The Portland daily press., 1881-04-07
MUSIC AND THE DRAMA.
BARRETT.

BARRETT.
| Mr. Barrett made his last appearance in
Portland last night, in the characters of Shy
lock and David Garrick to an audience of fair
proportions
Barrett's Shylock possesses many points of
strength and some weaknesses AS long as he
keeps pent up within him the fires of hatred
and revenge that are consuming him, and al
lows them only partial escape. then the con-
centrated passion is admirably expressed.
Such was the case in the court scene where he
refused the money penalty offered him by Bas-
sanio. In makeup he was excellent. David
Garrick presents Mr.. Barrett in one of his
most pleasing Characters. His representation
OF the honest actor determined to keep his
word at the expense Of his love; his drunken
scene in which he fulfilled that promise while
ms heart was breaking; and finally in the con-
Guiding scene where he becomes the husband
OF his cnoice; throughout all these he was ad-
mirable.
vi the support we may say that all appeared
to better advantage in both plays than in Yor-
lck's Love. Miss Wainwright was rather
oyerweighted with Portia although she deliver
ed her lines Understandings, and, in the trial,
reclted the famous speech better than we had
supposed her capable of doing Her Ada Ingot
hNo q plcdolLS doSuulpGlOu, fCSpCCfdIy Inc
lighter scenes of the first act. Miss Story made
beautiful Nerissa, and d comical Mrs Smith.
Messrs, James, Moseley, Rogers and Plunkett
were all good, and, in the play of Garrick, Mr..
Rogers's Simon Ingot was capital.
The audience recalled Mr.. Barrett at tie
close of the Merchant of Venice. During the
second piece the moving of scenery very much
disturbed the house.
WEBER CLUB CONCERT.
City Hall was fairly we'll filed by an appre-
ciative audience last night on the occasion of
the complimentary concert to Mr.. H. W.
Pratt. In the removal from the city of Mr..
prominent members.
The absence of three members of the club
somewhat impaired the strength and balance
of the chorus, but could not destroy the pre-
csion and grace with which their songs were
rendered. clark! the Merry Drum" which
was sung by special request, was perhaps the
most pleasing of their selections, and.was given
wi tn much taste and effect.
Mrs. Halves was in good voice and her bril-
liant execution was well displayed in lGanz's
Nightingale Trill' She was called back
after her song ITO Sevilla" and repeated
portion of it. In the duet "Primavera L.
amore," Mrs. Halves and Miss Bryants voices
blended beautifully. Miss Bryant's pure and
sweet mezzo-soprano was finely displayed in
encore. to which she responded With a. Ban
bury Cross" Mr.. Pratt sung Barnby's
Thousand Leagues Away" and received
hearty applause. Mr.. Stockbridge sung "Mac-
gregor'S Gathering" very finely and received a
well deserved encore. Mr.. Kotzschmar played
the accompaniment with even more than
his usual brilliancy.
EDGEwOoD FOLKS
The story of Edgewood Folks is that of
quiet New England village with a pastor whose
parish is about to bounce him because it is
difficult to raise his salary. News comes that
the pastor has inherited fortune and the con-
spirators form plan for producing will that
will cut off the pastor from the property
Tom Dilloway, the popular young man of the
village, assumes DISCUSSES to thwart the plan.
The pastors sister discovers paper in an old
Bible that makes Faith Hardwicke, TOMS
fancee, the heiress. The pastor seeks the girl,
tells her her good fortune. She marries Tom
lots OF his popular songs and representations,
as Tom. The play will be presented tomor-
row night at Portland Theatre
MESSENGER FROM JARvIs's SECTION.
Next Monday Barney Macauley will appear
at Portland Theatre in the messenger from
Jarvis's Section. The ST. Louis Republican
says:
Mr.. B. Macauley, an old ACTOR and manager,
was very warmly received by large Monday
night attendance. He 500 came to an agreea-
BILE understanding with his audience, and be.
fore the close of the performance the acquain-
lance ripened into admiration. His Uncle
Dan'l is a picture of homely honest country
manhood, as it ought to be and is, if we only
knew whaf0 to find Such He IL q Vaplnn
but novel and sterling. and so remote from the
impossible insanity of the old-school Yankee
tn at the similitude is lost, and a new represen-
tative of Americanism appears, which we hail
with pleasure and relief. The actor readily iden-
titles himself with the part, and really seems
to enjoy the situations which rapidly and vari-
ously succeed each other and never flag in
strong interest