The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1909-04-20
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| Elleford production of that beautiful
and romantic drama, The Two Or
phans'' This is one of the most pre-
tentious offerings in stheir extensive
repertoire, being one of the highest
| royalty plays ever produced in the
| West, and in point of costume and
Of many big metropolitan stock COM
panies Not a dissenting voice was
heard as TO the merits Of the play and
| the clever work of. the Elleford play
| ers. Certainly they scored one of the
| greatest successes of their engage
ment. Hts heartgripping story, that of
| the two orphans who come to the city
| to find friends and fall into the
clutches of designing people, is pre-
| the sympathy of the entire audience
was with the players at once. MISS
Due and Miss Luce, in the leading
parts, could not have been better. Miss
| Due is charming in anything she I'M
/ dertakes, and little Miss Luce was
| most pathetic Louise. The defense
of this poor blind girl by the noble
Pierre" which was taken by Pietro
/ Sosso, brought forth big applause. In
the character OF. the cripple, Mr.. Sosso
| has one of the strongest parts that
has fallen to him, and his loyalty and
| friendship for Louise would have its
appeal for the most calloushearted
Lawrence Underwood gives a vivid
portrayal of the outlaw, jacques, and
! succeeds in winning the hatred of all,
which is what every true artist should
do. Anna Dodge, as Madame Fro
| chard, was a typical old bag of the
| Sums Few in the audience recognized
I her as the same who later appeared
| in the sweet, motherly character of
/ sister Genevieve." Lloyd Edwards
was a gallant '-Chevalier," and espe-
| cially pleasing to the ladies. His valet,
Picard was Geo. Hernandez, who,
as usual. had everyone laughing, and
he fits the part to perfection. Miss
| Marriott, as the penitent, gives
/ clever portrayal, and all the others
/ Clarence Ferguson, Lewis Rowley and
/ Ray Collins-were good, in the parts
assigned them. Particular mention
! should be made of the beautiful and
artistic costumes and stage settings.
| In Act 2."The Garden of Bel-Air.
Paris,s'7fwas enc off the prettiest stage
pictures ever presented to Honolulu
playgoers Between acts the clever
Osborn children appeared in new @spe-
ciaities. Their coon song brought
down the house, and little Sophie iii
her toe dance was graceful as a fairy.
| Only the highest praise is due the Ellie
! fords for last nights performance. The
same bin will be presented tonight,
/ and tomorrow night is the big laugh
| ing hit, The Other Fellow Seats
are now on sale for all performances
at the Orpheum box-office.
Pollard Vaudeville Is Great,
| Oh, why didn't they tell US about if
sooner and give us some of the excru-
ciatingly funny stuff to make US
| laugh? 1t has come at last. The Pol
lards are putting on the one kind of
"a show that suits them down to the
ground-vaudeville-
The Opera House was not particular
| ~ crowded last night, but there was
more than enough to shake the house
TO its foundations with laughter. And
there was laugh nearly every min
| ute, and some minutes there We're
| thirty laughs
From beginning to end the audience
entered into the spirit of fun that per-
vaded the stage, and the end of the
| performance was like a great, big,
jolly family party, with everybody
having the time of their lives.
The feature of the evening was I'M
doubtedly Aft. Goulding's reappear-
anee as a comedian. He is born
comedian, he is a trained comedian,
and he is a comical comedian. In the
last skit, where he comes on as sail
or, with a makeup that you have to
gaze through for several minutes be-
fore you recognize the genial ALI, he
is so funny in his gestures and quaint
mimicry that one wonders why he ever
does anything else.
The show opens with comical skit
about getting rid of a mother-in-iaw,
and then comes the second part. in
which every member of the company
has a chance in song, dance or special
Lauder. Eva Moore's Glow-worm''
song and Teddie McNamara's English
eoster song We're, perhaps. the greatest
of many great hits.
The swing song, sung by Lille Bull, |
with a full chorus seated in swings, |
ended the second part, and was en-
cored FIVE times. 1t is a very pretty
and tuneful thing and pleased the au-
dience nightly.
But the best part of all was the
final skit. 1t is called The Fall of |
Port Arthur and is set to the Pima, |
fore" first act. 1t has no rhyme, rea- |
son nor meaning to it. but is simply |
vehicle for the funniest make-ups, |
the cleverest dancing and the most |
laughable fooling that ever delighted |
Honolulu people,
The finish of the act is particularly |
funny. Goulding. in his bizarre get !
up of a crazy sailor. stands in the
middle of the stage and is bonbarded |
by hundreds Of mock cannon balls that