The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1880-03-26
MUSIC AND THE DRAMA.
MRS. SCOTT sIDDoNs.

MhS. SCOII SlDDONo
Mrs. Scott Siddons' reading at Music Hall
tonight will be largely attended judging by the
looks of the box-sheet. The Troy Times says;
There has not been so elegant an entertain
ment in Troy for many day as the readings
by Mrs. Scott-Siddons last evening, and Mu-
sic Hall never held so large and so heightened
an audience. Mrs. Siddons has lost none of
her beauty or grace since she appeared in this
city four years ago; indeed her personal at
fractions have been improved under the soft
skies of Australia, where she has been for
three years. Not only is her beauty fresher,
but she has developed greater powers of voice,
as has shown in her admirable rendering of
"The Greed Of the Bells Her voice is not
sweeter, but stronger than formerly, and she
has it, if possible, more thoroughly under her
control. Hundreds of friends in Troy are
delighted to see again their favorite returned
from her long absence and that the years
have brought her nothing but blessings.
HuMprY DuMPTY.
The Tony Denier Humpty Dumpty troupe
will appear at Music Hall at matinee to-
morrow, and also at the evening performance.
When last here they delighted large audiences.
The Albany Post says:
Tony Denier and his celebrated pantomime
company opened at Martin Opera House last
evening. Immense audience up stairs and
down. Gallery packed. Standing room only.
The entertainment was worthy of just such a
house. Geo. H. Adams (Grimaldi,) the clown,
made great hit. Best clown ON the stage.
Very rapid in his movements and keeps the
audience stirred up at all times. He allows
fun no respite and gives no rest to merriment.
He has nice sense of the comic and never
fails to put the laugh in the right place.
Denier gives his entertainment this evening.
when another $500 house will be present.
Crowd in gently, so as not to break the eggs.
THE BOARDING SCHOOL.
Minnie Palmer's Boarding School, will
appear at Frank Curtis's Theatre next Mon
day, Tuesday and Wednesday evenings The
sale of seats will commence this morning.
CHANDELIERS BAND.
The concert which will be given by Chand-
ler's Band at City Hall next Wednesday even
ing will prove one of the most attractive fea-
lures of the musical season. A number of new
selections will be presented, including many
of the latest successes in the concert world.
PIRATES OF PENzANCE.
The Pirates can be given only on Monday
evening April 9Th. D'Oyly Carte's full COM
pany of fifty people will appear in this opera
Stockbridge's tomorrow morning.
The opera will be conducted by Mr.. Alfred
Collier, and Mr.. D'Oyley Carte, the manager,
will be present. A full orchestra will be pro-
vided. All the new scenery will be brought,
and the opera will be as finely mounted as al
the Globe, Boston.
PALMER'S BOARDING SHCoOL.
The Philadelphia Record says:
The Inauguration of the Park Theatre last
night was an occasion long to be remembered.
Minnie Palmer not only succeed ed in crowd
ing the house with fashionable audience, but
in presenting play well rendered in every
respect. Minnie's School is one of those roll
licking, noisy, laughabe musical farces where
in the interest is not allowed to flag.