The Honolulu republican. [volume] (Honolulu, T.H.) 1900-1902, 1901-03-13
AMUSEMENTS.

A poor play poorly rendered and q
good play still worse staged was the
dish placed before the public last
night at the Opera House Only the
Master Shall Blame, By Charlotte
Thompson, was the curtain-raiser and
the theater-going public OF this city
can safely be placed with the Master
in casting blame on the performance
The struggles of Miss Roberts TO keep
the piece from degeneraring into a
farce of the most pronounced type,
appealed to the audience an. actual
iy got her ringing round OF ap-
plause where the artistic worth Of
the acting did not merit anything OF
the sort The people appreciated
that Miss Roberts was laboring un-
der great disadvantages ana showed
their sympathy on several occasions.
How an actress of the calibre of
/ Florence Roberts could get through
with a play such as the curtain-raiser
assisted by such support and not fly
/ from the stage is one of the things
no one can explain
Mr. Paul Gerson. by the grace of a
series of accidents, leading man. was
absolutely funny in the heroic role
of Captain John Venable. q. s. n.
He got a great laugh in one of the
scenes where it was not expected or
desired. Ii came about when his
friend Richard Leary of the Navy
was telling him that Margaret Neil.
the character played by Miss Rob-
erts, was not all that she should be.
He tries to show that ne feels dis
turbed at the news and clasping his
hands over his eyes he screws his
mouth into an inhuman shape and
gives vent TO sigh that shakes the
house. with laughter Henderson
was not so bad, but the example IF
Gerson was enough to demoralize
Henry Irving and it did worse than
that to Henderson.
1t must be hard for conscientious
Woodworking actor or actress. to
work before an audience that is
cooked and primed for hearty guf-
faw at the antics of the person with
whom he is working. Henderson
Guild tell how it feels if he wanted to-
Carlyle Moore as Fred Belmont,
Journalist. was revelation to the
newspapermen present at the per-
Torrance. He was pretty fierce.
That was about all. the word de-
scribes it--the whole show was
fierce"
Then through some curious ar
rangements the audience were given
so mintes' worth of chance for So
cial exercise. between the fall of the
curtain on the first farce until it
made feeble attempt to go up on
the second little gem.
Madame Butterfly is really one of
the sweetest little plays of recent
years. but-Oh my.
If the first play was fierce, what
can be said of the way the second
one was played?
Charity. and the excellent profess
sional reputation of Miss Juliet
Crosby. prevent any further state
ment
Tomorrow night Miss Roberts pre-
sents the world famous Camille"
The play is strong and the actress
is fully capable of doing it justice.
and as it is the favorite. role of Miss
Roberts. it should be worth seeing
Montaine. who has not had much 10
do so far in this city. will play the
lead and is reputed to be a very
fair performer in much better COM
pany than the present troupe.
Lewis Morrison. the famous legi-
innate actor. is booked to arrive on
the Sierra and with his advent will
come welcome relief from the
scarcity of competent men in the
company Mr.. Morrison will give one
performance of Faust while he is here
and on the strength of his reputation
he should pack the house to the
doors.