Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1908-07-24
KILOHANA LEAGUE
PERFORMANCE fine
Amateurs Give Two Plays
With Professional
Skill

Honolulu does not have to long for
the visits Of professional companieH
as long as the Dramatic Circle Of the
Kilohana Art League Is able to pro-
duce as good performances as that
which was given under its auspices at
the Opera House last night 1t must
be admitted that the League met with
unexpected good fortune when 1t was
able to get the assistance OF James
Clarence Harvey. the visiting actor
and playwright, whose practical eXper.
fence was most valuable, but the local
amateurs deserve so much more cred.
II for that they were able to follow
Ibis lead, SO that the performance, in.
stead of being a one.star anair, was
smooth and even, in fact far more so
than most OF the professional shows
which have been given here.
The curtain raiser, second
Thoughts" a typical British comedy,
c,evcriy written and fuil OF splendid
fun. was well taken care OF by MI.
Arnold, Miss de LartiSue and Miss
Bruce. Mr. Arnold, as Sir Herbert
ileruyn, who has lost "A fortune of the
proyerbia English ten thousand a
year." is on the point OF wedding tho
designing widow, Mrs. MacSharon
miss Bruce In order to retrieve his
lost fortune. but he succumbs Instead
to the charms of his cousin Miss de
l.artigueD. who. II is discovered, has
sufficient coin to meet the young mans
needs. as well as personal attractions
besides. Both Mr.. Arnold and Miss de
Lartigue carried out their parts well.
and Miss Bruce rendered thep art Of
the lovcsick widow with a vim ana
humor which was wellnight irrcsist-
ible.
The piece de resistance OF the even.
ms, Lady Fortune" was one OF the
best productions which Honolulu has
seen for a long time past. The play
is a delicate and refined one-act piece,
gliding along easily from ripping hum.
or to fine pathos, presenting some c%.
cellent situations, which were wet
handled by the players.
Mrs. Fred Waterhouse represented
Mrs. Cunliffe, the widow, who after
having lost her fortune, Is trying TO
hide from her daughter Kate Mrs.
iDr. Humphris) the fact that the poor
quarters in which they live are any
! thing but temporary matter, OK.
( planned by Il desire to live among The
poor to stury their conditions. Here
Guy Mallory Uas. Wilder). ana Lord
A. Ambleby (Mr. Harvey become riv'
ais for Rates hand, and she Is placed
in the difficult position OF choosing be-
tween love and fortune.
Mrs. Fred Waterhouse ,played her
Ipart with a sympathy and charm
(which could not but carry away the
audience The role called for u sen
sitiveness and refinement, a prosen'
ltation of dignity amid wrctched clr'
cumstances, which, dilhcult as 1t was
to render, was done iaultiCsSly by the
talented amateur.
Mr.. Harvey during the first part OF
1.-The play had an opportunity to show
his abilities as comedian and with
professional skill he played his part
bringing out the character OF the
lyoung nobleman, who while not over
burdened with brains, is splendid
fellow through and through, IN thor
loughly lifelike manner. Instead oI
overdrawing his part after tho genera
mummery fashion of amateurs, Mr.
Harvey made II careful representa-
ton of a type which Is not very IA
miliar In America.
Mrs. Humphris played Kate, the vi
vacious girl with snap and verV'
which was perfection, and then in thu
more serious scene dropped like
fash to the still more difficult prob
lem presented to her. Or. Humphrls
as the typical old English solicito
who has become almost member o
the family, gave a splendid represen
tation of another British type whicl
Is not generally known here.
James Wilder, the young artist VIII
after having won the heart OF tn
heroine, realizes that his poverty pre-
vents him from giving her the life sh
has q right to expect, ana Is generou
enough to give her up to his rich riva
played diiiicult part with much cred
liz. The scenes between him and MI
Harvey were particularly good.
on the whole the performance wa
far above what one could expect fror
amateurs; II was carried out as II b
professionals, and good professional
at that, and no theater.goc" who fear
that the performers may not be abi
to meet his tastes, need stay away o
that account from the next perform
ance, tomorrow nishtg, as the play
are really such that they can be ei
ljoyed by event the most fastidious.
The stage settings and decoration
we're so beautifully carried out this
their correctness gave the actors
lperlect scene of the proper environ
ment. In this line the ladies' Of III
:. Art League excel all local lurnishei
j. and decorators. The conservatory, Ii
, scene of Second Thoughts, was e