The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1883-11-17
MUSIC AND DRAMA.
sRyEN-rwENry-E1GHT.

sRvEN-TwENry-EIGHT
Days adaptation from the German, entitled
"7-2o-S, or Casting the Boomerang" was per-
formed In this city for the first time at the
Portland Theatre last night. The audience
evidently enjoyed the play, for ripples of
laughter were constant The plot, as already
published in the PRESS, hinges upon a picture
in an art exhibition, numbered "7-So-S."
gentleman of leisure falls in love with the
picture OF lady, and an English lord with
the picture OF the mastiff at her feet, and from
these facts grow many absurd situations and
much bright dialogue. There is good deal of
force In the composition Of the piece, of the
"Our boarding House" character. But the
fun and humor are clean and wholesome, and
each character is sketch In itself. In the
hands OF star stock company, like that of
Days, we can imagine how great success
the piece must have had in the metropolis,
since in the hands of the Rehan Combination
there is good deal of sparkle exhibited. The
characters are very finely taken, and especial
praise is dueaMrs Maeder, as Mrs Bargiss, the
lady who conspires with Professor Gasleigh to
print her husbands sonnets in an 'sedition de
M1e" and surprise the old man." to Mr..
Barnan as the Professor; to Mr.. Raymond as
the Slgncr Iamoorinl, the agile D,aitre de BAL
let, and Mr.. Hotto az Mr.. Bargiss
Mr.. Grimmer's selections were very pleasing
Everybody should see "7-20-S," the latest New
York success, tonight
Lawrence Barrett will be at the Portland
Theatre, Dec. I'D and Mrs. Langtry during
the first week in January.
Among the new faces at the Lyceum next
WAak will ha Harrv Fit1oarold nh do
lineator, In six changes, and Win Sheppard,
song and dance artist. Gibson and Binney
and Lottie Zalia remain another week.
Mansfield opens as star at Mckee RaDkin's
Theatre, New York, on December 10 in the
Partisan Romance, going thence to Cincinnati,
st. Louis, Cleveland, Detroit, Buffalo, Toron-
to, Canada, Albany and Boston.
Mr. M. B. Curtis drew nearly all the theatre
going people in Brooklyn district Thursday
evening with his SamI of Posen, and repeated
the success made at Haverly's few weeks
ago. The partnership existing between Man
ager SWEET and Mr.. Curtis has come to an end.
Mr.. Swett.has been engaged as manager at
large salary.
Mary Anderson's receipts in London last
week at the Lyceum Theatre were 81 ,807, or
in dollars about $9.035, which is more than an
average of Dir. IrviDg's receipts in that
theatre.
Charles Crosby, who is Clara Louise KEEL
loeg' cousin, has been for some time now sup
ported by the Actors Fund. He is i'll and
destituts.-~Miss Kellogg gave benefit per
formance in his behalf some months ago,
which Detted the mgnifcent sum of SAG.
Miss Kellogg, who is rich, seems to think she
has gone as far as any generous and wealthy
woman ought in the way OF succoring her
helpless relative and ex-manager. Well, per-
haps.
Messrs. Robson and Cranes new play, by
Clay Greene and somebody else, looks like a
funny coDceit. 1t is a travesty ON the melo.
dramatic line OF plays. Crane plays the part
| OF murderer, who places the body OF his
| victim in trunk The trunk is checked
along with the rest of the baggage, and ge,s
| lost. Mr.. Crane starts In terrified pursuit of
| the trunk, and Mr.. Robson, as detective,
starts in hot pursuit of Mr.. Crane. 1t finally
| transpires that the man Is not killed, and the
| piece ends at that.
| A curious bit of gossip going the rounds con-
| corning Henry Irving is that he has snabbed
William IL Vanderbilt in the most marked
| manner Vanderbilt, who rather fancies the
| role OF patron of the arts, had given out that
| Irving was to be in some sort bis guestwhie in
! New York. Instead OF which Irving has per-
sistently refused to have any thing to do with
| the railroad millionaire. AS Abbey is also
| manager OF the new opera hDnse in which the
| Vanderbilt interest rules Vanderbilt's people
appealed to Abbey to reason with Irving. But
! the latter declined peremptorily to be reasoned
| with, and Mr.. Abbey is said to be at present
| very unhappy between the two. The patron
| OF the arts who is not allowed to patronize is
| miserable, notwithstanding his millions, and
does not see how his millions are going to help
him. He cannot pay all New York to stay
away from Jrvlng'S performances,