The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1900-06-25
A PROMISE
WELL KEPT
The NELL Company is
First Class.
OPENING IS AUSP|C|OUS
An American Citizen" Presented 10
a-large Audience on Saturday
Night.

Honolulu gave the welcome to the
Nell Company Saturday night that she
has extended always to those who full
all the promises they have made.
Rarely has been seen more repre-
sentative gathering of Hawairs leading
men and fair women than that which
filled the Opera House when the curtain
rose on IAN American Citizen" The
play Is not the best nor the most inter-
esting In the NELL Company repertoire
but IL bears the mark of a clever wom-
ans hand and it's situations and eli
makes are built to bring out the extent
OF the playwright's meaning.
The Nell Company is well balanced.
In an AN American Citizen" there are
no supernumeraries and no one struts to
the over-shadowing of the others.
There II some pathos I'm the lines but
mostly they are written to make the
audience laugh. Perhaps IL one found
any fault IL would be in that NELL did
not make more OF the love scene in the
last act when he finds his wife's heart
lall his and when her sweet face is up
turned for the seal on that love which
had existed so long under clouds. But
Beresford Kruger or Carew has al
ready made II patent that he Is bust
ness-like and full Of dispatch in all
things so II Is probably his way of re-
ceiving the best thing In life-a wom-
ans Iove--and persons OF sentimental
turn who hoped for "a prolonged billing
and cooling had no right TO look for
more than they got.
Miss Edythe Chapman who played
Beatrice Carew was a revelation In
sweethearts. There have been, maybe,
2 actresses claiming more genius in these
7 Islands. but never one that gave an inn
. personation more wOmanly. less unaf-
fected or more fetching than was Miss
Chapman's representation OF the lovely
oil English girl
= Her gowns were ravishing but for
fear that she has even better parts In
store for Us i will reserve superlatives
#. NELL as Beresford Kruger and Carew
% reminded one much Of Nat Goodwin
IL Certainly he had the same easy, non
2 chalant manner and Nat must have
seen him several times 10 get so much
of him.
Nein gets his effects simply and doe.
not overdo. He was very amusing In
J. his acting and lost none OF the humoi
o OF his character. Perhaps II is that be
- cause one looked always TO smile tina
Neili's serious moments were not taker
- as seriously as they should have beer
By the audience. In other character
which he Is 90 play ne will have full
opportunity to- show his ability I'm grav
~ directions.
~ Frank MacVicars who made a big hi
" az vafry I'm Trilby when that play rag
. ed on the Mainland. was n very enjoy
able Peter Barbury. and drew a cleve
picture OF the genial broker who Is tru
90 his friends but strangely affected b
pretty women's voices. MacVicars' act
ing IL as good as anyone's seen In Ho
,d noIulu. He is especially fitted for
w. Baroury or Tafy but do not max
- the mistake of thinking that he look
- like Rarbury OF the stage. Meet Mac
Wears on the street and instead {
picking him up for a Wall-street shar
you might think him just over the Pa
!, TO sell some colts-a sandy, pleasant
faced agricuIturist.
BENJAMIN Howard who did the vi
famous part OF Edgerton Brown made
u ldisagreeable Impression. He Is as ute
rs "A scoundrel as ever wore black mou!
''e tache and said My deah fellow
ar Madeline Ryley had 90 be a woman
paint him so mean. There was not
no woman I'm the theater who did M
n. Idespise him from the moment he put h
- spatted- boot on the stage. Mr. Howai
aa lis an actor who has made study
villains. In fact II Is said he does m
Ia. associate much with his fellow acto
- for fear he will lose some Of the reaii
he infuses into his villain. He Is
frst-class player.
., Julia Dean as George Chaplin wi
Am n Joy. and Lillian Andrews as Caro-
~. chaplin, the fat, good-natured and col
soIlng splnster. brought as much d
- light 20 n majority as did anyone
IA the rounded company. Grace Nj
10 II,amkfn ala Lady Bum in excelle
style. Sir Humphrey Bum, the elderi
dignined gentleman did not give Jof
w. Burton much swing. He has tale
Unprotected by American audiences 4
many years and contributed the II
~ setting assigned him. Rose Swain wi
~ was the smutty faced Office boy al
~ also the flower girl made her debut
~ the stage on Saturday night. She
said 20 promise well. Emmett Shack
n ford could get job as valet anywhe
sO- on the showing he made.
be Altogether AN American Citizel
was o smooth production. staged wi
genius, adapted TO the company's max
up and proving n most acceptable
. tertainment.