The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1906-03-01

MElODRkMA

BY the time the curtain rose on the
final production of '"Tbelma" at the
! Orpheum theater last night there was
| standing room only and not very much
of that : Many who wanted seats had
| to be turned away, expressing regret
that there was not TO be another per-
| Torrance of the great play. Advance
| bookings for "Thelnla" We're very
| large The play made a tremendous
| hit. Last evening the audience was
/ in a state of vibrant enthusiasm and
Butler. Lowell. Drum, Brenda Fowler,
Lillian Hayward, Wilkes and Louise
Orendorf were loudly applauded again
and again. In the waterfall scene,
which ends with the precipitation OF
Segurd CWilkes), the mad dwarf, from
the heights to the torrent, the crowd
cheered vociferously and raised the
curtain again and again.
Buffers players have taken Honolu-
III by storm. They have given six
teen weeks Of splendid entertainment,
entertainment that has always been
clean, elevating, celebrating, inspir-
ing, delightful and stirring. They have
established an enviable record and the
hope is most generally expressed that
Richard BuhIer will again favor Ho-
nolulu with such talent.
After this week there are three more !
weeks Of these justly popular players, |
and every week win be crammed with !:
the best of entertainment. The plays :
to come are every bit as good as the /,
plays that have gone before. They |
are new and the rage elsewhere. They i
Will prove the rage here. AZ
Tonight the attraction is a STARTER |
in the melodramatic line, something /
that outdQes anything of the kind be- |
fore produced. 1t is entitled THE |
Lighthouse by the Sea" and deals with |
series of exciting adventures, in |
which storm and shipwreck, heroic
love and villainy, thrilling escape from
awful danger and delightful love scenes
all play a moving part.
Some of the best paper ever spread
on local billboards may be seen about
the city, giving a hint of some of the
chief features of this magnificent spec
draw the situations as actually pro-
Cuced. The lightning and shipwreck
scene, wherein the heroine makes her
way to the towers top by means of a
single line stretched from the beacon
10 the shore, is well calculated to lift
the house TO a high pitch of enthusi-
asm. For this production considerable
special scenery has been prepared and
special devices have been constructed.
Buhler's players show up strong in
The Lighthouse by the Sea- The
play is not without it's delightfully."-
funny passages and there is plenty i'll
this sensational story, what with
laughter and tears and intense excite
ment, to keep the emotions busily en-
gagged. The wise ones viii book early,
for the Orpheun is sure TO be crowd r
ed. Big houses have been the custom
of late and the initial performance will
be as good as the succeeding appear
ances this week
The Lighthouse by the Sea- will :
be produced at the matinee Saturday
afternoon. The bookings for the after
noon performance are already very :
arge and the earliest seekers after the
box office will naturally have the ad- :
vantage of seats. The big scenic melo- =
irama. OF which but hint mas been ,
given above, will be on the boards for
he rest of the week