The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1885-09-16
MUSIC AND DRAMA.
THE MIDNIGHT MARRIAGE


Today the sale of seats for the perform
ances of the Redmund-Barry company will
begin at Portland Theatre. The play is COM
prised in four acts. Its scene is laid in
France, about the beginning of the sixteenth
century 1t introduces a dozen characters,
one of them being the French monarch,
Francois |. Mr.. Osborne has succeeded in
telling good, romantic story in an interest
ing way, and in suggesting good ideals of
manly heroism and woman-like devotion.
lighter portions of the play are written in a
spirit OF true comedy, and the theatr ically
melodramatic air of the piece is kept short
of absurdity as much by the authors ability
as by the earnestness of the actors. The
New York Herald says: ssMr. Redmllnd
and Mrs Barry, in the principal roles, mer-
tied the frequent applause bestowed upon
them''
THE HORSES.
Everybody who has children should take
them to see the horses at the Bijou, and if
they haven't any of their own should take
some one else's. For two hours they will re-
ceive more valuable instruction in kindness
to dumb animals than in the ordinary course
of events in year. Not only that, but
Prof. Bristol shows how easily animals can
be taught tricks, provided they possess ordi-
nary intelligence. His horses, mules and po-
MES perform with snap that is refreshing
when contrasted with the languid manner of
many human actors. Denver, the mule, is
whole show in himself, but Eagle, Lolita,
Mollie, Col Wood, Hornet, and the others
all are great in their specialties and remark
able for their intelligence The matinee for
children today should not be forgotten.
THE sToCKBRIDGE COURSE.
Readers should remember that there are
still many excellent seats for sale at Stock
bridges for his remarkable course of enter
tainments Not only are there still some 700
seats unsold, not one of them is a poor seat,
but often many persons who buy course
tickets at the opening sale are compelled to
resell them, owing to causes not known at
the time of their purchase.
NOTES.
Theodore Thomas has been resting at Mad
ison, Conn.,, but will return.to his duties at
the close of the current month.
Mime. Judlc is to eceive $130000 her trav-
cling expenses and a percentage of the re-
ceIpts for two hundred performances. Nine.
Judlc is no longer in her first youth, and has
accumulated not a small degree of adipose
tissue. Perhaps her manager will make
money.
The new and beautiful Temple Theatre in
Philadelphia has been arranged with view
to making it not only attractive but conven-
lent, and as safe as it is convenient The
floors and galleries are so substantial as to
be capable of supporting with ease three
times as much weight as can possibly be
crowded upon them In addition to the
broad entrance there is one to the gallery al
most as convenient, and besides this seven
broad French windows in the rear of the
gallery open upon an iron balcony, from
which, in an emergency, Jayne street can be
reached by means of an iron stairway All
parts of the building are to be brilliantly
lighted with electric lights, chandelier,
which alone consists of seventy incandes-
cent lights, being suspended from the DOME