Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1914-05-19
Each Member of Cast Scores
Big Success in Rex Beach's
Drama of the Far North
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!; Alluna; sqnaw - :. ::
n Miss Marie Baker ::
s John Gale =. = Mr.. Guy Hitner. ::
g No Greek Lee. Mr. Frank Bonner ::
{; .Necia Miss Florence Oakley ::
.. Captain Burrell. Y. S. Army. ::
!: -. -. Mr.. George Webb :;
ss:PoIeon Doret. Mr. Jack Belgrafe ::
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:;Dan Stark Mr., Huron Blyden :;
q Corporal Thomas ....-!... ::
q .......,. Mr.. George B. Berrell ::
.:.hPrivata James Mr. Percy Pryor 8:
8: Private Smith. Mr.. jay Hanna ):
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THE Players or, as the p A.
tmeaning press agent is inclined to
name the aggregation, The Players
AlE-Star Company gets a perfect
score in the production for the first
half of the present week. In other
words, each and every member of the
cast ds batting. 1000 and playing in
major league style The T. A. Is cor
rect. lit is an all-star' company in
its portrayal Of Rex Beacf1's drama iof
the land OF. the Great White Silence.
Each individual in the company Is
wei cast in THE Barrier. Each is
afforded an opportunity to do his best
work and each accepts the chance and
should be given credit for an assist
OF course, Miss Florence Oakley and
George Webb are cast In the leading
roles and they each do as good work
as in anything they have essayed IN
Honolulu However, all the parts are
abigy and all the PLAYERS do equally
as good work as the leads. Guy Hit.
nef Is particularly good as John Gale.
as are Huron Biyden as Dan Stark
and Jack Belgrave as Poleon Miss
Marie Baker has been seen before In
the role of d squaw. all the comment
necessary being the mere statement
that her work is equally as good ID
The Barrier as It was on the pre-
Yious occasion
The members of the cast were let
ter perfect last night a most refresh.
ing novelty In stock. as has been mo-
ticed during the engagement of Mr..
Webb'sA players, where the opening
performance of any bill Is usually a
trif1e rough. In The Barrier, there
is not the slightest opportunity for
adverse criticism. even those cast In
thinking parts being perfect
Love and Hate In Far North.
I'M The Barrier Rex Beach has
written Of love and hate in the top.
most portion Of Alaska. John Gale is
depicted with his back against the
Arctic Circle. having spent 20 years
in an endeayor to escape arrest for
a crime of which he is innocent Gale
is snuaW-man and, with the, aid Of
his faithful squaw, has reared Nicola. 4
beautiful girl. the daughter Of the
woman Gale loved and who was Inilr.
.dered when Necia was q babe In arms.
Gales rival for the love of Nicola &
mother. Dan Stark. who COMMITTEES the
murder and shouldered the blame on
Gale. appears as a aelainl jumper at
Gales trading post F1ambeau 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 to
the presence Of CAPTAIN BurreIl Il. 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. Burre1l falls IN love
with Necia and would make her his
wife until he is told that she is a
llalf.breed, the girl believing Gale to-
be her father and Alluna her mother.
With this news his blue-blood rebels
and, thinking of his folk back in Ken.
lucky. he tries to decide which lis 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 member and with which
he is closely allied. The heart wins
and BurTell decides to make Necia his
wife. resign from the service and cast
his lot with the hardy, miners of the
Yukon country = .. p
In the meantime Neeia has learned
OF her parentage, learned that she is
not haH-breed. while Gale has de-
cided to see Burrelll question him as.
to his intentions toward Neeia and
then surrender himself to the young
army officer for trial on the charge of
murder During Gales visit to Bur.
relPs quarters Stark puts in an APP.
peaTanee and Gale hides IN an adjoin-
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