Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1901-09-10
u||pUTIANS COMING
FOR SEASON HERE

A. II. Pollard, the business manager
OF the above company, arrived here
from. San Francisco on Saturday even
ing. He says the company lett Aus
tralia per S. S. Sierra on Sept. Sd. ar
irving in Honolulu on the 18th inst,
ana will play three weeks season In
the Opera House. The company Is
composed of some sixty juvenile ar
lists. their ages ranging from Z to 10
years. They have played. nearly all
over the world; India. China (Hong-
kong and ShanghaD, Japan, Java, Ma
Mia, Straits Settlements. Ceylon. Maui
ritlus and Tasmania. During their
two months season In Manila the first
American audience the company have
ever played to, they met with such
wonderful success that they decided to
tour through the United States. The
company closed ,..eir Melbourne sea-
son recently, having played right
through the Duke OF York's visit there.
al. were honored with His Royal
lilshnCss' patronage and attendance,
The company will open in the OperS
House on Sept. Is with the GeishaN
The sale of tickets will Yegin tomor-
row al Wall. Nichols Co. Judging by
The notices from the different parts
o. the world. they have visited. a great
treat is In store for Honolulu theater
gcers. The following is from the New
American, Manila. Feb. II:
The audiences ut the Gorilla Grand
Opera House still continue to grow.
Last evenings audience being up to the
high wafer mark, both in attendance
and enthusiasm. THE Geisha" seems
10 strike the popular chord, us did
The Belle of New York." The
Celsha" was produced mere last year
by Henry Dallas -Jnglish Opera Co..
bur we can safely say that the Pollard's
Lilliputlan Opera Co. gave THE GEL
sha' when the verdict OF the vast
audience was unanimous in its favor
10th us production on the whole and
Individual characters. Tie most eX.
acting could NOT wish for better than
Witnessed last night. Master Willie
Pollard added to his laurels by fine
~ conceived and well executed render
ing Of the Chinese role of Wun Hi,
The more one sees of this boy, the
more one feels inclined TO say with
Goldsmith:
And still they gaz'd, and still the
wonder grew,
That one small head could carry all
he knew.
The boy is nothing short of a mar.
vel. He seems intuitively to grasp the
humorous side of every line he has ia
speak. Little Madge Williams, age S
FI'CCr, in the Belle of New York,
WIS the pet of every one, her pretty
acting. dancing ana singing In the part
OF Molly Seymour, fairly brought down
TIE house. The four girls. Miss Ivy
T"'tt age II, as Reginald Fairfax.
Miss Lilly Thompson. age ~. as Dick
Cunningham, Miss Irene GGuld!ng, age
II, as Arthur Curdy. and Miss Emma
Thomas, age II, as George Grimstonc,
| all officers Of of II. NJ. S. Turtle, In
their naval uniforms, were very at
tractlve, and one lost sight of their
| being girls, by their clever acting and
singing, while little Daphne Trott, age
years, as Tommy Stanley, the MILDLY
kept the audience in commissions Of
laughter with her neat impersonation
of the comedy element. May Topping
was to the manner born as the French
adventures, Julie.,e Diament, and al.
though having minor part, called for
much applause. Her dancinS was a
very finished product. This young lady
Is years Old. Miss Alice Bennetto
age ~ years, made charming q
Mlmosa San, her clever young voice
Was heard to great advantage In the
many pretty nun lcrs in which the
Gelsha abounds.
Master Fred Stewart as Captain
Katana. showed the possession OF 9
remarkably fine 1ice. for so young a