The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1896-12-09
ENDED WITH THE J|LT
LAST 1896 APPEARANCE OF THE r.
DANIEL FRAWLEY COMPANY.
Engagement Has Been Great Success
Better than ENpected-Large Aud
iences-Cordiality Shown.

Frawley company in Honolulu ended
last evening with the presentation of
"The Jilt." 1t has been a most sue
cessful season and the Frawleys have
nothing but the warmest words of
praise for the capital city of the Ha-
waiian Islands and its people.
The good feeling between the Homo
lulu people and the Frawley artists,
which has been so marked from the
first day of their arrival from the
Coast, has made the trip en- exceeding
ly pleasant one to the visitors. Out
side of the theater they have been roy
ally entertained by prominent Homo
lulu families. Numerous dinner par
ties have been given in their honor
and excursions to various points of
interest in the country have been ar
ranged for their benefit Tonight
farewell reception will be given them
at the Hawaiian hotel. The Govern
ment band will serenade them at the
dock before the departure of the Mar
iposa. Mr.. Frawley and his colleagues
will take their departure amid gen
uine Hawaiian farewell. They will al
ways have pleasant memories Of n
trip to the Paradise of the Pacific.
Financially, the season has been a
most remarkable one. Melville Marx,
of the Frawley management, says that
the receipts far exceed the fondest
expectations of the management. 1--WE
expected to lose money in this under
taking" said Mr.. Marx today. Our
expenses, we estimated, would reach
1000 and it was my desire that our
company secure a guarantee for half
of that amount On the other half we
were willing to take our chances al
though we expected to lose money.
| The receipts at the close of the first
day that the seats were placed on sale
amounted to $4,000. Every perform
ance of the company was a success in
financial way. The evening that
''The Ensign" was presented it was
necessary for us to stop selling tickets
to the gallery. That was the banner
night for the Frawley company, the
receipts being larger than any night
since the organization of the company.
When we return to the States the sim
pie proof of our success in Honolulu
will be the paying over to the play
wrights of the plays which we have
presented here the sum of $500 royal
ty money"
Mr. Marx said that it is the inten-
ton of his company to return the
Frawleys to Honolulu next year for
an engagement of five weeks if pos
sible. Corrine and her company of
thirty-three artists will likely be sent
to Honolulu in May next Mr.. Marx
will attempt to bring John Drew and
Maude Adams to Honolulu before their
present engagement expires. The pos
class show town are very good in the
estimation of Mr.. Marx and Mr.. II. S
Dufiield, manager for Mr.. Frawley.
The usual large and fashionable aud
fence which has been attendant upon
the Frawley plays from the beginning
saw ''The Jill" last evening. The bal
cony was well filed. Those in the
caste did their parts well. They de-
sired to leave a favorable impression
with the Honolulu theater public ant
in this they triumphed.
The large audience was enthusiastic
to fault almost. BY that it is mean
that their applause, while earnest ant
sincere, was too frequent and too
much was asked of certain favortes
However, everyone seemed to realiz,
that it was the farewell Performance,
for a while atsleast.
Mr.. T. Daniel Frawley exhibited hi
! talents in fine style last evening. Dur
ing the season he has relinquished hi
claim to the leading roles and ha
taken less important parts in ordc
: that his colleagues might have an op
: portunity to display their abilities
AS Myles O'Hara in THE Jilt" he as
sumed the principal part. In fact tn
entire play centered about him large
ly. His part was that of young Iris
sportsman, though none the less a tru
gentleman, who was called by hi
friends "The Referee" Mr. Frawley
brogue was genuine and he was abb
to put into it all the necessary spiri
that a man with Irish blood in hi
veins could do. This character wa
assumed by Dion Boucicault, the auth
or of the piece, during his life, MI
! Frawley is very justly entitled to tn
credit of being ranked next to tn
original playwright in the part as
sumed by him last evening.
The part of Kitty Woodstock wa
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