The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1898-02-21
CLEVER IN COMEDY
Success Of KilOlanaS Dramatic
Circle People.
PAIR OF PRETTY PLAYS GIVEN
" By Way of a Joke" and 1.-The False
Note" - Members of the Casts.
Fine Audience-Orches
PAIR OF PRETTY PLAYS GIVEN

The Art Leagues Dramatic Circle
firmly established itself in the favor of
the theater-goers of Honolulu by the
entertainment of Saturday evening
last. Most successful and very nearly
faultless presentations were made of
two delightful little comedies. Fine
discrimination was brought to the task
of selecting the pieces. The plays
were well adapted to the talent as de-
veloped in the Art League membership
and besides were dainty and pleasing
specimens of the skill of the builders
of curtain raisers. 1t is as difficult to
construct play of one act as to write
short story of merit Action through
ing for effect, the dialogue must be
bright and the plot must be so well
balanced that it will neither be lost
nor be too obtrusive. At the same time
there must be full thought of the cos
tuning, the stage setting and the nu-
merous little things that are easily
placed in play of something like reg
ulatiOn length. ''By Way of a Joke"
and THE False Note" are models in
the class Of one-act society comedies.
But of course they could not be made
to go without the ability of either pro-
fesSionals or amateurs of poise and
practice.
In the pair of plays of Saturday
evening, the ladies and gentlemen cast
We're: Andrew Adams, Alex ST. NJ.
Macintosh, Geo. G. Potter, C. NJ V.
Forster, Misses Adele Widdifeld Edna
Kelley, Pauahi Judd, Juliet King, Mrs.
E. D. Tenney, Mrs. r. D. Walbridge.
Nearly all the members Of this Kilo-
hama Company have had more Or less
experience in theatricals. On SatuT-
day evening, they seemed like vete-
rams. There had been much earnest
study and faithful, painstaking re-
hearsal. From beginning to end in
each piece there was not a flaw of the
nature that usually to some extent
mars an amateur production. Not an
instance of self-consciousnes or stage
fright could be observed by the most
critical The full worth or value of
the lines was brought out all through.
The situations were carried minus
stilted effort or labor and with natur-
alness and the cEmaXes came with the
logical and rounded color or tone that
marks the sequences of actions in
every day life. Either piece might
easily have been utterly spoiled by
overacting, carelessness or incapacity,
but there was nothing lacking in the
work of the players to make the two
comedies delicious little pictures from
society life. All the ladies were beau
tifully gowned. Very general APPROX
al was expressed by the audience of
the entertainment. The company was
highly praised. There was the warm
est commendation for the individuals
and for the troupe altogether. The
plays were selected and the parts cast
by the Dramatic Circle. Robt l.. Scott
was called upon to assist in direction
of the rehearsals. He said that his
task was a light one and quite agrees
with others capable of passing judg-
ment that the comedies were splendid
ly given and that the company is well
able to present strong play.
Every seat in the orchestra and dress
circle was taken and the gallery was
fairly we'll filled. 1t was a society
night and there was a wealth and a
blaze of the dazzle of fashion and beau
ty. Each amateur was warmly greeted
by the audience and there was ap-
plause frequently throughout the even
ing. The efforts Of the orchestra were
acknowledged substantially by the
house. A good many of those who
came had no doubt concluded in ad-
vance to be charitable, but there was
no occasion for viewing the perform
ances from other than the best stand
ard. There was no feature of the work
on the stage to indicate that other
than experienced actors were handling
the characters. The pieces were very
we'll timed, not more than two hours
being occupied with the couple.
This is the Amateur Orchestra list;
First Violins-B. L. Marx, J. L. Nc
Lean, T. H. Petrie, ]. Hollander, w
Hyman: Second Violins-R. J. Fem
o. Sorensen, D. Charters, c. R. Fra
zier, J. Marsden Violincello-C. Hede-
mann: Double Bass. Kali; Piano
W. S. Fletcher; Flutes. P. French
First COrnet-G. J. Boisse; Second Cor
net-Geo. Davis; Clarionet-Z. Kaka-
liza: Leader-Wray Taylor.
The leader and all the members OF
the orchestra are to be congratulated
on the manner in which they did their
share of the evenings entertainment
This organization has been held to-
gether in the face of many difficulties
and discOuragements. For some weeks
there has been practice almost every
evening, with attendance on the part