Nuhou, Volume I, Number 22, 31 March 1874 — "Miss Florence Colville" [ARTICLE]

"Miss Florence Colville"

I's A very pleaßant 'subject for our pen ; and as we do not write for hire, or buBines6, we like to utter our praise, or scorn very heartily. And in this eaee we dip our quill in honey only, and close the vial of gall, We delight in the reprēBentation of easy, $atural irapersonation ; in 4 fluent, musical elocutidtt ; in e!o<pent expreesion, and in a liandsome presence; atid"'ttns lady has gratifled us very mueli in all these particulars. We havc eeen some good acting in our day on the stages of London, Paris and Ne\V York, and yet our critieal and esthetic taetes are well Batiefied, wiih the clear memory of the pleasures of tbe past before us in withessing the performance of so fair and accomplished a professor of the mimie art. We ean have 110 personal partialities td induce us to withhold eniieiem, as our knowledge of the artist are entirely confined to o|jserVations from the,auditorium ; but we will say, that what we have observed to criticise are only faults of such slight character, as lier youth affords her ample opportunity to amend. And slie has thc ehanee of well perfecting her artistic ekill by the instruction of Mr. Hoskins,. her husband; (she still retaining her maiden name according to proFessional custom.)' This gentleman was an actor of some reputatidn in London twenty-eeven years ago, as we have in the London Illustrated News of January 9, 1874, a pictorial repreeentation of the cast of the Merchant of Yenice in the Green Room of thc Saddcr's Wells Theatre, in whieh I\lr. lloskins is represented in a prominenfc part Therefore we may say that beaufj and taste, and admirable aptituae are under the guardian eare of experience and skill. And we may mention here, for the sakc of satisfying the innocent spirit pf gossip in Ilonolulu, that we read in New Zealand papers, that Mr. Hoskins was marded to.Miss Colviile, bis pupil at Christ Church. The ceremony took plaee in St v Ohurch, and Sir John Cracroft Wilson gave away the bride, on the 27th of January last, so that oui' delight!ul entertainers are sfending with us a part of their honeymoon season; and it will make it doubly interesting to witness them in the Mimie ** Honeymoon " of this evening. u Miss Colville, n if not plaeed among the first rank in her profession, is well qualified to please the fastidious audiences of old capitals. Her grace of person will ensure her a weieome at the outset; her admirable taste in dress will begia to inspire confidence in her as an ariist; her fine toned voice, and clear utterance of well modulated English will prove her escellent eulture; and when she gives nlay to her admirable facial expression, and proauces her happy illusions with aH the ekill of the mimie art, and yet with most pleastng, natural eSect, she cannot fail to win applausf as an accomplished actress. We have seen this lady and her in jarious melodramatic and light eomedy charaeters, Buch as Sir Peter and Lady Teazle, Helen and Cousin Modus, the Silent ' Womau, and the Oomieal Counte9B» anē We have liked them botter and better at every £epresentation. We would like to see the lady in the Julia of the " Hunehhaek," in the Rosalind of ft As you Like it # " aud the gcntleman in a fbr whieh his humor and style are well suked t as "Aminadal> Sleek.'* Hbwever, in any part, thq Hoskins tioupe will assured!y win additional favors with the Ilonolulu puhlie. Thcy have been patronized by uumbers of our exeellent, liberal iniuded, and sensible missionary faand the uvost fastidioub anywhere niay patronize eueh fine, mlrthful s ehaste representations. Thev have been honored to reād Bv CouiV %

mand of Their Majesties, at the Palace ; and on the occasion of Miss Colville's benefit, Majesty the King and Suite, and a packed house of the best society of Honolulu were present.