Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1914-07-03

The Players All-Star Company,
headed by Miss Florence Oakley and
George Webb, and under the direction
of the latter, is terminating an en-
gsgement of II weeks at the Bijou
theater, much to the regret Of the: the
ater-going public of Honolulu. The
season has not been half long enough,
provided it were possible for Mr.
Webb to keep up the high average
that he has maintained throughout the
season. :. a.. ....s- !. Til. III.
! However, all good things come to
an end, and that includes The Play
ers." They have spent the better part
of three months in Honolulu and dur
ing that three months have presented
without doubt the finest line of shows
that has ever been offered in this
city. Their repertoire has included
nothing but the highest class shows
Judged by the standards of the main
land-and their performances, all in
all, have been most ereditable. Wi.
There have been times when the
different individual performers have
not assayed up to the anticipated
value. Upon these occasions the writ
er, and others, have not hesitated to
point out what they considered the
flaws. However, the pointing out has
been done with a feeling of goodfel-
lowship and friendliness and with the
hope of aiding in correcting the errors
that are bound to occur when a little
band of players undertakes the pro-
|duction of two-high class shows each
week and endeavors to put them on
in style that bespeaks painstaking
care in the arrangement of the minut-
est detail. For their mistakes they are
freely forgiven, for the reason that
they have more than atoned by the
sterling ability displayed in majority
of their performances. ...~: ...."
Almost insurmountable difficulties
have had to be, overcome by Mr.. Webb
in his efforts to please-audience and
management. He has desired at all
times to give the public the nearest
approach to the big Time" that is
possible with the handicaps that can
not be avoided in any small city, es-
pecially in one sor far removed from
the Great White Way as is Homo
lulu; also. he tried to please the man.
agement with box office returns.
OF course. as manager of the COM
pany, Mr.. Webb might have been ex-
pected to anticipate many of the diff
.ficulties. Undoubtedly he did. New
#ertheless. others cropped up that he
had not figured on and caused not a
little annoyance in the matter of de-
days in making stage changes But
then. even these delays were overlook
ed by the sunny, good natured Homo
lulu audiences, for the reason that the
acts following the delays were usually
|of such sterling worth as to cause the
delays to be quickly forgotten The
audience readily agreed with the poet,
philosopher, or whoever it was, that
said. ITO err is human, to forgive d.
vine :....
In any event the company was
brought to Honolulu to please. 1t
succeeded and, provided we expected
too much. Mr.. Webb has himself to
blame in some measure from the fact
that his initial offering, Within the
Iaw," was such a high class Droduc-
tion and handled in such a high class
manner that it was natural for the
laity to set high mark at which the
company was compelled to aim When
they failed to reach this standard we
were prone to think they were not
giving the best that was in them.
However. this thought must have been
an error. for the reason that Mr.. Webb
says he is not through with Honolulu
but will return again in December
Had he and his associates not striven
for the best results they would not
anticipate a return visit. ..-..
To repeat. Mr.. Webb will return
next December and will he with us for
q season Of at least eight weeks. He