The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1882-02-10
MUSIC AND THE DRAMA.
THE PLANTERS WIFE.

The PLANTER Wlrh.
"The Planters Wife, will be produced at
Portland Theatre for the first time tonight,
and judging by the ecomiums bestowed upon
the play by the press generally-which have
been published from day to day in these COL
umns-there can be no doubt that very peas
ant evening may be passed in witnessing it.
The principal characters will be assumed by
members of the profession who bear capital
reputation for ability, among them misses
Henrietta Vaders Rose and Keene, and Mr..
Mr.. Craig, The tickets have met ready sale.
CHANDELIERS BAND.
Everybody who heard the first concert given
in the Chandeliers Band course will wish to
hear the second which will be given next
Tuesday evening. Walter Emerson stands,
with Levy and Arbuckle, among the leading
cornet players of the country. The Weber
Club are possessed of excellent talent ana
show capital drill in their singing. Little Ber-
tie Webb is great favorite, and the band Will
favor the audience with some admirable selec-
tions.
DREAMS.
Willie Edouin and Alice Anterior are well
known here in connection with Rice's com.
panies. Both appeared in Horrors and
"Minnehaha" not SO very long ago and gave
satisfaction. Edouin is called one Of the best
burlesque actors in the country. His farcical
musical extravaganza of Dreams or fun in
Photograph Gallery" is said to be very funny.
In addition to the regular theatre orchestra
Mr.. Purdys special "Sparks" orchestra of So
loists will appear. The sale of seats commences
to-day at Portland Theatre, and the perform
ances will be given Monday and Tuesday
next
NOTES.
Everybody will be glad to hear that the
Portland Minstrels will reappear at Portland
Theatre February IL.
Miss Emma Thursby is to sing in the Col
she will visit Brussels, and next, possibly, some
of the southern capitals. The date OF her re-
turn to the United States is as yet undecided
Miss Lillian Norton is to make her debut at
the Grand Opera, Paris. in February, and it is
believed that she will continue the success
which she has already achieved elsewhere.
The various runors that Miss Griswold's
voice is fatigued-that she has decided to re-
tire for time etc, are .groundless She IS
singing in "Don Juan" in Paris, and continues
to give satisfaction.
Krauss appeared Friday night in Paris as
Marguerite" in Gonoud's Faust" She is
German of any south-this homely Krauss
with the voice of nightingale, and she
chooses to dress her Margaret in style never
before seen on the stage, and to give the SIM
PAo N~AAA sA'S S--N-SN
are distressed, as they would be at any innova-
ton, whatever its value or importance. Krauss
is incomparably the best artist that the Nation
al Academy of Music at present possesses.
The Greek tragedy of "QEdipus Tyrannus''
is laid away again in classic retirement. The
receipts Booths Theatre, New York,
during the week it was upon the
stage there amounted to about $4,000. Mr..
Daniel Frohman and Miss Ober, the managers
by whom it was brought out in Boston and in
New York, have concluded that it is not adj
visable to produce it in any other of the cities
of the Union.
Carlotta Patti, with her husband. De
Muncke, the violoncelist is giving concerts in
Germany.
Mile. Lauri of Col Maplesons opera COM
pany is a Chicago lady, whose name was Lily |
Andrews. She left Chicago after the fire in |
that city and made her home in New York, |
where she was married to a Mr.. Lowery. Her |
stage name of Lauriis an adaptation of her |
husbands name. She is not only Ameri- |
can in her birth but is American in her must |
cal education. which she received in New |
York
We have received from Mr.. Frohman, man. |
ager of the Madison Square Theatre Company, |
a lovely souvenir of the Tooth presentation of |
Esmerelda" at that theatre. 1t is an idealized |
portrait of the heroine painted on panel by |
Mr. G. Wiley Presbury and represents very |
lovely face.