The Portland daily press., 1882-11-17
MUSIC AND TEE DRAMA:
xAeuR,s mrNrrRELs.

1AGuB'S MINTTRELS.
Hague's British Minstrels will appear at
Portland Theatre next Monday and Tuesday
evenings and the sale of seats will commence
this morning. The New York Clipper says:
Indeed thelfrs lpartwas more like high class
ballad or operate concert than minstrel show
The entertainment was enthusiastically re-
celved throughout and made most pronounc-
ed success
THE GALLEY SLAVE.
BARLEY Campbells Galley Slave compa-
ny will appear at Portland Theatre tonight.
The New York Herald says Miss May Wilkes
who sustains the character of Cicely Blaine is
well supported by Miss Eda Clayton as Fran
cesca Remini, Mr.. Frank Evans as Sidney
Norcott, Mr.. Walter Adrian as Baron LIE Bots,
and the other members of the company. The
pathos, passion and humor of the piece are ef-
fectually rendered, and the applause bestowed
Dy the spectators attest the appreciation OF the
efforts of the artists. The setting of the scenic
views of Venice, Rome, Marseilles and Paris is
excellent, and the performance admirable
throughout.
The Litta concert will be given at Portland
Theatre the Oath inst. The Chicago News
Letter says: 1.-THE musical season Of 1928
was most brilliantly inaugurated by the Litta
Grand Concert Company, who gave the initial
concert since their reorganization at Central
Music Hall. The large hall was fairly throng-
cd with magnificent audience The doors
Were besieged half an hour before the concert
began. Every available inch of standing room
was eagerly utilized. The stairw avs were
crowded, and the legend breathing room only
ought to have been displayed at the portals OF
the hall. 1t is safe to say that finer audience
h as seldom attended musical entertainment
in Chicago and Patti, Gerster, and other lam
inaries of transcendant brightness have visited
us many times.
PORTLAND MINsTRELs.
The Portland Minstrels had good house at
Saccarappa Wednesday evening. The first
part was excellent. The jokes of SymonSs
and Armand were literally applauded, also
the singing of Messrs. Somers and O'Brion.
Mr.. Elwell was an admirable interlocutor.
Then followed the olio. Nixon danced SUI
perb clog; Smith gave excellent banjo solos
and Symonds made the hit of the show in his
aged negro songs and dances, and answered to
several encores. Saccarappa was perfectly sat
istied and extended cordial invitation for the
company to play again. Mr.. Grimmer fur
nished excellent music.
DUPREz AND BENEDICTs.
The Worcester Spy says: There were no
vacant seats in the theatre last evening, and
the entertainment given by Duprez and Bene-
diets MinsIrels fully sustained their reputation
for first class performances" The troupe APP
pears here November oath at City Hall
NOTES
John Murray has come to grief at Topeka,
Kansas, whore his theatrical troupe has just
in debt. Murray and his wife Grace
Garland, played to losing business at Portland
Theatre last year.
youth" by the Boston Theatre Company
at Portland Theatre November 9th and 28th
The sale of seats for Patience to be gwen
at City Hall Thanksgiving, commenced at
Stock bridges yesterday.
Don't forget the maninee at the Lyceum to-
Dolle Dntton, whose death was announced
by telegraph yesterday, was born in Natick in
1866, and at the time of her birth weighed two
and one-half pounds. When six months old
owing to the Inconvenience occasioned by
frequent calls If visitors to the house of her
parents, they took her to Boston and exhibited
her on the Public Garden in tent to large
crowds Of people. Later, when two years of
age, she was exhibited in Music Htll by Al
bert Morton, 10 crowded houses, creating an in
tense interest in her in Boston and vicinity
From Boston she went to adjacent cities and
towns, and, finally. travelling throughout the
United States and Canada, showing ia all the
principal cities aud towns at ont time in con-
nection with Commodore Mutt Her hight at
the present time is three feet, and when Is
years OF age she weighed only IL pounds. In
1879 she was married to B. f. Sawin, TO whom
she bore one child, which died in infancy.
Shortly after marriage she became separated
from her husband, and owing to domestic
troubles she became insane.