The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1883-08-27
MUSIC AND DRAMA.
CHARLOTTE THOMPSON.

CHARLOTTE THOMPSON.
Our theatre. goers will all welcome Miss
Thompson back to Portland tonight with
pleasure An actress whose reputation is con-
temporary with that of Agnes Booth, Mrs.
Julia Bennett Barrow, Eliza Logan and Rose
Eytinge (although young woman compared
with these other LADIES' her movements, alone,
on the stage are delight in themselves, and
an instruction in dramatic art. 1t is when the
present generation witness performance by
one of these ladies, they realize how much
the so-called great "starf" of the present lack
to entitle them TO their self-constituted posi-
TONS
Tonight Miss Thompson will appear in the
part of Jane Eyre supported by GOOD
stock company. Tomorrow her new play Of
the "Romanoffs" will be presented for the
first time in this country. While 1t is hardly
agreeable to play dog" and have new piece
tried on us, still we ought to relieve New
York OF her labor occasionally, and II 1t proves
all That IS said of Is we shall have gained an
advance on tho metropolis
THE BRYANT CONCERT.
The advance sale of seats for Miss Bryant's
concert, which will come off at High Street
church next Wednesday evening, indicates
very large and brilliant audience will be pres
~
number of excellent seats unsold and they
should be secured at once by those DESTROYS Off
attending by calling at Stockbridge's In adj
dition to the prominent soloists who have been
announced Messrs. w. s. Beckett of New
York and Stockbridge will assist II Is proba-
BILE Mrs. Raymond, Miss Beebe, Messrs. Stock
bridge and Beckett will appear In the great
quartetto from "Rigoetto."
FOREST CITY AMUSEMENT COMPANY.
Mr.. Laiscell, manager of the theatre at
Peaks Island, has engaged the Williams &
Sullivan Comedy Company for the coming
week. This company comprises number of
good speciality artists, and visitors to the
island will be well repaid in visiting the the
atre. Among the acts presented by this COM
pany will be the montgomery Guard Picnic'
and the burlesque circus.
NOTES.
The concert given by the Juvenile Opera
Company az the Pavilion last night was we'll
attended and delightful entertainment.
John l.. Stoddard has his work for next sea-
son well advanced, and expects to make his
new series especially valuable and enjoyable
by means of fresh topics and new materials
and appointments. He will open about Octo-
Der LIST.
Liszt has composed new secular oratorio.
"Stanisaus." Strauss has composed new
operetts, Venetian Knights for the Freder-
lex William Theatre of Berlin.
THE Devils Auction" in Samuel Col
villes Fourteenth Street Theatre, has made a
hit. Cornalba's dancing is a great feature.
Mr.. Colville has received cable from Lydia
Thompson. She will come over, and bring her
daughter with her.
The New England tour OF the Boston Thea
ire WORLD Company win begin at Salem,
Sept. II New and elaborate scenery and
mechanism have been prepared for the use Of
this organization, which will be, dramatically,
one OF the strongest Manager Tompkins has
sent on the road.
The speaking characters in "Jaima,n the
new ballet spectacle written for the Boston
Theatre by Mr.. Charles Gsylor, which will
have It's first production ON Sept. 18th, will be
sustained by Messrs William Redmund, Fra
yer Coulter, Mrs. Thomas Barry, Miss Edith
Kingdom, Miss Grace Thorne and other men,
beers OF the company. The ballet was secured
in Europe, with Mile Rosna Vale, assoiuta,
from La Scala, Milan; Mile. Lucia Cormaui,
premiere from the San Carlos, Naples; Miles.
Pattie and Marie and Misses Clifton and
Page. seconds, from the London Alhambra.
The coryphees come from the leading English,
French and italian theatres, and the grand
ballet of 100 viii be under the direction OF NJ.
Mamert. Fully 400 people will be engaged in
the production and 900 new costumes will be
worn, nearly all manufactured expressly for
the piece in Paris and London.