The Portland daily press., 1881-11-02
MUSIC AND THE DRAMA.
PATIENCE,

| PATIENCE.
Friday evening the Grayson Opera Troupe
| will produce Patience" at Portland Theatre
full description of which opera was published
in yesterdays PRESS. The company incl udes
| Mrs IA. e. I'll. Garter, the favorite soprano, the
talented Miss Helen Grays on, Messrs. Sidney
| Smith, Wallace Allen, Henry Molten, the
celebrated church choir chorus, and Schiller
| bund sextette. Patience" will be produced
Friday, "Olivette" Saturday matinee, and the
s'Mascotte" Saturday evening. The Boston
Journal says:
"Bright and thoroughly enjoyable was the
performance of the Mascot at the Museum.
| All the conditions were favorable; the audi
| ence was very large and predisposed to enthus-
| iasm; the members of the cast were highly
successful, and the favorites of the Grayson
| company, soloistS and choruseS, contributed
their share to the general pleasure of the even
| ing. With Helen e. FL. Carter as Bettina, it
| would be impossible not to be well satished.
The lady, SO deseryedly popular, has rarely APP
peared to such advantage. She looked charm
ing in all the scenes, acted with good Judg-
ment, and sang with remarkably good effect !"
UNCLE DAN'L.
On Monday and Tuesday evenings of next
week Mr.. B. McAuley will appear for the Sec
ond time before a Portland audience in his
noted character of Uncle Dan'l which has
brought to him goodly share OF fame during
the past four years. The play of "a Messen-
ger from Jarvis Section" is not soon forgotten
by anyone who has ever witnessed it. 1t is a
picture of large-hearted large-bodied rustic,
who has great sympathy for the misfortunes OF
others and is always ready to lend helping
hand to those in distress. Hearing of the PEI
cuniary troubles OF his widowed sister-in law
he leaves his country home in Maine and goes
to Boston in search of her misery brother,
who rightfully owes her money. Taking with
him patent "annihilator" and some new
STYLED handouts, which he facetiously calls
maine bracelet" he starts on his errand OF
justice and mercy. The adventures enconn-
tered in the quest give Mr.. McAuley fine OPP
portunities for acting, which is by turns lhum-
Orous and pathetic. Through it all he never
drops the simplicity of character which is as
ready to weep at the prospective parting with
the little wait Clip, as to face single-handed
the roughs encountered in Keppler's bar-room.
The play itself is not a zone part piece, but
possesses many delightful character drawings,
giving the members of the supporting company
chances to display their respective talents. To
summit all up, star, company and play all COM
bine to render the engagement one OF the
brightest and most successful OF the season.
NOTES.
The tickets are selling well for the Gerster
concert to be given in City Hall, Nov. 49,
The Carreno-Donaldi concerts, one of which
will soon be given in Portland, have been very
successful in other cities.
Miss Georgia E. Cayvan met with very en-
thusiastic reception at Bath, her native city,
on her appearance there as "Hazel Kirke,"
with the Madison Square Theatre. A beauti-
full bouquet was sent to her with a very pleas
ant tribute to her worth. The letter was signed
by Mayor Hyde and twenty-five of the princi-
pal citizens. Miss Cayvan received the bouquet
during her engagement at Lewiston and &C
knowledged it by polite note of thanks.