The Portland daily press., 1885-10-24
MUSIC AND DRAMA.
STORM BEATEN.

5IOdM BEAIEN.
Messrs. Shook and Collier promised the
Portland public strong melo-drama, put
upon the stage in attractive guise, in Storm
Beaten and that promise was kept last
| night. As we have before said, the play is
dramatization of Robert Buchanan's God
and the Man." The play teaches the lesson
which was enforced in the NOVELETTE,
wrong the futility, the misery of human
vengeance. The plot as we have given it, in
ertenso, treats of the long feud between the
| Orchardsons and Christiansons, the betrayal
of daughter of the latter by son OF the
| former, and the pursuit of the betrayer by
| the victims brother into the Arctic regions,
where, finally, the betrayer admits his
wrong, repents, the parties are rescued, and
| the play ends happily. The piece is full OF
| English sentiment, the conversation is
bright and the nv tbe
| very good In the first act village green,
with the rustic merry -makers, was introduce
| ed: the second displayed an old English
manor-house, the third act was laid on ship
| board In the Arctic regions, with the man at
| the wheel and the sailors engaged in their
| ayocations, closing with a realistic picture of
| the burning Of the vessel; the fourth dis
| closed the breaking of the ice; the fifth re-
| vealed the abandonment of Christensen ana
| Orchardson on the icefeld, in their hut, the
| glorious flashing of the aurora-sorealls, ana
| the last act the village church and wedding.
| The acting was very satisfactory to the
| large audience Mr.. Collier has fine stage
presence and excellent voice. and II, as
| Christian Christianson, his exhibition of
passion was of the robust rather than the
| Intense, school, it evidently was in accord
with his hearers taste. Mr.. Archie Cowper,
as Richard Orchardson, was strong and sufh-
I1osx& 30 init
a good, stern Squire Orehardson. Mr.. Rand
was effective as the preacher. Mr.. Mayo
| was very amusing as the bOw-legged snep-
herd, Jabez Green, the lover of Sally Marvel {
| Mr.. Lace Les was gruff, hearty Capt. Hlg-
| ginbothanl. Miss Hudson was charming
| Priscilla and pleasure to both eye and ear
| Miss Wayland put her whole force, physical
| and mental, into Kate Christensen The
| other characters were well taken. The audi
| ence were delighted with the scenic effects.
| They called Mr.. Collier and Miss Wayland
before the curtain at the close OF the third
! act. The music by Grimmer's orchestra was
feature, particularly the Koppitz overture
and the new Mexican Serenade. The play
will be repeated tonight.
IRVING AND TENNYsoN.
| Mr. Irving was spending few days with
the Laureate, and every evening, after din
ner, they adjourned to the study, where a
| bottle of port was produced, and Lord Ten
nyson read a poem The first evening the
bard had all the wine except one glass.
| Next day he was indisposed, for the TRACE
dian drank most of the bottle, and one glass
was the poets portion. In the course of the
| third day Mr.. Irving returned to town, and
| did not meet the Laureate for three months
| after, when, calling one Sunday on Mr.. Jas.
Knowles, editor of the Nineteenth Century,
| fbor
| cordially. Come in,' said the genial
| Knowles, the bard is here, and will be glad
to see you. You must feel very tired after
| your work at the theatre, Mr.. IRVING quoth
| the bard, who looked very solemn. Mr..
Irving said he was not much fatigued.
Don't you find it necessary to take some
| stimulant when acting?' inquired Lord
| Tennyson, with increasing gloom, The
tragedian denied the soft impeachment.
/ Of port after dinner?' For three months the
fact that he had only one glass out Of the
| bottle which Mr.. Irving consumed had prey
| ed GU the Laureate's mind
THE AMERICAN OPERA COMPANY.
The prospectus of thenew American Opera
/ Company has been received. The New
York season of American opera will open at
| the Academy of Music, Jan. 4, 1886, and will
| consist of forty evening and sixteen matinee
/ performances. The principal sopranos will
be PAllemaude, Montagu, Walker, Juch
and Bensberg; the contraltos, Davis, Muel-
lenbach, Barton, Campbell and Phillips.
tenors, Turner, Paulet, Thompson and Can
and Whitney, Gilbert O. Mahony and Hamll
| ton, bassos. Theodore Thomas will con
duct.
"Ten Nights in Bar Room has always
proved drawing play in Portland. 1t will
/ ha rracantnd at Citv Hall next Wednesday,