The Portland daily press., 1883-03-07
MUSIC AND DRAMA.


BUgFALo BILL.
Friday and Saturday, Buffalo Bill will ap-
pear at Portland Theater. An exchange says:
Buffalo Bill had large house at Heucks.
The gallery was packed to suffocation ana ~ me
lower part of the house comfortably filed Ihe
| play Twenty Days is similar to all TO All Oh
Buffalo Bill's pieces, with good deal OF ciap
| trip and nonsense, but it is certainly petler
| than any he has ever presented here before.
Bill is the hero of the play, and manages to be
on hand in the critical moments when the ner-
oine is rescued and the villain foiled. On, IL
is wonderful. Bill grins satirically; says "No
you don't;" points his pistol; the william COW
wild and tremendous applause from the gallery
fairly shakes the house. Buffalo Bill compa-
ny this year is the best he has ever had and the
| scenery is beautiful.
THE TRoUHADoURs.
Speak ing Of the Troubadours who will be
here Monday night, the Roston Journal says;
AT the Globe Theatre that merry and musical
party, Salsbury's Troubadours will reappear
tomorrow evening, and present, for the nrst
time In this city, new piece written Tor them
by Mr. Bronson Howard (author OF 'Ihe BANK
eFs's Daughter" etc), and entitled ''Greenroom
Fun" This play was designed to furnish the
members OF the company with characters SUIT
ed to their varied comic and musical aDlllty,
and TO place them in the most amusing and ex-
travagant situations, and, If the press where
they have appeared in it this season IS TO Do
credited. the design has been admirably accom-
plished. The "motif" is the rehearsal and per-
sal and performance of play by amateurs, un-
der the direction of heavy tragedian OF the
old school, and is is easy to see what fund OF
mirth can be evoked from it by such clever
people as Miss Nellie McHenry, Miss Samuels,
Messrs. Salisbury, Webster and Gourlay. The
Troubadours remain but one week.
MRS. OSCAR A. FRYE.
The Lawrence American Of the 2Sth ult.,
contain an extended notice of concert in that
city, complimentary to Mrs. Oscar A. Frye OF
that city. The City Hall was completely filed
by the friends of the beneficiary. The Amefi-
can says: OF course the prominent feature of
the evening and one to which the audience
looked with great expectancy was the appear
ance OF the lady in compliBent TO whom the
concert WAS rendered, Mrs. Oscar a. Frye of
this city, and when she appeared on the stage
is was the signal for long continuedaand hearty
applause. Mrs. Fryes first selection was Bella
Siccome,' from Don Pasquale, piece well
calculated TO show the power and breath OF a
singers voice, and in this respect the iady's ef-
fort fuly came up to the expectations OF her
listeners. Added to this was sweetness, and
correctness OF method which showed The result
OF the lady's careful JrrainiDg under her teach
er, Mr.. Leavitt, and also proved the hard study
ana steady application spent to obtain these re-
suits. On being recalled Mrs. Frye sang with
much expression song entitled 'Go away,
says Mary" written by Mr.. Leuvitt and dedi-
Gated to herself Oh leaving the stage she was
presented wilh an elegant b 'sket of flowers
and floral horse shoe. composed of white
pinks, the nails iu heliotropes. The many
friends of Mrs Frye in Portland will be graft
fied to note this evidence of the high appre-
ciation in which she is held in the city where
she resides
THE LYcEUM.
Another large audience gathered at this pop
ular place of amusement last evenling. ''ZAlia'
and Lottie Ward are good cards. A word OF
praise should be said of Mr.. Harvey Collins,
the stage manager for his faithful attendance
to his duties in that line and his careful and
fine renditioIs of all parts. Mr. Collins leaves
on the seventh inst TO fill a summers en-
gagement as leading man at an Evansville,
Ind. theatre. May he return here next season.