The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1871-09-18
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MISS REiGNoLDs. On Saturday evening.
Miss Kate Reynolds, with respectable com.
| pany, commenced a very short season at Music
Hall. She was greeted, as she always desery-
eddy is, by large audience. The new drama
tization OF Mr.. Charles Reade's latest novel
-" A Terrible Temptation very accept
ably performed, and however one might Justly
or not except to the novel, the drama was as
unoblectionable as possible under the treat
ment OF SO correct an actress as Kate Reign
olds is Miss Efma Reynolds as Mary
Wells was particularly attractive and sne bore
this leading part 10 the applause OF the house
| 1t was gratifying to see an old Portland favor
/ lite, Mr. E. NJ. Beatlie, received with enthusi-
/ thusasm after so long an absence, he having
| been playing long engag- nent IN the British
| West India Islands, The burlesque of the Forty
| Thieves was an amusing melange of music
| Jokes, couun1rums, ana local hits, and being
perfectly free from any Objectionable allusion
was listened TO by the large auditory to the
close. .--..
On this evening will he presented Miss
Reynolds own adaptation of Mrs. Harriet
Beecher Stoves new society story entitled
Pink and White Tyranny" Miss r. appear
ing as Lille Ellis and Mrs. John Seymour,
with the other principal characters sustained
by Mr.. Bea5te, Mrs. E. NJ. Leslie, Miss EN-
ma Reynolds. and others. The evenings en-
tertainment to conclude with singing by Mr..
c. N. Bassett, and the cou.ic sketch compress
ed in one scene, Our Country Cousin" with
a Duet by Miss Emma, and Mr.. George w.
Wilson. Why NAV not this evenings enter
tanmeDt be made a complimentary one in
material sense? Music Hall, under the liberal
management of the lessee, Mr.. Thaxter, is fast
becoming very popular, aud is the place for
dramatic entertainments in this city. .ft
LAWRENCE BARRETT.-We submit that it
was not an indication of the usual good taste
of Portland people in dramatic matters to suf-
fer SO good a company as Mr.. Barrett's to play
for two successive nighss 10 almost empty
benches; for it is not often that we have the |
opportunity to witness upon our boards play |
so even in the delineation of its characters as |
The Man O'AiIlie There was finish to each |
part that gave a delightful harmony TO the |
whole, and there were fewer transitions from I
the superior to the inferior than is usual. The |
character of James Harebell is calculated to |
display the best points of an intelligent actor,
for it depicts the passions and emotions of real |
life. Mr.. Barrett showed his careful training |
and close study in his Interpretation of it, and |
brought his little audience in complete sympa-
thy with him, gaining honor for himself if not
noisy applause. The support is quite up to the
occasion, and in point of general excellence
the success of the piece was pronounced. Mr..
Barrett will visit some of our eastern cities,
and we cordially commend him and his ccm-
pany to those who enjoy really first class le.
climate drama. Y.....
THE LINGARDs. Portland is especially fav-
ored with run of theatricals variety in play
and companies being especially notable AT.
ter Barrett and Reynolds will come the ia
nous Lingard troupe tomorrow evening As
a company of humorists this is said to have no
superior in the country. Many will remember
the little personal difficulty between some of
the parties in the New York courts little
while ago, which brought them more promi-
nently before the public. We have no doubt
they will please all their friends. Lingard's
Sketches have been pronounced inimitable,
and Alice Dunning (Lingard) and Dickey Lin
gard are great favorites in their peculiar line of
acting. The fine old English comedy Naval
Engagements, embracing the entire strength
Of the company, and number of the famous
Sketches make up the first nights bill.
MRS. STOVES eommendatiOh OF Miss Reig-
1old's dramatization of her book is expressed
n the following letter:
To Miss Kate Reynolds:
Dear Madam-I was delighted and surprised
% see how much your adaptation had made of
t pink and White Tyranny. All along are
points that could be made so very effective,
ind the a9 mixture OF the playful and pathetic
$ so skilful. Your management of the char
subtle symp THY of woman with woman, you
nave OWNED the almost hidden capacity of
good in her, and her interview with Harry and
he way she turns the tables ON him is magnifi |
cent. l may safely say this, for that is your
blossom from my seed.
The last scene, as you have arranged it, is
Iuite overcoming, and will have a telling effect. |
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