Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1913-01-03
MRS. W|GGS' IS
kind Of PLAY
We ALL LIKE

IFS a louS jump from the hectic,
painted ullurcmentS OF "ThC Blue
Mousse to the wholesome humOr
clean comedy and hOmcly pathos Of
Mrs. Wigs of the Cabbage Patch. :"
The Worlds Fair Stock company
makes the jump with al ease that
cOnvinCes the critic that after all hui
man nature inclineS to the hOmely
and sweet rather than to the naughty
and exotic kind Of comedy. DISTINCT
ly. the performance of Mrs. Wigs
that Miss Virginia Brissac and her
associates gave last night at the BIZ
iou, to open the weekend bill, is bet
ter from the standpoint Of acting, and
great deal more satisfactory TO the
playgOefs.
The critic confesses to a warm lik.
ing for Mrs. Wigs and her lOwly,
useful indomitable-s spirited life in the
cabbage patch" between mazes of
railroad tracks and barrens of factor
les and workshops. And the stock
company at the Bijou interprets the
optimism of the play very effectively.
The dauntless heart and clear, prac-
tical mind that dominates the little
Cabbage Patch and lights up it's dark
est, most sordid moments with CHEEKY
hope and faith are the brightest spots
in the little stories Of real life that
Alice Hogan Rice wrote down in
Louisville, Kentucky.
HonOrs are easily shared. by the
members of the Worlds Fair Com
pany, and there are plenty of Iaurels
to go all around. Miss Margaret NJ
gent gives a very capable perform
ance of Mrs. Wiggs,-a clean cut
Characterization of that great-hearted
woman borne out in every gesture and
every information of voice 1t is much
the most consistent role in which Miss
Nugent has appeared and to date no.
thing has surpassed it in realism.
Miss Brissac braves the feminine
horror Of "plainness' in the role OF
Miss Hay. The physical transfer
nation from the dashing, daring Paul
inc DeVine of The Blue Mouse" to
her painful homelness Of last night
was no greater than her TRANSFORMED
ton Of character. In Miss Brissac's
experienced hands Miss HAY is not
only the last word in ultimate ugli-
~
meanor. 1t is enough to say that
when she married Mr. Stubbins, the
shiftless red-nOsed old vetera n~4@itA~
a mysterious and profitable in.
jury. the joke was on both of them.
Mr.. Stubbins was capitally portrayed
by Mr. James Dillon. Dillon has
struck two notable characterization
in a week.
Miss Evelyn Hambly is sweet and
modest as LOVey Mary. and aside from
a distressing tendency to shed tears
on the slightest prOvOcation, which
rather OverdOes the pathetic little
role, she handles the part nicely.
John G. Wray is boyishIy good as
Billy Wigs, and Harry McLennan,
equipped somehow with real wooden
leg, gets Ey as Chris tlaZy, though
his accent is considerably more remin,
isCent Of Chelsea and Mapping Stairs
than Louisville, Ky.
The Worlds Fair Stock Company
is so generous in the matter of pro,
"iding a large cast that mention can
not be made Of all who contribute
to a very con plCtn and successful per
Torrance. The blessed Wigs chill
dren are there in all I. If eNubcr-
ant and geographical 2Iory. with Ar
dell, as European, starring. CubN.
PLAYED by "HimsCli' is realism par
excellence. Also. in tn" jnveniIr di.
vision, it may he mentioned that Mr..
Brooks NAuTy smHdr his appearance
fOT the first tim" on amy stage and