The Portland daily press., 1879-03-28
MUSIC AND THE DRAMA.
LAWRENCE BARRETT.

LAWRENCE BAhhEIIs
Mr.. Lawrence Barrett. the we'll known ira
gedian, will appear tonight at the Portland
Theatre as Rchelieu, supported by members OF
the Boston Museum Company. AS Misses
Clarke, Wainwright, Harold, Mrs. Vincent
Messrs. Crisp, Warren. Haworth and Barron
are playing "Our Boys'' at the Museum, and
Mr.. Wilson is off on fortnigbt's vacation,
good deal of curiosity is manifested as to the
members who will support Mr.. Barrett.
Mr.. Barrett is an actor of eminence on the
American stage, aud, OF course, he would mol
be willing to appear in play like Richeiieo
without having the other characters well taken,
especially as Mary Anderson. who has Just
preceded him, was so we'll supported, ana as
his audiences will embrace our most cuitiVatou
and critical people.
The sale of seats has been large and
crowded audience will greet Mr.. Barrett, VINO
has not appeared here since he took the part OF
Csssius In the great Julius Cesar cast.
Since writing the above we have received the
following cast:
Cardinal Richelieu. .........Mr. Lawrence Barrett
De Mauprat .......,..... .....Mr. B. R. Graham
Barauas MI. 1. e. I.a
Joseph MIR. Alfred hn o sou
Louis ALL. MT r. Sai i've
De Beringhen. ...................M Mr. j. A Smith
P Francois Mr. ". G ccwper
De Clermont. .........,.... 80, Mr. W. a. Morris
Secretary Of State. Mr. W. bG .ol
julie DE Mortimer. ....,........ Miss Georgia yer
Marion De Lorme. ............. Miss Sadie Martinez
Msssrs. Graham, Smith and Nolan are old
members of the Museum company. Mr., Mar
tin is we'll known here. Miss Tyler is q young
lady of talent who has lately recovered from
severe illness, and Miss Martinez is favorite
in Portland.
NORTH AND SOUTH.
Wednesday evening next the Grand Army
boys will produce the great military drama Of
North and South at City Hall. Charlie Col
Inns will give his great impersonation of the
Dutch recruit, and J. G. Steele that of the
Union Scout. Grin Richardson, the scene
painter of the Globe Theatre, Boston, arrived
yesterday with the elegant drop scene and sew
eral Others, and will be busily engaged paint :
ing at City Building until Tuesday next The
price of tickets is placed at a very low figure,
and Chandler will provide excellent music.
SUBSCRIPTION CONCERTS.
The subscription list for the concerts to be
given at Rossini Hall is filling rapidly with
the names of we'll known citizens. Besides
the talent already announced in the PRESS we
notice the names Of Mr.. Quicken, Remenyis
pianist, who will play two solos while the
great violinist will furnish three A lady vo-
caist will assist at the same concerts,a different
one at each, and in fact, there will be five diff.
erent lady vocalists assist at the five concerts
The violin player in the string quartette will
be Mr. Ackroyd, and the vocalist Mrs. G. N.
Allen. The price of subscriptions to the three
evening concerts will be 1925 and to the two
matinees $1.50.
Geo. A. Jones's Boston Piuafore COMPANY
goes from Portland TO the Provinces and will
return here after Easter. They gave per-
formancs at Biddeford last night were so we'll
pleased with the Portland Theatre orchestra
they were invited to 60 too, but were con-
PEELED to decline
Miss Josephine Bates of Boston. pupil of
Kalluk Of Berlin, Is one of the successful psan-
ist debutantes this season.
Nine. Treballe will assume the part of Car
men in New York next season.
1t is expected that Mr.. Gilbert's new play,
"Gretchen'-his modern version of "Dr Faus-
tus''-will be made known to the public next
Saturday evening.
Mr.. Hollingshead has accepted two new pie
ees for the Gaiety...one burlesque Of Victor
Hugo's novel, by Mr.. 81. j. Byron, entitled
"Pretty Esmerelda and Captain Pbebus OF
Ours" and the other three-act farcical come.
dy, by Mr.. f. @. Burnand, entitled "Boulogne.
Opera-gosrs sometimes wonder at the trans
position made b7 different managers of Two
scenes in Faust. Now the church scene pre-.
cedes the death of Valentine, and again the or
der is reversed. Tae composer, GouDod, being
appealed to for the proper order. gave his sane
ton to both, Here is translation of his note ::
"The dramatic order observed by Goethe re-
q1ires that Valentines death scene should pre-
cede the church scene. and hus conceived
my work. Nevertheless, some considerati
of naiSe-en-scene have inverted this order. and
now at the Grand Opera, the death of Valen.
tine concludes the fourth act. So doing, they
End the advantage of a finale with musical
masses instead of a simple scene of two Der.
sons. have no other thought on this subject.
Both versions are possible, and think that
both are satisfactory. Muscaly speaking, 1
prefer to close the act by the death of Yalen-
tine.''
Miss Charlotte w. HAYES of Boston will de-
liver her lecture on "Songs and Ball ads" in
this city on the 10th of April.