The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1896-11-07

.ons," Richard III and other legiti-
mate attractions A quarrel occurred
between Miss Keene and Mr. Booth.
which resulted in the lady's immediate
departure for San Francisco. James
Garden, who was at one time a mem
Der of the old California stock COM
pany, was also one of Booths remark
able trans-Pacific company, of which
Uncle Dave" Anderson was stage
manager.
HOTEL ACCOMMODATION WE'RE
RARE
And costly in Honolulu in those days,
and as a matter of economy, the wan
dering Thespians found il convenient
TO take up their quarters in the rear
of the theatre, and a native boy was
secured as cook and general utility
hand. The Honolulu experience of
Edwin Booth and his stage associates,
If written up, might furnish material
for an interesting article; but at pres
ent, want of space prevents any al
fusion TO details. Garden became in
fatuated with Hawaiian life, and re-
manned for some time in Honolulu at
ter the others had continued their jour
ney TO San Francisco, and when the
atricals were dull, he occupied his leis-
ure as salesman in a meat market.
Walter Bray, who afterwards embraced
the minstrel profession in Honolulu
returned in less than year with
dramatic company, organized in this
city. under the management Of w. H.
Wilder, of which
THE VENERABLE WALTER LE-
MAN,
Frank Mayo, Louise Graves and her
sister, Caroline, were the principal
members. Miss Graves became a great
Honolulu favorite, and played an ex-
tended range of business unknown to
leading actresses of the present day,
and was equally in her element as
Ophelia, or in executing fancy dance
between the acts, as was customary in
those days. The lady is now the wife
of an ex-School Director of this city,
and, although retired from the stage,
she was induced to make her appear
ance about two years ago at Baldwin's
during the production of "a Woman
of the People" Wilder, who was con-
nected with the Union Square Theater
for few seasons until recently, was
considered an ideal Hamlet by Homo
lulu theater-goers, with whom he first
became a favorite as the leading sup
port of Mrs. Moulton (afterward Mrs.
Stewart) at the Varieties. William
Lloyd (now connected with Gray's
music establishment, in connectio
with Walter Bray, George Galloway,
John Mcfarland, the violinist, and
other stranded professionals who had
remained over the whaling season"
in Honolulu, started minstrel organi
cation, after a brief visit of the famous
old-time Backus' Minstrels, which in
cluded Jerry Bryant, Sher.. Campbell,
o. NJ Burbank and the inimitable
Charley Backus himself, whose per-
formances were immensely enjoyed. 1t
was by this means that the members
of the impromptu organization, after
a short and prosperous season, pro-
cured funds enough to settle up their
Indebtedness, as otherwise they could
not have secured the usual permit to
leave the country After that, Bray
continued in the minstrel business,
and eventually married a Mrs. Craw-
ford, a semi-actress, whose acquaint-
ance he made in Honolulu, and whose
daughter after became the wife of
George M. Pinney, San Francisco po-
litical celebrity.
CHARLES r. THORNE, THE ELDER,
And his talented family occupied the
Royal Hawaiian for several nights pre-
vious to this, while en- route to Aus
tralia, and treated the Islanders to
the first performance of Uncle Toms
Cabin" The famous Catherine Hayes
was also passenger by the same yes
re oil
nate nights, at SO a ticket. In Febru-
airy, 1858, Annette Ince, accompanied
by her brother and sister, who were
also en- route to Australia, alternated
with Emma Stanley, who gave her
amusing monologue entertainment,
interspersed with rapid changes of
character. Miss Ince paid Honolulu a
second visit on her return trip en- route
to San Francisco, and met several
stranded actors, including Lambert F.
Beatty, who, with a Miss Eloise and
others, had gone TO Honolulu with
great expectations. In the fall of 1858
Joe Murphy, Lew Rather, Johnny De
Angels. Frank Hussey, and others
composing the old California Minstrels,
occupied the theater, and returned to
San Francisco well satisfied with their
visit. Prominent among those who
have attracted more or less attention
there at a later period, were Mr.. and
Mrs. w. c. Forbes, Nine. Marie Duret,
Nine. Biscaccianti Nine. Anna Bishop,
Prof Anderson, the magician; Nine.
Agatha States and her opera company,
Walter Montgomery, Charles Mat
thews, Daniel E. Bandmann and wife
(Millie PaImer), Rose Evans, the Ia
vistowskis, J. c. Williamson and Mag
gle Moore, and others who are promi-
nently known on the American and
stage. The California Com
edy Company, under the management
of Charles B. Wells, late of the Cali
fornia Theater. finally wound up the
career of the Royal Hawaiian Theater,
which may be said to have been the