Evening bulletin., 1897-11-22
SHENANDOAH WAS PLAYED
The PrawleyS Meet a Bumper House
and Great Enthusiasm.
Some Stirring Scenes Pathetic Meeting Of
Blue and Gray Good Acting and
Realistic Stage Business.

A packed house greeted the
Frawleys on Saturday evening,
when they presented Bronson
Howard's war plDy, Shenandoah
Scores of people had to be turned
away for lack of seats. The four
proscenium boxes were occupied.
Admiral Miller with Que of his
officers, accompanied by Hon. and
Mrs. s NJ. Damon and daughter,
were in the proprietor's box, ard
G. s. Desky and party in the one
opposite.
The play was well put on, the
chief piece of scenery being a
fue view of Shenandoah valley,
with Lookout mountain in the
distance. There was less of
fighting enacted than many
people expected. but the orderly
retreat of field battery and party
of infantry, along with the arrival
of Gen. Phil. Sheridan after his
famous ride, WAS very well done.
The signaling with flashes on the
mountain top, performed corr, CT
ly by the actual code, was an in
tere-ting ext ibition.
Herbert Carr as Gen. Haverbill
is to be av varded the palm for act
ing to the life. He made an i'm
posing military presence, showed
intense feeling of his role aud,
while impressive in the strenuous
nature portrayed, carried himself
throughout with manly restraint
that did not seem assumed.
Frederick Perry, brave and
breezy, as Major Gen.
Buck,horn, made typical
veteran army officer. He was
in large degree the life of the
play. Harry Corson Clarke never
failed to keep the house iipplipg
with mirth in his character OF
Seargeaut Barket. He maturei
beautifully to the crippled soldier
at the close of the war, and his
business in the denouement was
richly humorous.
Frank Wor,hing as Col. Ker-
chival West and Il. Daniel Fraw-
ley as Captain Heaitseasa lef,
nothing to be desired in effective
personation. Where his part lay
in incidents of being m,suuder
stood, Mr.. Wortbing shone as
true actor. VIM. Levers, Homo
lulu's own contribution to the
stage, had in Col. Ellingham u
better opportunity to show bis
fiber than in his former appear
ances here, and h. lived we'll up
to the occasion. His acting was
quite effective, and elocution of
good standard -forceful without
being furious.
Wil.on Enos played the villaiu
in person of Southern spy wi h
t+ll,ng effect. The most pa herc
scene was when Lieut.. Bedloe-
the Dame assumed by Gen. Hav-
erMlls sou whom tn fa her be-
lieved. TO hav" been dead befbi e
the wsr-was horue iu d. ing 90
stretcher, by detail in he Con
federate gray under a FLAG of
truce II. A. Blnkemor- acted
this hero, who had volunteered to
his father for desperate service
His dictatiou of dying message.
that later proved the key to happl
ly unlock painful misunder
standing between Gen. Haverhill
and his wife, was one of the very
best spoken passages of the drama.
Geo. Bosworlh and Geo. Grove,
as captain aud Lieutenant of the
signal corps, did their parts to
perfection as reference Already
made would in ,icate. Howard l..
Burton, mounted on Harry Wild
er's black h rse "Harrison," made
a gallant aud lifelike pe,sonation
of Gen. Sheridan. The animal
was the ouly amateur in the
play, besides the n. G H.
detail of supes, yet displayed
wonderful tractability on the
stag. Geo. McQuarrie, George
Ful' e't'n, Philip Howell and
Frank w, Custer, as army officers,
gave effective support, together
with detail from Co. Il of ,he
National Guard of Hawaii.
As for the ladies' parts, all
were important in their places, so
that Indifferent work by any