The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1883-10-16
MUSIC AND DRAMA.
THE sHAUGHRAuN.

THE SHAUGdhAONs
The Grattan Literary Society presented
Boucicaults Irish drama, The Shaughraun, at
the Portland Theatre last evening for the bene-
fit of Mr.. P. j. McCalum. The house was
filled to overlooking with an appre ciative and
enthusiastic audience. The drama was acted
and staged in a manner that did not differ
materially from that of last spring. Mr.. T. j.
McCallum as the Shaughraun was excellent.
The large audience applsuded his fine acting
with generous and well merited applause. Mr..
j. P. Welch's conception of the Sergeant was
original and finely rendered. In the first and
fourth acts he convulsed tire house. AS Mrs
OKelly Mr.. James E. Flaherty was irresist
lble. The scene between him and Con IN the
second act provoked the greatest laughter and
applause. The wake scene in the third act
was unique. Mr.. McCallum was called before
the curtain at the end of the second act The
Grattans are to be congratulate on the success
OF the entertainment.
LycEUM THEATRE.
The new bill at the Lyceum drew frst-rate
house last night. All the various features
were loudly applauded but the new serio-
comic artist, Miss Florence Marshall, especial
ly pleased by her grace and voice. Messrs.
Reynolds and Arnold, the change artists, were
immense. Be sure and go and see the new
company.
Moths" Mr.. Hamilton's dramatzation of
"Ouida's" novel of the same title, which ran
l00 nights at the London Globe, and is still be-
ing played in the provinces, was produced for
the first time in this country last evening at
Wallack's Theatre, New York.
William Horace Lingard and Alice Dun
ming were remarked in London about fort
niOht ainna. The forp1or Ohtoinad divorna in
this country from his first wife and was we'd
ded to Miss Dunning number of years ago,
but the marriage, though legal here, was not
good in English law until the husband was
freed from his first bonds in Great Britain,
Miss Dunning is now a leading actress.
Lawrence Barretts engagement at the Park
Theatre, Boston, will begin on November IL
Zone week later than Edwin Booths at the
Globe), and will continue three weeks. Fran
cesca da Rimini,' which has reached It's 50th
| viii probably be ths opening play, and the
| scenery gotten up for it in New York will be
used at the Park
| One of the rumofs cleveriy set afloat about
| Gilbert and Sullivan's next opera is to the
| effect that one of the leading features of the
| new librettO will be a skit upon the fair stu
| dents OF Girton College. In "Patience" Mr..
| Gilbert satirized the so-called aesthetic youth,
| not because he was aesthetic, but because he
was humbug, and pretended to despise the
sweets of life in favor of q shadow idea he
called art The ladies are now if report be
true, to come under castigation. In satrizing
the higher education of women craze, the
shafts OF wit will, OF course, be aimed chiefly
at those who pretend to despise marriage, and
love, and family life, at the fair blue stock
ings at the champions of so-called rational
dress, and SO forth. By the way, there is not
the smallest truth IN the report that the
forthcoming comic opera will be the last Sir
| Arthur Sullivan will write. Sir Arthur is not
| 80 foolish as to resign good thing, and both
| he and Mr.. Gilbert are under contract to Mr.
D'Oyly, Carte for term of years.
Preparations for the production of Sims and
Pettits new drama, I'm the Ranks; or, The
Soldiers Wife" are going on very rapidly al
the Boston Museum. The models for the
scenery have been received from the Loudon
Adelphi, where the piece was brought out
with great success on the 9th inst, and are
being exchanged as fast as they can be utilized
by Manager Field and Messrs Brooks & Dick
inson, who are to present the piece at the New
York Standard Theatre simultaneously with
its production at the Museum. The cost OF
the stage setting at each theatre will exceed
$4,000, as the scenery is very elaborate and
the stage is called into requistion. Prisons
are changed into caverns, gloomy attics into
| gas-lighted streets and country farmhouses
into wild woodlands and leafy dingles, in q
twinkiing Of an eye and without dropping the
| curtain. The cast is long one and host oil
supernumeraries are required. The leading
part will be played at the Museum by Mr.
| Charles Barron, and at tho Standard by Mr.
| Frederic Bryton.
During the first week of Edwin Booths en-
| gagement at the Globe Theatre, Boston, begin.
ming Nov 5, he will play Richelieu on Monday
and Tuesday evenings and Saturday afternoon
| Macbeth on Wednesday evening end King
Lear on Thursday and Friday. During the
| second week, he will play Othello on Monday
evening, Iago on Tuesday evening and Satur
| day afternoon, Bertuccio in "The Fool's
Revenge" on Wednesday and Thursday even.
ings, aud Shylock and Petruchio ON Thursday
and Friday. Mr.. Booth will not act on Satur-
dag evenings, and his company will appear in
some play to be announced hereafter.