The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1879-05-10
MUSIC AND THE DRAMA.


NOTES.
The sale of seats for the Thompson-Sheridan
performance of Ineomsr to be given at Port
land Theatre Tuesday night. will CO HmeDce at
the box flee tn morning
The BOsio PInsfore Company will give
matlDee performance at City Hall "Wednesday,
as'well as the evening performances of Wednes'
day and Thursday. New costumes were made
for ths company on theGritfin now at al Choir IN
Halifax harbor.
Speaking OF the performances at the opening
fnf the Shakespesrean Memorial Theatre at
Stratford on Avon the correspondent II the
New York Times says;
"Much Ado About Nothing" was the come y
selected to open this first season Of playing 10
the Memorial The Atre, ard it was received with
every manifestation of satisfaction. Mrs
Helen Faucit. looking like picture
out of some old-world theatrical album
showed how genius may overcome age
even in acuug. She was a graceful Beatrice,
her business was full of interest to those who
would contrast so called modern Daturalness
with stud,d art. aud her voice was as soft and
musical as it WAS 30 years ago, When the art
world of London was at her feet. Mr. Barry
Sullivan was the Benedick, his stage manner
and method falling in well with the peculiar
charm of the actress who is now playing for me
last time a round of Shakespearean parts. Mr..
Ryder, one of the best elocutiouists of bis time
was Laonato, ADD be recalls the days when he
was young and Helen Fauct was young
and they were members of such
comDanIes as will possibly nsver ba gaibered
again uoder ole roof % England, tbe suarrlug
syste having teuded to sep,rare actor, who
used TO play together. Mr. Rlde viii 90 ie-
membere6 Big many Americans 10 &C.
compauisd Macready on both bis tours to the
U Dlted States as his stage manager, and alter
mated with him the carts of O5hello and Iaeo.
The D on PEDRO of Wednesday night was Mr..
Luigi LabaDche, grandson Of the great singer
and nephew of the brother who was fore bly, re :
crnited by the South during the American war.
The Cincinnati Com mercial authoritstively
expodes all the rumors about Theodore Thomas
abandoning the College OF Music, in that city,
when it says: "He has at no time thought of
violating his contract with the College Of Mn-
sic, which is for five years. The success Of the
college has been far greater during tho first
year OF its existence than either Mr. Thomas or
its most sanguine friends anticipated. The
number of pupils is greater, and the progress
made 10 the vocal aud Instrumental classes is
more satief actOry than there was reason to ex-
pect. Financially, as well as artisticaliy, the
venture has been fortunate one, and still
more satisfactory results are calculated for the
second year, when the machinery, SO to speak,
shall have been perfectly adjusted and running
without friction"
The sale of seats for the Duprez s. Benedict
pr performances will commence at Music Hall
next Wednesday morning.
The Boston Journal says: The engagement
of the Stanley McKepna Comedy Company at
the howard Afhep3um closed very abruptly
last night. As the company brought By Mr.
Mckenna TO play "Whms" took a "whim'' of
their own and tfused to perform further until
a lutte matter of salary was adjusted, the house
mad to be closed. The company has not been
very successful since it started GU. from New
YORK, few weeks since, and its COLLAPSE was
not wholly unexpected.