The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1889-04-12
MUSIC AND DRAMA.
THE VETERANS SON.


The new and thrilling military drama
The veterans Son." was given at City
Hall last evening before good audience,
under the management of Shepley Camp,
NO. q, Sons OF Veterans. The play was an
exhibition of home talent and was in many
respects OF high order. Mr. T. N. Wilson
as George Cope the Veterans Son, carried
OH the honors of the evening, with Mr. Rob-
ert l.. Whltcomb as Harry jackson, the vii
lain, close second. William K. Bradish
niade very good Uncle Eph., while Ed
G Gara & 1. Everett took his part as Sample
TIeen 10 very Shakespearian style Miss
M ;i,; Meicher as Minnie Rose and Mrs.
Lillian Y. Libby as Sally Smart both took
tnelr parts admirably. The cast of charac-
ters was as follows:
George Cope, The Veterans Son. t. N Wilson
oo'onei eope' The Old Veteran.
Frank MoultOn, Captain Of $50 ohio. 80;
Harry Jackso. son:n,n.,s Leroy 3 sanporn
................... Robert l.. whitcomb
Nea dc We're, planter in Jackson's power. ;,,,..
Sample Green. stage struck Yankee. s'
VIM. Martin, a brave soldier John r. Lowell
uenerai Grant, the Nations Hero;
- Clarence L. Beal
DR.. Davis, a Southern sympatnlzer.
Edward Rose: old planter and bitter seces. ''
sionist .................. ...........C ID. Green
Major Howell. .;.;.;,..:.::. Harry F. Cummings
................ William Z. Bradsh
Pomp lively young coon. r. Henry Page
Minnie Rose. true to the Veterans Son.;
Mrs. Cope, the Old Veterans wiie............
Sally Smart. true hearted Yankee SifI. ',,.'
Fannie Howell, patriotic young LADY,. .''
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. Miss Eta S. Allen
THE PRIVATE SECRETARY.
Tonight the Private Secretary will be pro-
duced at Portland Theatre, and repeated
Saturday. The Dallas News says
The play was witnessed by large audi
ence, who were kept in the widest trans
ports of laughter from the rising of the cur
tain to the final drop thereof. The play is
one OF the richest comedies extant, but as it
has been produced here several times the
public are familiar with 1t, and it is only
necessary to state what sort of a company
has 1t In hand, and the word good" de-
scribes it. 1t is company of artists. Harry
Steele as the private secretary, Thomas A.
Wise as Mr.. Gibson and Ed. Travers as
Douglas Cattermole The ladies fill the
parts assigned them very creditably."
HAvERLY-cLEvELAND.
Tickets can now be secured for the naver-
ly-Cleveland minstrel entertainment to be
given at City Hall next Tuesday, at Stock
bridges. Among the novelties will be a
troop of Japanese performers.
DALY's VACATION.
These lively comedians in the equally live
ly athletic comedy, Vacation. or Harvard
VS.. Yale" will be the attraction at the Port
land Theatre next Monday evening. AS its
name suggests, Vacation" is jolly lark, a
chronicle Of the pranks of couple of ener-
getic students representing the classic and
athletic (more particularly the latter beau
ties of Harvard and Yale, who are aided and
allotted in their eccentricites by two lovely
delegates Of famous Vassar. or course it is
easy to see how all this ends. But In arriv-
Ing at their destination there is no end of
fun and sparkling music.
BEN HUR.
The readings and tableux illustrative of
ben Hur," which have been such great
success in other cities, win be given at City
Hall for the Fresh Air Society April oath
and 25th. Mrs. B. w. Hayes will have the
direction Of affairs, and Mrs. Bellows will
read. The sale of seats will begin tomorrow
at Stockbridge's.