The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1881-12-22
MUSIC AND THE DRAMA.
THE TOURISTS.

THE TOURISTS.
Tomorrow and Saturday evenings Messrs.
Smith & Mestayers celebrated comedy and
musical organization, the Tourists in Pull
man Car, will again appear at Portland Thea
tire. In addition, we are informed, to the for
mer attractiveness of the entertainment, it has
been greatly strengthened for the present sea-
son by the addition of many new scenes and
sayings and new and exceedingly talented
company. The music also is of the newest
and best class, and is rendered in an artistic
manner by cultivated voices. The following
musical selections will be introduced Trio
from Gilbert & Sullivan's "Patience;" Tour
lists Nursery Rhymes" "All on account of
Eliza" from Billee Taylor; Conspiracy Choir
as," from BULGE Taylor; Charity Girls"
from Billee Taylor; ''Bell Chorus" from Oil
vette; Trio, 81 reckon we will" from the
Musketeers; fThe Tourists In Pullman Car"
written expressly for the Tourists; scotch
Lassie JEAN" original with the Tourists; Go
Wonder;' ''Sister Mary so Contrary" "Carry
me back to Old Virginia. new version;
when yon and were young" Way down
in Mobile" original with the Tourists; sThe
Tourists Parade arranged by John p. Smith
for the TOURISTS; when the sun rises in the
that Postum was DAM. "Wide Riber ober
Jordan;" grand finale, Tourists March,"
THE sTRATEGISTS.
The "Strategists' will be at Portland Thea
tire Monday and Tuesday evenings. The au-
thor of "The Strategists" had no serious pur-
pose in writing the four acts of which the play
consists. 1t was written for fun. And since
he has made it very funny he certainly may be
credited with a success. The humor of it lies
not SO much in the dialogue (Which, however,
is bright and laughabe) as in the absurdity of
the situations brought about by the strategists,
who plot to obtain the consent of the fathers OF
the hero and heroine to match between them.
Mr.. Polk is the principal strategisi, and his
unctuous humor finds plenty of room for ex-
preston in the comicality of the various d.
lemmas in which he is placed, and in which
he places others. The laughter throughout
the play is almost continuous.
NOTES.
The Tribune says.-"Miss Dora Wiley, who
fills the part of Patience, is singer whose
talents shone with no mean radiance in the
concert room before she transferred them to
comic opera She sings 18th charming ease
and correctness and acts we'll, though too con-
sciously and with too little regard for the milk
maid simple and artlesS character
The Daily News announces that Mr.. Sulli-
van, the composer, has gone to Egypt for the
winter for the benefit of his health, and that
comic opera which is to produced simultane-
ously in England and America
Wednesday night, in New York, John Nc
Cullough, at the Fifth Avenue, acted Brutus.
Madame Janauschek appeared at the Windsor
Theatre. The Vokes Family came out at
Booths Theatre in bellies of the Kitchen"
Miss Annis Pixley began an engagement at
the Grand Opera House, appearing as IN liss."
The Hanlou-Lees appeared at Niolo's in lie
Voyage en- suisse" Haverly's Opera Com
-.
"Olivetie" was revived at the Bijou Theatre
with Selma Dolaro in the chief part.