The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1909-03-23
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| Adult Lilliputians, graduates of the
Pollard companies, are heading towards
| Honolulu from Australia, their original
home, and from New York, to organize
one Of the strongest and most versatile
| companies ever prepared for a circuit
by Mr.. Pollard. On April 10 the com
pany viii make its initial appearance
/ at the Opera House under the direction
| of Mr.. W. D. Adams, presenting the
Charity Ball, one of the catchiest
dramas of the American stage. Teddy
Mcnamara, the clever comedian now
playing with the Lilliputians at the
Opera House, graduates at the close
of the season next week and will 90
into the adult company as its youngest
member.
The company viii appear in absolute
ly new costumes and there will be new
scenery for each play. The plans of
manager Alf Goulding contemplate pre-
sensations of musical drama on Mon
days and Tuesdays of each week and
on Thursdays and Saturdays vaudeville
with musical sketches presenting
dances with show girls as a feature.
Following "The Charity Ball" the
company will present Checkers, =" with
its famous race scene; then the F'Man
on the Box" the SBishop's Carriage"
and ''The Devil" which is now the
rage of the mainland.
The Australian members of the com
pany who have been rehearsing in the
Colonies will arrive here on the Aoran-
gi, March 81, and the others will arrive
shortly from New York. Willie Pol
lard, a Lilliputian graduate, who has
been with the Frawleys, as leading
juvenile for three years, will come here
from the mainland. The leading lady
will be Eva Moore. She has been with
Williamson s stock company in Aus
tralia for the past year and is not only
a gifted actress but beautiful singer.
She was in Honolulu many years ago
with the first Lilliputian company that
here.
The company to come here in April
is known as the Pollard No. l company.
The management has been endeavoring
to form this company for some time
against strong competition, and only
last week was Mr.. Pollard able to an
nounce that the company would play
here. After its engagement here, which
is to be four weeks, tour of the prin-
cipal American and Canadian cities
will follow. Pollard s Lilliputians have
made a place for themselves in Homo
lulu, the present season proving far
more successful than the agents and
had anticipated. All the prin-
eipal favorites graduated from the Lii
1iputians in the past sixteen years COM
pose the Pollard No. / company. The
four comedians during this time and
who will be with the new company are
Aft Goulding, Willie Pollard, Jack Pol
lard and Teddy Mcnamara. The first
one has been with the Pollards since
he was six years old, holding the same
position as Teddy Mcnamara now
holds. Goulding is now stage manager
of the present Lilliputians, the man re-
sponsible for every gesture made by
the little mummers. Eva Moore is
eighteen years of age, and is naturally
musical and graceful and exhibits rare
dignity, distinction and charm. For
year she has been playing in William,
sons Merry Widow company. The
east will include Harold Fraser, Fred
Bendloss, Frank Cherry, Charley Ches-
ter Emme Davis, Ada Hind, Eva Pol
lard