Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1896-12-09

of showing itnext season than has
been accorded her in the present.
She was seen at her best last
night, especially in her scenes
with James Daisy, personated by
Harry Corson Clarke, and her
efforts were continually greeted
with applause.
As the unscrupulous bookmaker,
Mr.. Clarke was excellent; indeed,
he is never otherwise. His very
makeup was sufficient to draw forth
immediate applause which his
acting only made the more pro-
nounced. While he did not have
very much to do last night, what
be did do could not have been
better done, which is saying a
good deal.
While this notice has already
exceeded the space allowed for II,
it would be unfair to close it with
out reference tosMiss Hope Ross,
whose charming personality and
accomplished acting have afford
edHonolulu theater-goers so much
pleasure during the last few
weeks. As Phyllis, the daughter
of Mrs. Welter, who sacrifices the
savings of her mothers lifetime
to pay her lovers debts, without
even knowing that she is in love
with him, her acting was
most natural. Miss Ross
does not need to act her parts,
they seem to come natural to her;
all she has to do is to he herself.
No member of the company has
deserved better of the public than
Miss Ross, and this is said with
out any disparagement of the
others. At the end of the second
act violin solo was interpolated
to allow her to display her ability
as a violinist which is of no mean
order. The audience, however,
was too much Interested in the
play to give it that attention it
With charming play from the
pen of gifted writer like Bouci-
cault, charmingly acted by a com.
pany so uniformly talented as
that brought here by Mr.. Frawley,
it is no wonder that the usual icy
attitude assumed by a Honolulu
audience dissolved last night, and
in its place appeared a most en-
thusiastic one. Applause to indi-
vidual actors was both liberal and
frequent and calls before the cur.
tain for the company as a whole
numerous and repeated. At the
close of the fourth actMr. Frawley
advanced to the footlights and
again assured the audience of the
heartfelt thanks of the whole com
pauy at the very cordial reception
they had received in Honolulu.
Personally, if he had had any
doubts as to whether the public
wished another Erawiey season
they were put an end to by the
favor with which the even
iug's performance had been
received. While it was a mis-
fortune connected with the
profession that the friend ships |
made from time to time in the !
places they visited could |
seldom be maintained or renewed, |
he could not refrain from hoping |
that Honolulu would be an eN-
ception to the rule. Nowhere in
all their travels had they ever
been received more cordially than |
in Honolulu, and whatever hap |
poned its people would be held il |
lasting remembrance by all the |
members of the company and by |
none more so than himself.
The applause which greeted |
Mr.. Frawley's remarks left no
doubt of the general desire to have !
the company return for another
season.
The number and beauty of the |
floral offerings sent behind the
stage during the evening certainly |
gave the ladies of the company no
reason to think their farewell ap-
pearance had not been duly re-
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