The Portland daily press., 1881-10-14
MUSIC AND THE DRAMA.
MY PARTNER.

MY PARTNER.
The excellent dramatic company of Messrs.
Aldrich and Parsloe will present Campbells
"My Partner at Portland Theatre, tonight,
tomorrow night, and also at the Saturday
matinee The drama proved highly success
full when produced at this theatre last season,
drawing crowded houses. The cast-pub-
lshed in the PRESS the other day-is but
slightly altered from what it was then. The
Herald says: "Mr. Barley Campbell has writ
ten several excellent plays, none better, now
ever, than My Partner" In nappiy com
mingling humor and Eomely pathos, the au-
thor appears to have succeeded in giving us
purely American drama, based on incidents
that are possible, ana represented by charac-
tiers that are not extravagant Ihere are no
revolvers or lynchings, no eruption OF red
shirts and slang phrases, but in their place the
home utterances of men and women.
HUMPTV DUMPTY.
Col. Robinson announces in his Humpty
Dumpty Company, which will appear at City
Hall, Saturday, full fifty artists, including
four clowns In addition to the usual enter
tainment in the hall he provides free bal
cony concert and grand exhibition of
fireworks.
MAINS OPERA COMPANY.
Mains company has decided to give three
separate operas on the three nights Of their en-
gagement at Portland Theatre. Monday
"Boccaccio" will be presented, Tuesday DON
ma Juanita, and Wednesday "The Mascotte."
" Boccaccio," it is well known, is the most
taking and satisfactory comic opera that has
been put on the boards in this country for a
long time The music is charming, the scenes
where the opera are laid afford grand oppor-
tunities to costume the piece elegantly. The
troupe gave the opera in a manner that has
never been surpassed, if equaled in Portlanda
Tickets should be secured at once.
THE KELLOGG CONCERT.
The Kellogg Concert will be given at City
Hall October Goth The Herald, speaking of
the concert in Boston, says:
"Miss Clara Louise Kellogg's popularity
with the Boston musical public was again
demonstrated Saturday evening, the Globe
Theatre concert being attended by not only
a very large audience, but one which put lit
tie limit TO its enthusiastic applause The par
ticulariy notable thing about the event as
the remarkable favor shown for the songs and
ballads sang during the evening. Tosti's
Good By" Osgood's "Down a Shadowy
Lane" and .'Way Down Upon the Swanee
River" by Miss Kellogg; Love Once Again"
"Good BY, Sweetheart" and Abt's "Embar-
rassment' by Sig. Brignoli and "Cnarlie
Machree, by Miss Alta Pease, arousing the
audience to extravagant expressions of de-
light.
NOTES.
Miss Annie Louise Cary is ill at the fremont
House in Boston, having caught severe
cold last week, and has been forbidden by her
physician to sing note at present. Conse-
quently she has been compelled to cancel her
concert engagements.
The Intelligent compositor' has seldom
made more awkward mistake than when, in
the New York Tribune's dramatic columns he
states that ''the coarsaness that somewhat en-
bsrrassed Mr.. Booths efforts last week has
mostly worn of" fAs the papers had previous
ly spoken of Mr.. Booth as suffering from a
severe cold it is probable the critic of his per-
Torrance wrote of his hoarseness being re-
lieved. One can imagine the amiable Mr..
Winter tearing his hair the next morning
when he read the implied accusation against
his favorite actors lack of refinement.