The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1898-11-25
Superb Portrayal Of Elizabeth By
the O'NGil.
IN HER GREATEST CHARACTER
Like a Reincarnation - IL Was I'm
presSive ActIng-MagnifiCe
Work of Carr.

Nance O'Neil fitted the shoes and
the robes and the crown of queen
most signally in Elizabeth given at the
opera house last night to the most APP
preciative or demonstrative audience
tina, has ever been within the four
walls of the structure. Miss O'Neil in
this splendid historical play rose TO
heights that in the estimation OF the
people here, at least, place her to the
fore in the ranks of the worlds great
actresses. The play was written by the
Italian Shakespeare" for Ristori when
that great actress was in the midday
of her triumphS as a star of the first
magnitude. Miss O'Neil in every pose,
utterance, gesture, in every situation
was the personification. the reincarna-
ton of the Elizabeth that is indeibly
stamped in the minds of all students
of the remarkable Queen OF England,
who lived and ruled and misruled IN
the days that men and women of spirit
by individual prowess shaped the lives
and destinies of millions of subjects
by will power and the rude physical
force of the times. Elizabeth has al
ways been character study. She was
one in whom indeed 1.-THE elements
were mixed" She was a woman OF
great force, woman who understood
her position, a woman born TO rule,
but her mental makeup was contra
dictory and while she was power and
every inch sovereign, she occaslonly
descended to littleness, gave way to
unreasoning and unreasonable passion.
She loved and hated in the same in
slant. She condemned and pardoned
in the same second of time. She re-
warded and punished fiattery at the
once She was stern and forgiving by
turns She was deceitful and honest
successfully. But clear at the bottom,
and the bottom was to her dress of the
bitterest, she was womanly. For she
had the deepest affection for a man. All
of this. all that Elizabeth must have
been, Miss O'Neil, in a fearfully in
tense and faithful manner lived, not
acted It was all impressive. tt was
all moving 1t held all spell-bound
tenaciously and almost breathlessly.
Miss O'Neil should all the time give
Elizabeth and plays of like high char
acter and certain force and effective
ness-plays that stimulate and educate
and plays that are adapted to the nice
ty TO her ability.
There is not another man on the
American stage today who can APP
proach Herbert Carr in the work he
did last night as Robert, Earl OF Es-
sex. In the rendition of his lines he
was not far behind Miss O'Neil and he
has the physique and the voice Tor
the part. In the scene in which Carr
resents the rebuke to himself after
the victory over the Spanish he did
acting that will seldom fall to the lot
of Honolulu to see. Carr, like Miss
O'Neil, is young. He is Just at the
opening of a great career. On the
stage too many men bear IN NINA
themselves when in heroic situation.
Not so with Carr He threw his whole
soul into the Interpretation of the gal
liant and ambitious Essex and his sue
cess was thorough and complete.
Praise is due these other members
of the cast of Elizabeth: Miss Foster,
Mrs McVicker. Miss Allen, II. \.
Weaver. Geo. s. Trimble.
There were double curtain calls al
the end Of each act.
Considering the facilities at hand
here, the play was remarkably Wei
staged.
Tomorrow afternoon there will be
given by the company True to Life, a
play that viii please the women and
the children as we'll as the men. IL
J. 81 = Of o.
ern order. Saturday evening there will
be presented the play in which Mr..
Rankin made his first great success.
The Danites. Mr. Rankin will appear
in his old part of Sandy, the miner
and Miss O'Neil will be Billy Piper
The enga cement closes on Monday
evening next with Led Astray,
strong piece that was well liked IN
San Francisco.