The Portland daily press., 1881-04-04
MUSIC AND THE DRAMA.


BARRETT.
Tonight Mr.. Lawrence Barrett will appear
at Portland Theatre as "Richelieu," a charact-
er that many consider tAe best in his roper
toire. With all his faults, Mr.. Barrett has at
tanned a position on the American stage that
entities him to be called a leading American
tragedan. While we should have preferred a
Change in the programme for this engagement
since the actor has quite an extensive roper
toire and appeared in all the plays advertised
quite recently in Portland-still the attractions
will be sufficient to crowd the house. Already
there has been large advance sale of seats.
WEBER CLUB.
The following will be the programme for
the Weber Club concert to be given next
Wednesday evening:
Chorus -Hark! the trumpet calleth. . -. Buck
Weber Club.
Mrs. Halves and Miss Bryant.
Song-A Thousand Leagues Away .......... Barnby
Mr.. H. w. Pratt.
Fannie NJ. Halves ia,Ies. D'sS''ue'
Chorus-Dearest maiden, dance with me. ... Vogel
song-rhe Pages s %seer Club. Ard,tt;
Miss Margaret Bryant.
Mr. W. H stociDridge sullivan
Weber Club.
song-The nightingale's trill............. .Ganx
Mrs. Hawes
Weber Club.
q The Post horn. ....Schubert
ID Cradle Song. ::.......... ......Brahms
Miss Bryant.
Chorus, with O5ligato-Farewell, my native land,
Mrs. Halves and Weber Club.
lockwood FOLKS.
Speaking of Mr.. Russell and his farce
comedy, to be given at Portland Theatre next
Friday and Saturday, the New York Graphic
says: 'Edgewood Folks new comedy
written for Mr.. Sol Smith Russell, found as
warm welcome in New York last night as it
has elsewhere. Mr.. Russell's Tom Dilloway
is creation, and is full enough of rapid
changes to satisfy lover of pantomime, and
has manliness enough about it to please bish-
op. During the play Mr.. Russell was over
whelmingly applauded. He kept the house
in roar of laugbter-het work as laughter is
in August-and answered encores again and
again. In the relation of her love experiences
as Hulda Jane Hardwicke, he was simply i'm
mense. The supports in all the parts were adj
mirable. If you want thorough shaking up
go and see Russell in 'Edgewood Folks The
Deekin sez so too" The following will be
the cast
Tom Dilloway Gin which character he will introduce
severers of his famous songs and specialties),
Sol Smith Russell
Rev. Arthur Melville. Charles Rockwell
ferguson; .............J. W; Lanergan
Trabey Fitzalmont :.;...... b. L. Ringgold
Dea. Absalom Hardwicke. ... ..Sol Smith
Fosdick Skinner ,........... Walter Lennox, Sr.
y. AQOlpluS Gibson VIM. Warrington
Mr; Sprlngton........ ..............; Harry Davis
Faith, adopted daughter of Dea Hardwicke),
Miss Carrie McHenry
Phoebe Qhalfsister aud housekeeper to Melville),
Mrs. Sol Smith
Annie Dilloway. Miss Matte Earle
Hulda Jane Hardwicke. Miss Nellie Taylor
Matilda Bates Miss Jennie Wharton
Little Lylvia .............. Little Belle Wharton
NOTES.
There IS to be vocal and instrumental con-
cert, with dramatic reading, under the aus
pices of the Guild, at the Swedenborgian YES
try Thursday evening.
The Gorham, N. H., Mountaineer says
that the concert Thursday evening, by the
management of Mr.. John L. Shaw, was one of
the best, and all speak highly in its praise.
Nearly every piece was encored, the duet of
Miss Milliken and Mr.. Shaw entitled master
and Scholar" bringing the heartiest applause
ever given by an audience of our people.
NNSSOAJ
Portland.
They say that Frederick Paulding's mother
has sunk over 1000 in the attempt to make
her son paying tragic star.
1t is intimated that James Gordon Bennett
will bring Johann Strauss, the waltz writer and
conductor, to Newport this summer as an at
traction for the Casino.
Mr.. Nat Goodwin, who sails for England ON
June Sd, will be accompanied on his return to
this country by his wife eliza Weathersby)
and probably two of her sisters.
There is a rumor afloat that Mr.. NJ B.
Leavitt contemplates the erection of new
theatre on fremont street, Boston, near the
junction of Shawmut avenue
The zone Hundred Wives combination,
which has been playing at the Park Theatre
for the past fortnight, will appear in other
New England cities during the next two
weeks.
Mr.. Mapleson announces his intention to
bring from London next season a complete
and thoroughly organized opera comique COM
pany, for the purpose of presenting a series Of
new operettas, with an artistic completeness
which has not yet been attained in this coun-
try. The musical direction will be under a
celebrated maestro.