The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1883-10-13
MUSIC AND DRAMA.
THE SHAUGHRAuN

Ahh ouAOdahAUNs
fhe sale of seats for THE shaughraun"
will begin this morning. The play will be
presented by the Grattan Literary Association
at Portland Theatre next Monday evening for
the oeheht OF Mr. McCallum.
Inc closing rehearsal of last evening war
rants us III saying that the Grattans will out-do
tnelf former efforts, and that rich treat is in
stofA for all attending,
NOTES.
The Bijou Opera Company, which will ap.
pear at Portland Theatre next week on Friday
and Saturday evenings will bring the we'll
known artists, W. q. Fessendsn, Sig. Brocco.
lini, Gus Kammerlee, Misses Janet Edmond-
son Blanche Corelli, Clara f. Lane, Clara
Poole and others.
Six thousand new costumes are being made
in Venice for Mr.. Abbey's operatc season in
New Yock, which commences on the 22d of
next month.
cemDer, thence going to Australia, New Zsa-
land, Sandwich Islands, Japan, the United
May, 1885. -
Mrs; Langtry sailed from Liverpool on
SSasulday en- the new Guion steamer Oregon.
one Is expected to arrive next Sunday. Mr..
Gharies Mendnm has engaged The Turf Club
IneatIe oFrehearsals Of the Langtry company,
which wills commence Oct 10Th. Mrs. Lang
try will appear during the coming season as
Lady Teazles Miss Hardoastle, Julia, Galatea
aud will also produce new plays. The COM
pany tour begins Oct. 9Th at Burlington, VT,
and will appear later in Portland
Mr.. Henry irving, the actor, sailed from
Liverpool for New York Thursday on the
steamer Britannia.
Mrs. Agnes Booth is to play the leading
parts this winter at the Park Theatre 10 New
York.
The entire orchestra was sold for the whole
engagement of Henry Irving at the Star
Theatre, New York, in half an hour. Specula-
tors obtained all the seats by buying the entire
lot In In subscription tickets. The amount
reaiized thus far is nearly $4,000. The price
paid Tor the tickets is $3.50 each, aud they will
De resold at $780, The box office price for
single tickets is So.
The parts of the Beggar-Studsnt have been
distributed to the members of the Casino COM
pady now travelling with the Queens Lace
handkerchief. M W. Carlton has the prin-
cipal role and Is very much pleased with It, as
1t is the best he has yet had in comic opera,
and the opera Il is said will prove extremely
popular.
The Dramatic Times saws: SIT Il bs trus
that the present is the last production of the
Danites in New York with Mr. but not Mrs.
Rankin in the original parts of Sandy and
Billie Piper, it is TO be regretted that they
have not more ado about it, We have always
respected the Danltes as almost a great NAV.
1t towers above everything that has succeeded
1t In the same category Of plays. 1t will ever
remain unsurpassed as q romantic idyl of the
Wild West, which OF late is becoming SO un-
Considerably tame. Mr.. Rankin played the
piece On Monday at his own theatre on Third
avenue with much of his old fidelity and power,
and Mr. Frank Curtis made very respectable
and notable Parson. Miss Cora Tanner made
winning Billie Piper.
Plays now are mighty good property. Look
st the World. In one season ColYille was paid
$4,000 IN royalties for that play, and the
iessees made $4,000 clear profit
for it-that is to say, it made 1854, 900 beyond
expenses in eight months. Ronnany Rye has
also proved vastly profitable piece, though
the expenses of running it are much more
than the World That cost about 81 200 a
week. Romany Rye costs twice that. There
has been marvellous improvement in theatre
cal receipts in the past few years. A manager
remembers i've years ago making So. 600 re-
ceipts in week with Mccullough, and thew
thought they owned the earth. But such
receipts are common now. The manager has
played to $11 900 in week with some things,
Romany Rye had an average for the whole il
last season of $4,000, counting good and bad
Five years ago nobody ever played to an aver
age of oyer $4,000 OF course expenses have
gone up too People whose salaries we're $50 a
week nowSwant $500, and SO on.