Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1912-11-29
CLAYTON COUSINS
PROVES STAR OF
Student SHOW

The Revolving wedge, the play
given by the students of the College
of Hawaii has proved one of the great.
est successes of the year. Both We'd
nes6ay and Thursday nights it was
played before large and appreciative
audiences and went off without a
hitch. Wednesday night the play was
assisted by the boys glee club of Pu-
nahou and their singing added a very
beautiful touch to the play. Thursday
night the glee club was helping cele.
brate the victory of the afternoon, and
the play lacked it's assistance that
evening, but the rest of the play was
even better, If possible, than the night
before. -
The star of the play was Clayton
Cousens in the role of Mr.. Martin. 1t
would be hard to pick a single imper.
lection in his portrayal of the part.
He was as good as lots of profession-
ais and better than many. His work
is worthy of special praise. The part.
of Mr.. Martin was without doubt the
most difficult one, and one that could
easily have been overdone or under.
done but neither of these faults az.
peared in Mr.; Cousen's work. "
Miss Shirley Foster, as the Irish
maid, Nora, was the great hit of the
play. In many amusing situations,
she brought down the house in gales
of laughter. The costume in which
she attended the football game was
also hit. Her part was another that
could easily have been overdone but
that imperfection was entirely lack
ing. Miss Fosters part was assisted
Oy Scott Pratt as Captain Michael Do
Ian, Of the police force. The two
were typical irish pair and their
translation Of the parts was excellent.
Nell and Bob, brother and sister,
played the parts to projection. Bob
was fine as Harvard halfback and toll
Grating brother, and Nell was excel
lent as his sister. Nell was taken by
Miss Befnice Smith and Bob by Leslie
Clark.
Mrs. Martin, Miss Lillian Boyd, was
as good as Mr.. Martin but her part
was shorter and not as difficult to
carry. Her translation and produc-
ton were perfect and she did not
make a slip of any kind, even the
smallest
DR.. Brown and Ned Biddle, Harold
Starratt and Ted Tracy respectively,
though last were by no means the
least. DR.. Brown was the professional,
doctor through and through and took
his part with ease and success. Ned
Biddle as a graduate of the University
of Pennsylvania. Harvards rival in
the great Thanksgiving game, played
his part TO perfection. His assured
confidence in seeing Pennsylvania win
the game was so real that it was hard
TO believe that it was all happening
On the stage.
With such a cast as The Revolving
Wedge" had it is easy to see why the
play was such a great success. The
heart of each member of the cast was
in the work and the success OF the
play was largely due to this and also
20 conscientious work and preparation
on their part previous to the produc-
tion of the play. They were assisted
in this work by DR.. and Mrs. Andrews.
without whose invaluable work the
play would not have been possible.
The costumes and makeup of the
players added greatly to their success
end were provided by the members
of the cast The makeup, which is
so often overdone by amateurs. could
not have been better and the costumes
were typical as well as good. In fact,
the play was undoubtedly the best
amateur production ever given in HO-
nolulu and would have been hard TO
improve upon even in the smallest
particular
Under the leadership Of Messrs.
Cross and Johnson. twenty-seven
members of the boys department Of
the Y. NJ. {. A. took a hike out to
Fort Kruger yesterday morning where
they made an inspection Of the post.
Besides being interested in the big
guns, it was the first time that any
of them had ever been under Diamond