and mishaps the author builds
the fabric Of avery amusing play.
The role of Mrs. Ondego Jhones was
we'll sustained by Miss McGrew who
portrayed admirably the affected ele
gance of this lady. Miss Fannie
Gamble the prairie rosa, was capital,
and her grace and vefy unconven
tional style were captivating in the
extreme. Miss Gamble as Lady
Guinivere was as stiff as that lady
should be, and she put great deal
of humor into the comical limitations
of the American girls style. MIR. j.
F. Brown carried his role through
from beginning to end with self
possession which enabled him to be.
admirably natural, while MIR. Geo.
Potter made the part of Chauncey
0glethorpe, fully as laughable as the
author meant it to be. The play
eEds with the news that the gold
mine has begun to produce gold at
last, which smooths the paths of the
lovers and enables Mrs Ondego
Jhones to bestow blessing on both
The curtain was rung down to an
Accompaniment of hearty applause.
= "Turn him Out" is roaring
farce which kept the audience on
straight laugh from beginning to
end. AS play, it IS decidedly more
amusing than "A Box of Monkeys"
Mr.. Hastings as Nicodemus hobbs,
MIR. Potter as Macintosh Moke, Mr..
Brown as Byzantine Roseleaf, Miss
Gamble as Moke's wife, and Miss
Hare as the Maid of all Work, were
capital. The actors threw themselves
thoroughly into the spirit of the
piece, which moved to its termination
with q dash and abandon, and at the
same time a smoothness deserving OF
the highest praise.
OF both performances it may be
said that they were successful with
out any drawbacks. Each part was
we'll sustained, and there were no
''stieks" and no failures to mar the
general effect It is fortunate that
an amateur company should be
brought together whose every mem
Der displays unmistakable talent,
and it is pleasure to the critic to be
able to praise, without making any
damaging deductions.
The following is the cast OF char
acters:
"a BOX OF MONKEYS"
EDWARD RALsToN "a promising young
American, half owner OF the
Sierra gold mine) -. MIR. J. +. BROWN
CHAUNCEY OGLETHoRPE (his part
ner, second son of Lord Doncas-
teri 49,. ...-...... Mr.. GEORGE POTTER
Mrs. ONDEGo-JHoNKs Gan admirer
of rank ...................M Miss MCGREw
SIERRA BENGALINE cher niece a
prairie rose) -. Miss FANNIE GAMBLE
LADY GUINIvERE LLANDPooRE
daughter Of the Earl OF Pay
naughty ...... 100000. .....MIss GAMBLE.
"TURN HIM OUT"
NICoDEsUs NoBBs... MIR. F. P. HASTINGS
Mr. MACINTOSH MoKE.. Ma. GEO. POTTER
EGLANTINE RosELEAF... MIR. j. +. BROWN
JULIA (Mokes' wife. ....... Miss GAMBLE
SUsAS........ .....,......... Miss JANE HARE