Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1914-05-22
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THE u. 5. A. IS
BIG SUCCESS
Entire Cast Up to The Minute
in Production That Is
Am immense Laugh
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4 THE CAST. /:

I = Miss Fitz Harding Smythe, m :.
/ s; English goyerness. Marie Picker {
| = Baron De WITT, Minister CT Police !;
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= Princess Trina Augusta Elizabeth .
. Oberyitch Florence Oakley ]:
= Anthony Hamilton Hawthorne, Z
g an American tourist - 60. Z
:: ......5.... George Webb. .
= Rodney Blake, his friend 3. i.
= Jay Hanna /:
:; Augustus Ill, King Of B0rroyina !;
...s.. =. $1,000. Jack BelgraYe :
= Prince Vladimir Halberstadt i
:: ~. vs.. Guy Hitner |:
- Count RaduIsk 8
= Sherman cambridge {
= Reporter of the Borrovina CHM :;
= etar. 1880. Percy Pryor :;
;; III. Frederic. proprietor Of the 8
:; Casino Geo. B. Berrell 9
= Kate Ballard, an American girl :
= 1885. g. !. Inez Ragan :
. Senator Ballard, her father Isl. 8
= .-.s.... Frank Bonner 8
= Soldiers, guards. citizens, from 8
:; Fort Shafter. 8
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Let us get up into the superlatives
at once 1t is easier to discuss the
new offering at the Biiou in that key
And one Of the best things about /,
Is that when you get up there yor
can stay. you don't have to come down
for the minor chords Of criticism
Nothing has ever been nicer done b
The Players, and nothing has beer al
together more pleasing than this 70
mantle comedy drama, Hawthorne u
8. A. which opened at the Bijou las
night.
But that does not begin to tell It
To say 1t is pleasing is only milo
way Of putting it 1t delighted us
thrilled us, and above all made III
laugh until we forgot every dull care
In the world, forgot everything hut the
scene before our eyes. There is
blend Of seriousness and hilarity, 81
sang-froid and Yankee determination
of love and adventure about this PLAY
that cannot be beaten. 1t is the clev
crest thing we have seen here.
And not alone Is the play good. but
nc IS performed splendidly. George
Webb Is at his best for all Of that
the entire cast is at It's best. The re
suit is that Hawthorne. u. S. A.
makes one of the most delightful en-
tertainments one could wish.
We won't reveal the plot OF the play
except p say that Anthony Hamilton
Hawthorne. a young American tourist
who has the distinction Of having done
things In New York politics and 81
breaking the bank at Monte Carlo
finds himself, quite by chance, in tfs
beautiful but defnnet kingdom Of Bor
rovina. Scaling the garden wall OF ths
palace at Oberon. he meets the Prin
cess Trina.
From the time George Webb scale.
the wall. as Tony Hawthorne. unit
the last minute when he wins thu
princess, we laughted and smiled am
followed the uncertain fate Of the king
dom and Tony s. loye-affair with un
broken interest Florence Oakley ap
pears as the princess, and pretty
princess she makes. Jay Hanna play.
Rodney Blake, Hawthorne's friend ant
he is very clever IN this part. Inc:
Ragan is cast as Kate Ballard. ant
Frank Bonner as her father, Senatoi
Ballard. BY doing a little shadow
work, Blake discovers HAWTHORNE
secret garden meetings, and in ordei
to do him good turn. wires to hi.
fiancee. Miss Ballard, and her father
to vieit Borrovina, saying that thu
water there Is great for rheumatism.
So by the opening of the second act
four Yankees are in BorroVina; AMI
things are beginning to happen in tina
moneyless kingdom On parade ths
king is shot at, the princess faints
Tony meets and defeats the treach
erous prince. Vladimir. It is thi.
meeting that brings on splendid eli
max, one Of the cleverest possible. fol
the second act
Guy Hitner plays the part of Prince
Vladimir. He is very good. And Jacl
Belgrave as King Augustus III. de
serves equal credit. Percy Pryor i.
cast as the reporter on the Borroyini
Cfmetar, and to him Tony comes t
be put next to the inside and un
derground affairs Of t he kingdom