The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1897-01-22
BUT FOUR REMAIN
Changes Contemplated by Mr..
FraVlGy.
MACLYN ARBUGKLE GOES EAST
Discussions Among Play.
ers Cause Changes.
T. Daniel FraWIey Tells His Trou-
bles to a Apprehension
Clarke May Stay.

This week is the last time the Fra "
ley Company will be seen in San
Francisco with its present personnel.
The company will disband on the goth
of February, TO be reorganized in June
with an almost entire change of mem
| bership, says the San Francisco Bull
letin. Mr.. F'rawley says he intends TO
retain only about four of the present
company. Speaking of his plans with
a Bulletin representative this morning.
Mr.. Frawley said:
There is no duobt that the valuable
members of the company will be re
tanned, but l intend to make great
many changes, and shall probably let
out all of the present company, except
about four. / have made no definite
plans yet, and cannot do so until so
East and TO London in the spring.
promise the public, however, to have
as good, if not a much better, company
to present to them at the opening of
the next season.
LAS for the members of the company
whose services l shall dispense with
hereafter, l am sorry if they are dis
ccntented, but L am not married 10
them and obliged to cleave unto them
forever. They have done very good
work and L have no fault to find with
them, but a change is necessary.
Il have not yet spoken to any mem
bers of the company, but it is certain
that / shall retain Mr.. and Mrs. Duff
field Phosa McAllister). There were
some rumors that there was i'll feel
ing between Miss McAllister and me;
there is not a bit of truth in it. Mr..
Duffield saw me this morning, and |
told him that he and his wife would |
remain with me whatever happened.
Miss Bates and Mr.. Worthing |
shall, of course, be glad to retain if |
they have not made other engage
ments. Miss Bates has had offers
from several Eastern managers, but
shall keep her if 1 can. 1t cost us
great deal to induce her to cancel her
Crane engagement, $50 a week more
than she had been receiving.
Mr.. Henry Corson Clarke can re-
main if he wishes to. He is an ex-
cellent comedian. 1t is rumored that
Mr.. Arbuckle is thinking of going East.
Well, l hope he sees something ahead
there. for l am afraid l shall have no
work for him next season. 1 cant
imagine, however that he should have
accused me of favoring Mr.. Clarke at
his expense. for he and Mr.. Clarke are
such different styles of actors that they
could not be cast for the same parts.
Mr.. Arbuckle is a character actor and
Mr. Clarke is a comedian pure and
simple. Before Mr.. Worthing came l
cast Mr.. Arbuckle for some of the parts
requiring dignity and weight. Mr..
Clarke never could be expected to play
these. When Mr.. Worthing came Mr..
Arbuckle naturally fell back into the
roles originally suited to him.
Miss Hope Ross has a very pleasing
personality and she is a dainty little
dresser. She is excellent in comedy
work. but l have been prevented two
or three times from putting on plays
because she was not able to play seri-
Gus ingenue parts. l have no objection
to husband and wife being in my COM
pany. as some people have implied.
There has never been any question
of Miss Lansing ROwan's being leading
lady. I have heard nothing of a quar-
rel between her and Miss Bates.
there have been two leading
women parts. Miss Bates has had the
first choice and she has taken the 9th
er. She has been valuable to me and
helped me out on many occasions. She
is marvelously quick-can get up a