The Honolulu republican. [volume] (Honolulu, T.H.) 1900-1902, 1901-05-17
ADJUSTMENTS.
QUO yADIs.-

The management Of the EIleford
Company nay well be proud Of their
recepl4Cn al the Orphenn last night:
ard too. the management Of The Or
pheur Theatre may be proud Of the
fact that they have secured so excel
lent an organization as the EIleford
Company The producEioEE OF ~Quo
Nedfs, the framarization Of Sfenkfe-
wiez's immortal book vas a surprise
10 most OF the people In the theatre
last highland the house was crowd
ed 70 the doors. From what had been
said OF the company by the coast
press all expected a fairly good per-
Torrance, but il is doubtful il any
one believed that q stock company,
playing al popular prices, would be
equal 10 giving such q rendition of
classical play like Quo yadisr as
that represented at the Orpheum.
Many patrons and wellKishers OF
I the house felt that a mistake had been
made in selecting such a play as Quo
| Vadis" for the opening night II was
/ believed that with such a clientele
as usually patronizes the Orpheum- "a
melodrama like The Fatal Card
would have been better suited both
/ to the audience and TO the company
/ But the production of last night prov
( ed the wisdom of selecting Quo Va
dis The audience was not the typ
ical Orpheum audience of one year
| ago. It was a representative theatre
/ audience OF all people of Honolulu,
| many who have not been in the Or.
pheum before for many months being
present. That they felt themselves
well repaid was evidenced by the
hearty applause and marked attention
given TO the work behind the foot
lights
The company is good one through
out, being exceedingly well-balanced
To those who have read Seinkiewicz'
story they expect a giant in the role
of Ursus, but in stock company like
this a giant for the part of Ursus
would be useless for any other part
in the fifteen plays in the Company
repertoire. However, Joseph Robert
played the small part of Ursus very
, well. Carl Berch as the arbiter ele
gantarium, Petronius, did some of the
: best work seen here in long time
His voice and manner reminds one
very much of that sterling actor Ma
son Mitchell who made such a great
hit in the same character with Froh
mans company in New York. Nero
is not a pleasing character, but it wa:
4 well-played by Albert Watson; par
, ticularly did he rise to the heroic il
!. the last act Tom Bates, who was fol
many years an old Coast favoTite bu
who has devoted himself to stage
managing in recent years, can still
. act well his part As a character actol
Mr.. Bates has stood high in his pro
fession for many years, and his rem
5 dition of the difficult part of ChilC
2 Chilorides showed that he had los
none of his oldtime art. Frank Wy
man is another old stock actor wht
was well fitted in the character o
: Tegellinus.
t The women parts were fully as vel
balanced as those of the men. 1t i!
not necessary TO particularize Owe
the work of Miss Norton, Miss LairC
) or Miss Wierne. 1t is enough to sa!
!. that all did well. The work of Little
: Lillian was especially good, and al
the minor characters were we'll rend
. cred. Nor must mention of the spec
/ iai scenery be omitted. The Orpheun
h stage is small but it was really maj
N velous showing of stage settings wit
such limited ROOM
Altogether it was a welLbalance
Z performance throughout and if tn
S Ellefords bnt do equally as well in a
a the other plays in their repertoire
with popular prices prevailing, the
should be greeted by just such crowt
i ed houses as that of last night TO
|. each remaining night of their engage
,. ment
Quo Vadis' will be given again t.
L night and tomorrow night