The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1880-06-24
AMUSEMENT NOTES.

/ tour Of the Sound.
Bandmaun and company left for The
I Dalles Tuesday morning, where they
will play for i've nights.
The Handel and Haydn Society will
give the last concert Of the present series
on Friday night July p.
Miss Sonora Witherell, one Of Port
I lands favorite elocutionists, sailed for
San Francisco by the Oregon.
Miss Annie Adams, Little Maud aud
Z Mr. Allen, late Of the star Dramatic
I Company, left for San Francisco on
Tuesday morning.
One night last week u gentleman in
the audience was heard TO suggest that
Bandmann IN future confine his efforts
10 low comedy, as he would make a fine
Dutch comedian.
Miss Georgia Woodthorpe, Miss Kate
Chester, Mr.. Edgar Walton aud Mr..
Huntington having severed their con-
nection with the Bandmann troupe,
Mrs. Wade, Miss Douglas, Mr.. Lindsay,
Mr.. Sutherland, Mr.. Wade aud Mr..
Dennis were engaged to strengthen the
company.
The Summer Nights Musical Festi-
val" at the Mechanics Pavilion next
Saturday evening. for the benefit Of the
Ladies' Aid Society, given by the
Mariner Campbell concert company,
assisted by Mes,rs, Kinross, franklin
and Ninton, with a chorus Of one hun
dred voices, will undoubtedly be the
musical event Of the season.
The OregOni0n makes good sugges-
tton in regard to closing the entrances
Of the Mechanics Pavilion ou Saturday
evening during the rendition OF each
number of the musical festival, that
those who come in proper season may
not be annoyed by laggards. II would
also be well 10 suppress certain "fresh"
reporters who are wont to prance around
the auditoriums, to the disgust aud an
noyance Of the audience.
a dispatch from Marshall, Texas, says
that Currie, the man who killed the ac-
tor Porter about a year ago, has been
acquitted on the ground OF insanity.
Miss Nellie Cummins, in whose defense
Porter was acting when murdered, was
present as a witness at the trial, the re-
suit OF which caused great excitement
and Indignation. The lady is well
known TO old Portland theater- goers,
she having played at the Orc Fino The.
ater with the Bates troupe.
Mr.. Bandmann's rendition Of "Ham-
let' last Thursday evening was uudoubt-
edly one OF his best efforts in this city.
He was suffering from hoarseness, /
which forced him to speak slower than 1
usual and made him more easily under .
stood. Miss Louise Boudet, as Ophelia, I
was excellent, and won a deserved re- /
call. Miss Georgia Woodthorpe strug- /
gled under too heavy load as the Queen. /
Among the gentlemen, Mr.. Lindsay, a.
he Ghost, was the only Que entitled to
my praise. Mr.. Sutherland's manner
sms aud iDdividualities are too well
Known to the public already. But the I
grand burlesque part Of the performance
vas the HOratiO Of John Mcguire His
ich brogue was laughable, and bis lg-
lOrance Of his lines lamentable. A
ierman Hamlet and an Irish HOratio
ire seldom seen playing together, espe.
tally when neither can discard his ac.
'ent. The stage manager III they have
mel, or somebody, should attach
weights TO Mr.. GOrdon's wrists to keep
lis hands of his hips. The gentleman
should endeavor 10 break the awkward \
habit OF standing with arms akimbo
while on the stage The King, by Mr..
Doyle, might have been improved upon
without much effort. The remainder Of
The cast showed no improvement on
that Of the opening night.
The late Extraordinary" season AT .
New Market came To a fitting close last
Monday evening, on which occasion .
Richard III.n was given. The attend .
ance showed a falling of Of one-half
since the opening night. There may
have been worse representations Of
Richard Ill., on the stage than the .
one Ir. Bandmann gave, but We have .
not seen them. At times he showed
true artists conception OF the crafty and I
cruel tyrant, but they were rare indeed. .
One moment he would be striding, tear .
ing aud Tanting about the stage, utterly /
oblivious TO his infirmities and deformi-
ties, and the next be limping around l
somewhat after the style Of Pierre, the .
Cripple. His poor pronunciation was
never more plainly noticeable, as on an .
average hardly one-half Of each sentence
cOuh be understood. However, there il
a sort Of fascination in every endeavor
that taxes the energies 10 the utmost
and we presume this was the feeling OF
his audience as IL sat there breathlessly
every nerve to catch one word
IN three. The support, with few excep-
ions, was eXecrable. Little Dot, as the
Duke Of York, was excellent, aud that
he audience appreciated the little one
vas shown by the hearty applause she
'eceived. Mrs. Wade, Miss Douglas,
'lr. Lindsay and Mr.. Dennis were the
'nly ones that seemed to have any par
icular idea Of what they had to do or
ay, or what they were there for. The
'Oices of two prompters-a mans and
be plainly heard at all
lines, both seemingly with speaking
rumpets. It is to be hoped that, when
uture engagements extraordinary"
re to be played in this city, some atten-
eutiOn will be given to rehearsals and
etails.