The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1896-11-27
MET WITH CHEERS
FraVlGIS Make Big Hit in The
Senator.
A REAL THANKSGIVING TREAT
Mr. Arbuckle and Miss
Bates Divide Honors.
One of the Largest and Most
Enthusiastic Audiences OF
the Season.


thusiasm displayed at the Opera House
last evening left no possibility for
doubt that the F'rawley Company has
made a decided hit in Honolulu, and
furthermore that the company has been
quick to catch the character of drama
that particularly suits the people here.
1.-The Senator brought out the big
gest house of the season, and it is
doubtful if the original Crane COM
pany could have been given a better
reception. Honolulu has it's eye on
Washington a good part of the time,
and the pleasant portrayal of the many
ups and downs of official life in the
great capital is better appreciated than
might be expected by those Americans
who regard Hawaii as a foreign" land.
The cast was as follows:
Senator Hannibal Rivers. ..
Mr. Maclyn Arbuckle
Alexander Armstrong. .......
...M Mr.. H. S. Duffield
Count Earnest Won Strahl, an
Austrian Diplomat. .
Mr.. Frank Worthing
Baron Ling Ching, Secretary Chi
nese Legation. ...........
............M Mr.. George Bosworth
Richard Vance, the Senator's Pri-
vate Secretary. Mr.. Geo. w. Leslie
Lieut. George Schuyler, U. S. A.
- Mr.. T. Daniel Frawley
Isaiah Sharpless, an ex-Congress-
man. Mr.. Harry Corson Clarke
Silas Denman, a relic of the days
of Webster. Mr.. Wilson Enos
Erastus, the Senator's body SER
want. Mr.. Frank G. Thompson
Mabel Denman, daughter of Silas
Denman. Miss Alice PiXley
Mrs. Schuyler, a society LEADER.
.. Miss Phosa McAllister
Mrs. Armstrong, wife of the Sec
rotary. Miss Lansing Rowan
Josie, her stepdaughter. .........
..........M Miss Hope Ross
Mrs. Hilary, susceptible young
widow. Miss Blanche L. Bates
Maclyn Arbuckle, as Senator Hanni-
bal Rivers, was the big-hearted, whole
souled individual for which the piece
calls Crane himself never did the
character greater justice. True to his
friends, above the advances of men
with Government steals on hand, ca
pable in the affairs of state, capable of
out other peoples love
affairs, but thoroughly incapacitated
when it becomes a personal matter, the
Senator is a character that at once
gains positive approval.
Miss Bates Interpretation of Mrs.
the woman of the world, who
plays an important part in the lobby,
is above reproach. In fact, Miss Bates
seems at her best when there is vein
of comedy brought into her part. Her
little love scene with Lieut. Schuyler
brought down the house. Mr.. F'rawley,
as the much-in-love and peculiarly ami
mated Lieutenant, is very much at
home, and came in for a good share of
the honors of the evening. The critic
who puts Harry Corson Clarke down
as peer at depicting eccentric charac
ter makes no mistake. AS the eX-Con-
gresham, who is a Micawber at diplo-
matte missions and not averse to
a deal for his own private
benefit he was a complete success.
Then comes Miss Hope Ross and Mr..
Leslie in their youthful, original and
jolly love-making schemes. The audi
ence forgets that there was ever any
thing serious when they come upon
the scene of action. Miss Lansing Row
an seems peculiarly adapted to play
ing the part of wavering woman hood
in the wife of the Secretary
Of State who figures in a bit of scandal
nipped in the bud
AS Denman's daughter, healthy, in
nocent young woman, devoted to her
father, Miss Alice PiXley's capabili-
les were brought out to better advan-
age than in any previous appearance.
Frank Worthing played the designing
Austrian diplomat properly, and Mr..
3osworth held up the Chinese end of
he diplomatic corps.
The enthusiasm of the audience |
cached its climax in the third act |
when success attends the Senator's |
struggles for the Denman claim. The !
curtain call was of the old-fashioned |
lproarious type that cheers the heart |
If the actors. Though the F'rawleys'
treat was a most excel |
ent one there is another in store in |
Tho EDcioOS that will he mt on SAT-