Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1914-05-12

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1t took a real humorist to write it.,
and it took real company of play
ers to stage it, this hilariously funny
comedy Seven Days" which opened
at the Bijou last night, and kept us
laughing for two solid hours. It is a
real farce-the kind we have hoped
for but very seldom found. 1t did not
bore US for a minute. After all that
is the highest praise that can be civ.
en- any performance. -
If you've got bad collection of
blues, or il you are worrying about
business, or the lack OF it, the Bijou's
offering should appeal to you. But IL
you don't want to laugh-if you don't
want to forget your unhappy misad.
ventures then you should remain
away until The Players change their
roles. For as sure as you go you will
laugh as regularly as the stage clock
ticks, You will laugh at the sheer wit
of some of the lines, the comical sit
uations, and the cleverness of the
east in making the most of every op.
portunity for humor ..g !.
1t is just to laugh, this Seven.
Days Nothing more. No moral or
problem" is dragged into 1t. It is
wit for wits sake alone, and for that,
we hre glad. 1t is relief to see a
play that doesn't try to pound in q
sermon. They are so seldom found
now. Seven Days treated us to two
hours of laughter, and when the last
curtain rang down yesterday evening
we felt we had just passed through
two hours Of delightful living The
program gives this play as a farciaI
comedy in three actsso it is. but 1t
is too bad there are not ten acts.
The performance was not impecca.
BILE We saw a few faults, but the.
faults were trivial when compared
with the big success Of the rest Of the
show; and we were really glad to find
them, for that is q pleasure. Looking
for faults In performance Isl kind
OF agame, and one feels disappo pointed
at not finding them. There were q
few small breaks in the lines and
one of the cast had q difficult time
in throwing of the burden kof anoth.3
er and q different part played IN q
preceding show.
The important thing is that The
Players made US laugh for two hours,
The writer for one would forgive them
for all the faults in the world for this
one result Fortunately for them that
is not necessary for the bad spots"
were few and almost unnoticeable,
and may be attributed to the neces-
sary haste in rehearsing the play, and
the natural limitations of the cast
we have reference here to things ply.
steal. James Wilson, the divorced
husband Of Bella Wilson, is supposed
to be very, very fat man. One can.
not expect Guy Hitner, who plays that
role, to fatten up to the part In al
night. Hitner Is man, not bal-
loom Suppose, though, he did fatten
up to the part-wouldn't it be awful
when called upon In some future play
to be a mountain climberi Well, he
managed his part under the circun-
stances admirably.
Inez Ragan was delightful as Anne
Brown. Particularly clever work she
did in the first act, when, made tipsy
by cocktail, she salutes the straight
laced iAun. Selma, proclaiming her the 4
namesake of distant relatives cat.
And little Miss Leah Hatch, as Kit
Hemlich, is charming Her acting is
as real as life, and a deuce of lot
funnier than most of it. Against her
will masquerading as the wife of
James Wilson, while the latter's Aunt
Selma is on the premises, she finds
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