The Portland daily press., 1883-09-19
MUSIC AND DRAMA.
ROBSON AND CRANE.


"Robson and Cranes Boarding House
is an exceedingly funny four-act farce comedy,
abounding in the most lsughable and ludicrous
situations, and presenting these comedians to
the public in an extremely favorable light.
Mr.. Stuart Robson will appear as "Gillypod,' -
an old fashioned boarder, and Mr.. VIM. A.
Crane as "Col. NJ. T. Elevator" the corn ex-
change boarder The mere mention of Robson
and Crane should be sufficient guarantee of a
night of uproarious fun. There was large
sale of seats yesterday at the Portland Theatre.
The following programme will be played by
Grimmer's orchestral
Overture-The White Queen first time) ~ Metra
Maltzes nkrol's Ballklange, ---..--. Lumbye
Gavotte-Little Flatterer (frst time) ..Eienberg
Galop-Stork Bills [newl. ...... .Fahrbach
NOTES.
The Ideal Opera Troupe will give per-
formance of "Patiepce" at City Hall, .Satur-
day afternoon, Oct. 9Th.
The London papers speak in a vague way of
Mary Anderson's "elegant American arti-
fciality."
a Mr.. Altemus has written, or compiled, q
217 page autobiography of Modjesks.
The success of ''Lakme'' has made Mile
Marie Van Zandt the heroine of the hour in
Paris.
Rehearsals of "Fedora" are now going on
carefully under the direction of Miss Fanny
Davenport, and the play will certainly be
given at the Fourteenth street Theatre, New
York. on the 1st of October. Miss Davenport
counts with confidence op success in the strk-
ing character of Fedora. the play will be
presented according to the instructions of Sar-
dou, the author of Fedora"
1t is likely that the programme for the first
week of the regular season at Mr.. Stetson' s
Fifth Avenue Theatre, New York, will COM
prise Bronson Howard's "Old Love Letters" "
with Mrs. Booth in her old part, and "Ruy
Bias" with Mr.. Charles Coghlan as Ruy Miss
Florence Gerard as the Queen, and Mr.. Lewis
Morrison Don Salluste. This would make a
very attractive programme. The regular sea-
son will begin early in October.
Junius Brutus Booth was born in Charles
ton, s. c.. in December, 1921, and after receiv-
ing bis education at st. Mary's College,
Baltimore, began the study of surgery at his
fathers request. The stage had an Irresistible
attraction for him, however, and he was finally
allowed to abandon his surgical studies and to
enter the profession wherein his father had
attained eminence. His debut wss made in
the fall of 1889, when he played 1ressel to the
elder Booths Richard at the Pittsburg Theatre.
In his early years he gave promise of achiev-
ing considerable success as an actor, but the
promise was not fulfilled, though he played
some parts well. After playing in various
parts of the country, he became in 1912 stage
manager OF the Dallins street Amphitheatre in
Albany, N. Y, and during the next year he
was member of the company at the Bowery
Theatre, New York, being cast for such parts
as Adder Khan in "Mszeppa," Lord Netherby
in "Lochinvar," etc. He was a member OF
the Boston Theatre Company under the man.
agement OF Mr.. Charles r. Thorne In the
season of 1847-8 and in 1851 he went to Cali.
fornia, where he remained until 1854 He
followed his profession in San Francisco, and
was engaged some time in management there
Returning to New York in 1884 he played in
various places, one of the most notable events
occurring at this period being his appearance
in Washington on the evening of November
%, 1864, in the tragedy of Julius Cesar" !"
with his two bfothers, Edwin and John
Wilkes. he psrsonsted Cassius, while Edwin
appeared as Jrutus and John Wilkes as Marc
Antony. In 1857 Mr.. Booth became lessee
and manager Of the Boston Theatre, where he
continued until the summer of 1878. In that
year he assumed the management of Booths
Theatre in New York, having taken lease OF
that house from his brother Edwin. His man.
agement did not meet with the desired success
and the theatre passed into new hands. Since
then Mr.. Booth has been a member of travel
ing companies. During several years past be
has devoted himself principally TO the care Of
an estate which he holds in Manchester, and
to the management of his hotel there, Mr.
Booth was three times married, his third wife
who survives him, being Mrs Agnes Booth
the popular actress Their marriage took
place in March, 1867, and four children. all
boys, have been born to them.