The Honolulu republican. [volume] (Honolulu, T.H.) 1900-1902, 1901-02-24
FLORENCE ROBERTS
WILL SOON Be here
THREE WEEKS SEASON ARRAHe-
ED FOR THE AMUSEMENT
OF HONOLULU.
Company Win Open March Fifth In
sspho and viii Produce Many Of
the Theatrical Successes of the
Continent.
the theatrical Successes Of tn
Continent.

Florence Roberts. one Of the most
eminent actresses of the United
States, with Belasco and Thall's
pectedto arrive in this city during the
early pkrt of next week per the steam
er Marposa- Fred Belasco, manager
of the company. who also acts as d.
rector of the plays, is here already
and is making preparations TO give the
people of Honolulu real treat in the
theatrical line.
To this end great care has been ex-
ercised in selecting the members of
the company and as result its per-
sonnet is first class. The aggregation
will DO provided with a very large
lot of scenery and stage properties.
Already there is here about % tons of
stage setting for the production Of
the repertoire of the company and
with the company there will be nearly
as much more Besides the star there
Will be several other young ladies of
considerable reputation with the
troupe. Mary Harlow, Mary Howe
and Juliette Crosby have been engag-
ed to take the important women's
roles and each of the three is well and
favorably known to the theater-goers
of San Francisco. Miss Crosby made
decided hit in the late production of
Madame Butterfly. a problem play
which has caused any amount of COM
ment on the continent.
Lucius Henderson, finished actor.
Will divide the leading mems parts
with Paul Gerson, late leading man
for Miss Minnie Maddern Carlyle
Moore, who may be destined to be the
despair of the Honolulu matinee
girls, will act the Juvenile leads and
will have chance to show the Homo
lulu Johnnies what the real thing is;
in the line of passionate neckwear.
All of the members of the company
are ladies and gentlemen and in theis
private lives are as pleasant and en-
tertaining lot of people as one would
care to meet.
The season opens Tuesday, March
5, with the celebrated dramatization
of Daudet's "Sapho" The play has
been as 7, :ch talked about as any that
has app @a~ed in reoent wears and in
spite of ali statements to the contrary
carries direct lesson in morality, to
the heart. of everyone who hears and
sees it. The first scene has been spe-
cially set for the Honolulu season
and is said to be of surprising rich
ness and realism Nell Gwynne will
be played on Thursday evening and at
the Saturday matinee a roaring com
edy, 'The Country Girl will be given.
Saturday night Carmen will OCCUPY
the boards.
The following week the program
will include quite a different lot Of
plays. A double-bill will be produced
Tuesday night. Florence Roberts will
be seen in the curtain-raiser, "OnlyI
the Master Shall Blame" and in the
after-piece Juliette Crosby will appear
IL her triumph, Madame Butterfly"
Thursday night Mss Roberts will
produce Camille" which will surely
prove treat TO the amusement loving
public of this city. Saturdays matinee
program will be the interesting Salt
of Sable Saturday night the com.
pany will give the great success, .The
Girl Left Behind Me-" The program
for the following week has not been
fully arranged and will be Announced
later.
Miss Roberts, who is booked as hav-
ing left San Francisco on the steamer
Mariposa with the rest of the COM
pany, has fine reputation both as a
woman and as an artist She IS very
pretty in delicate brunette way and
has always displayed very discrimin-
ating taste in the matter of her cos
tunes. On the present trip she has
several suits which will occasion COM
ment. Her art is exquisite and with
the excellent support which the COM
pany's makeup promises, the people
of this city should enjoy season of
real genuine amusement