The Portland daily press., 1886-09-10
MUSIC AND DRAMA.
THE sTocKBR1DeE COURSE.

THE STOCKBRIDGE COURSE.
The announcement made by Mr. Stock
bridge giving the programme of his course
of entertainments to begin Wednesday even
| ing, October 9th, will be read with interest.
| The variety of dramatic, musical and litera-
| ry entertainments which will compose the
course, insures for it a great success, and for
| its patrons twenty evenings of enjoyment.
The course opens with the popular Ideal OPP
era Company. They are followed by Herr
Andres Alpine Choir and Tyrolese Compa-
ny on the evening of October Goth. John L.
Stoddard, whose lectures always find lots of
hearers in Portland, will occupy thee even
ings, speaking upon historical subjects and
showing new and finely prepared stereopti-
can views. There will also be lectures by
Mr.. Justin Mccarthy, whose advocacy, in
the British Parliament, of home rule for Ire
land, has given him world wide fame, and
Mr.. Henry M. Stanley, the African explorer.
Miss Jessie Couthoui will be welcomed with
pleasure by many whom she has :, pleased in in
L. Powers win appear in his dramatic mono
lOgue, David Copperield" and Mr.. George
W. Cable will read from his new story
"Grande Pointe." The Symphony Orches-
ira will give three concerts. Gilbert & Sulli-
vans new opera, which promises to be as
popular as the Mikado, will be produced by
D'Oyley Carte's company, under the man
agement of Mr.. John Stetson. A grand OPP
cratic concert by Fraulin Lii Lahmann of
the Metropolitan Opera Company OF New
York, and other talent, will be one of the
best entertainments here during the season.
A Christmas Grafton in which the Haydns
will appear and Handel's messiah" be sung
will be both timely and popular. Concerts
by Miss Jennie Won Holz, Mr.. Leopold Lich-
tenburg and the Germania Quartette, the
Ruggles street Church Choir and the Arcla-
mena Ladies Quartette, and the Armanini
family will be sure to please, as will Bill
Nye's readings. Besides the talent which
has been mentioned many others will ap-
pear in the different entertainments and
contribute to the pleasure Of the audiences.
The choice of seats will be sold at auction
tomorrow morning at o'clock, at City Hall.
The course promises to be one of the finest
given in this country this year.
THE CHARIOT OF SONG.
1t is a new and novel way to see the great
sights of the world without the expense and
fatigue of circumnavigating the globe, that
Philip Phillips presents in most realistic
views incident to the tour of the world in his
new entertainment, entitled ''Around the
World in Chariot of Song" Arrangements
have been made for him to give this imagin
airy journey, interspersed with his inimitable
singing, in our city on Monday, Tuesday and
Wednesday evenings, September 20, q and
90 at Chestnut street church.
DENMAN THOMPSON.
Tonight Denman Thompson appears at
Portland Theatre for the first time with his
new play, the "Old Homestead" Of which
the Boston Globe says: ga well filled house,
majority of whom had seen MIR. Thompson
before and come to compare his now endeav-
ors with the old, witnessed the play critically
then with sympathy and finally with I'M
bounded admiration. The hero is at home
in the 'Old Homestead" and is sure to
please all who go to see him.
MILE. RHEA.
The sale of seats for Mile Rheas appear
ances at Portland Theatre, Monday and
Tuesday evenings, begins this morning, and
it would be wise to secure seats early, as
there will probably be a rush to secure
good places. The st. John Telegraph
speaks Of Mile. Rhea as follows:
mile Rhea as Frou-Frou realized the
ideal of the part in the different emotions
she was called upon to depict; not once did
she fall short of the highest rank of genius.
The comedy in earlier portions of the play
was delightfully."- rendered-a more exquisite
impersonation could hardly be conceived.
In the emotional scenes she was grand, and
in the quarrel with her sister won an en-
thusiastic recall. Her death scene was a
study: more artistically conceived or bril-
liantly executed portrayal has never been
witnessed here Rhea's Frou-Frou is rev.
elation. Her dressing throughout the play
was the theme of admiration from all the
ladies'"