The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1885-10-29
MUSIC AND DRAMA.
TEN NIGHTS IN A DARKROOM.

TEN NIGHTS IN A BALLROOM.
The great temperance drama drew large
audience to City Hall last night. Mr.. Chas.
Clark presented a very good company to the
favor of his patrons, and as Gilpin Gawk
| kept the audience in the best of humor. Ed
| win Maynard as Joe Morgan, gave good
portrayal of the inebriate's life. Miss Min
ME Common. as Mehitable Cartwright, the
village maid, won the pleasure OF the audi
ence, and her song was applauded Little
Frances Carpenter, not more than ten years
of age, gave good rendition OF the drunk
ards daughter. The other members of the
company well sustained their parts.
PECK's BAD BOY.
This morning the sale of seats for "Peck's
Bad Boy" to be given tomorrow night by
the Atkinson Comedy Company, will begin
at Portland Theatre. The Kansas City Times
says. "The comedy was played at the ellis
to a packed gallery and fair house below. 1t
is dramatization of the Milwaukee Suns
bad Boy" stories, illustrated by the tricks
PLAYED by the bad boy and his chum. 1t
proved immensely popular with the boys,
and there was no end OF laughter and APP
plause. The piece is well set, and some OF
the character representations are excellent.
NOTES
The Norway correspondent of the Lewis
ton journal speaking of thellast Oxford Mus
ical Festival says: "How much we are in
debted for our measure OF success TO the ell
forts of our musical instructor, Herman
Kotzschmar, all fully realize A musician
par excellence, he inspires the singers by his
enthusiasm and is satisfied with nothing
short of the best work. His zeal Is conta-
gi0us, and the musicians accept his dlctum
as the end of the musical law. Messrs Coyle
and Stockbridge are well and fayorably
IT, Ill +ba CAafo IN COu1a added
to his laurels by his broad and most lnteill-
gent rendering of the bass solos in 1.-The
Creation" Mrs. j. r.. Ellison, whose phe-
nomenally rich and noble alto was heard in
the miscellaneous concert of Thursday even
ing. will long be remembered for her excep-
tionally fine rendering of Gounods Holy!
Holy!" at Bethel, two years ago.. She is
great favorite with musical people wherever
she is heard"
There have been composed and performed
in Italy, since 1854, over thousand, operas.
Think of this when you are rolling the sweet
chestnuts of I'll Trovatore, Lucia di Lam
mermoor," and others under your musical
tongue.
The Folio says Colonel Mapleson's new
soprano star, M lie Fohstrom, is a Russian.
She is about twenty-five years old, ana is
strikingly beautiful. Her studies have been
pursued mainly with Madame Marchesi and
General Il. K. divers tune of Federal
Street" was one of the first melodies played
on the new chime of bells at st. Peters in
Salem.
The date of the opening of the new Hollis
street theatre, Boston, has been schanged to
November o. and the sale for the first night
win occur on Thursday, November g.. The
cast for.the .'Mikado" which is to be the
opening attraction, is as follows: The Mika-
do Of Japan, Mr.. Arthur Wilkinson; Nanki-
Poo, his son, disguised as a wandering MN
Cadwallader; Ko-Ko, Lord High Execution
er of Titipu, Mr.. J. w. Herbert; Pooh-Bah1,
Lord High Everything Else, Mr.. Harry Al
len; Pish-Tush, Noble Lord, Mr. Geo
Olmi; Yum Yum, Piti-Sing, Peep-Bo, three
ment Miss Hattie Delaro, Miss Pearl Dud-
ley; Katisha, an elderly lady, in love with
Nanki-Poo, Miss Rosa Cooke. Mr.; John
Braham will be director of the orchestra.