The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1899-08-21
MAGGIE MooRE's COMPANY WINS
FAVOR.
Performance at Opera House Saturday
Evening-Audience Does Not Under
stand What an Afterpiece is.

Virtue rewarded, vice sent to the
right ABOUT, the honest poor getting
tueir puukets hueu, Wnlle the WlCKeu
rICh aIe auiy mulCted of their dlshon-
esl gains, AZ IS the motive OF dozen, oI
d huAuieu, or thousand other pays,
ana IS the main spnng of the time hon
ore. "StI uck OIL" Audi1nc-s never tire
of the tale, and as for the gallery 1t re-
JolCes with exceeding great glee when
une Vlnan-he IS Always dressed in
tightly buttoned frock coat and has
faultIess hat, in the modern play he
smokes cigarettes, in the Older pays he
g plous and neither drinks nor smokes
is foiled and h Vaccinations com,
to naught w. l. Townshend achieved a
distinct success as Deacon Skinner the
william of struck OIL" for so wrought
up di the gallery became when his
schemes were exposed and he quilted
the stage, that it unanimously Kissed
and no greater compliment could be
| paid to his rendering of the character.
! Miss Maggie More has played Lizzie
| Stofel many times this 80 years, and
| there were those in the house who had
! seen her when she first made the char
| acter her own. Though no longer look
| ing the part of the 16 year old Lizzie she
plays it with all the fire and dash of her
youth, an makes one almost forget
| that mature woman is pOrtrayng the
| gay and pathetic, the humorous and the
! touching episodes that fall to her share
the dialogue. She has very sweet
| voice and her songs were well received,
winning an encore.
John Stofel, the good natured lazy
easy going Pennsylvania Dutchman
was well played by H. r. Roberts. He
| carried the fun and the pathos inter
| mingled with true ability and his make
up, without being unnecessarily eXag-
| gerated, was very funny, though how
hts commanding officer allowed him tc
rill in gray pants, when all the other
soldiers had on blue, is not clear. Mr.
Roberts opportunity came in the thirC
act, when Stofel returns from the war
broken wreck, with mind gone, There
was strong dramatic force in his rem
1ering which showed what he could do
f he were cast for a different style Of
'haracter. In the afterpece "The Chi.
1ese Question" Mr. Roberts had an op
1ortunity for showing his versatility al
4 comedian. His imitation of a China
nan, and his rendering Of Chinese mu
sic was laughable in the extreme.
The other characters in the play sim
ply play up to the leading roles ther
being little oppOrtun'ty for showing an.
particular power. Miss Madge Corcorai
was a young looking Mrs. Stofel in spit
Of her make up. She playe7 her char
1cter well, ard prom 'ses TO be a pleas
her audiences. Herbert Ashton wa.
Sergeant Flynn, Alec COchrane Corpor
NJ Sharp and Fred EsmeltOn DR. Pear
son, Maggie's lover.
The play is a thoroughly wholesome
one, and realistic enough to add inter
st to the action of the some what hack
: Keyed story. The scenery for the thir,
act was brought by the company, an
| represented the oil wells of Il Pennsyl
! yanla village.
Honolulu audiences are not accustOm
ID to an aftPrpiece, so when the cur
tain fen on Struck Oil' a good half O
the audience put on its cloaks and hats
AMI went home. Those who stayed ha
The opportunity of seeing a specimen G
the genuine roaring farce, with plent
Of dish smashing, songs and dance O
p 'wo 1t was a reminiscence of the Lon
, don Strand with Ada Scarborough
f Rodgers, Clark and young Robson
Even the inevitable band box appeareC
. Maggie Moore made a capital Irish sci
. want and Townshend a good "old man.
. The performance of the company
a bright, the members are well drille
q and know their parts, which Is refresf
|, 'ng after the "try-it-on-t the dog" pei
- formances which have been given late
". There seems every prospect of
good run. II Is the kind of entertain
ment that will grow upon one, an
c there Is an excellent chance of all tn
= members becoming popular with HOn(
= lulu theatergoers.