Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1914-05-19
Each Member of Cast Scores
Bio Success in Rex Beach's
Drama of the Far North

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IN THE CAST. =
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q Alluna, a squaw ............... y
q " Miss Marie Baker =
8 John Gale. Mr.. Guy Hitner y
g No Greek Lee. Mr.. Frank Bonner y
g. Necia. Miss Florence Oakley =
q Captain Burrell, U. s. Army. =
IH -. =. -. Mr.. George Webb =
8 Poleon Doret. Mr.. Jack BelgFave .
80 Runnien ..........-. 49,. = y
10 :. Mr.. Sherman Bainbridgae .
g Dan Stark >. Mt. Huron Blyden =
81 Corporal Thomas ......-.-... y
- Mr.. George B. Berrel {.
= Private James. Mr.. Percy Pryor =
8 Private Smith MIR. Jay Hanna .
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1.-THE Players or, as the Al.
/ lmsaning press AGENT is inclined to
name, the aggregation, The PLAYERS
All-Star Company, gets a perfect
score in the production for the first
hail of the present week. In other
words, each and every member OF the
cast Is batting 1000 and playing In
major league style The p. A. IS cor.
rect, ii is an "allstar'' company IN
ifs portrayal Of Rex Beach's drama OF
the land Of. the Great White Silence.
Each individual in the company is
well cast IN The Barrier. Each fs
afforded an Opportunity to do HIS best
work and each accepts the chance and
should be given credit for an assist
or course, Miss Florence Oakley and
George Webb are cast IN the leading
roles and they each do as good work
ms in anything they have essayed I'M
Honolulu. However, all the parts are
big and all the players do equally
as good work as the leads Guy Hit
merits particularly good as John Gale,
as are Huron Blydef as Dan Stark
and Jack BeIgrave as Poieon Miss
Marie Baker has been seen before IN
the role Of q sauaW. all the comment
necessary being the mere statement
that her work Is equally as good In
"The Barrier as it was ON the pre-
Vious occasion. 81, &
The members Of the east were let.
ter perfect last night, most refresh.
ing novelty In stock" as has been mo-
ticed during the engagement Of Mr..
Webb's players, where the opening
performance of any bill is usually q
Itrifle rough In THE Barrier there
is not the slightest opportunity for
adverse criticism, even those cast In
thinking parts being perfect
Love and Hate II Far North.
In aThe Barrier. Rex Beach has
written Of love and hate in the tom
most portion of ALASKA John Gale is
depicted with his back against the
Arctic Circle. having spent 20 years
in an endeavor to escape arrest for
crime of which he is innocent. Gale
IS q sduaw-man and. with the aid OF
his faithful squaw, has reared Necia. q
beautiful girl. the daughter Of the
woman Gale loved and who was muir.
defed when Neeia was q babe In arms.
Gales rival for the love of Necia's
mother, Dan Stark who committed the
murder and shouidered the blame on
Gale. appears as "elaim jumper at
Gales trading post. FIambeau on the
Yukon river. Stark RECOGNIZES Gale
and Gale thinks he knows Stark Each
is afraid Of the other.
Both Stark and Gale are opposed Ito
the presence of Captain BurreIl, q. s.
army, who has been sent into the
gold country to establish law and
order, and take away from the
pioneers the right Of administering
summary Justice Bufreil falls In love
with Nicola and would make her his
wife until he is told that she Is a.
.half-breed. the girl believing Gale to
be her father and AlIuna her mother.
With this news his bIue-blood rebels
and, thinking of his folk back In Ken
lucky, he tries to decide which is the
better course to follow, the dictates
of the little love god, or those of the
social system on ''the outside" of
which he is a member and with which
he is closely allied. The heart wins
and Burrel1 decides to make Necia his
wife, resign from the service and cast
his lot with the hardy miners of the
Yukon country.
In the meantime Necia has learned
OF her parentage, learned that she is
not a ha1f-breed, while Gale has de-.
cided to see Burreh, question him as
to his intentions toward Necia and
then surrender himself to the Young
army officer for trial on the charge Of
murder. During Gales visit to Bur.
relrs quarters Stark puts in an ap.
sDeafanCe and Gale hides in an adiDif.