Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1889-03-25
Amuscnents.

OF Sweet Lavender to be played in Grant,
Hall tomorrow evening. the woonsocks
Record says
| OF spectacular or scenic effects in Sweet
| Lavender" there are none. The stage set
ting is Of the simplest description Through
the three acts of the comedy there is put on,
scene, representing bsrris,or's rooms in the
lHler remrle. London. In Boston the com
edy is approaching its Tooth performance
AT Daniel Fruhman's beautiful Lyccum
theatre, New York, il is running mignih.
Gently towards the 200th milestone. and in
London it is now in its second wear at rcrry's
theatre. The cause for this hes wholly ia
"Lweet Lavenders" wonderful simiituie 10
nature. Sweet Lavender" is like a leaf
from life. Its success is because ii is in.
tensely human in its sentiment and its pathos,
its laughter and its tears. 1t tells a simple
story of love, with all its lights and shadows.
The Nashville Democrat gives the follow
ing tiatteriug notice of Ranch 10 which mp,
pears in Granite Hall, Thursday. March rs.
Ranch TO-" one of the best western
bord n dramas ever seen in Nashville, dres
fine house at the Grand Opera House last
night. notwithstanding the dlsagreesbl,
weather.
The play is in the hands of a fine COM
pany, wholly competent. J. Clinton Hall,
who sustains the dual role of the twin
brothers, is "A capable actor, and to his it,
tellgcnt interpretations is due much of the
success of the play. Miss Fay Chester.
who sustaius the heroine's role, makes a
very agreeable parsonage of Anuie Smallcy,
is quite pretty woman aud dresses mot
tastefuliy. Miss Lois Arnold, as Neely
Barrct, is clever little Irish soubreite,
sings and dances well. and i. quite shapely
Miss Dollie Brooks, as the Indian girl, Sill
yer Bud, WAS very COOL Ross q Neal plays
the part of Portuguese Joe. the william, with
such perfection as TO win the much too
boisterous kissing of the galleries. Mr.. j
W Kali as Theopolis Robbins, NJ. D., is
indeed a versatile man aud n fine character
actor, while Mr.. J. NJ. Charles is u good
fighting attorney.
OF Mrs. Sherwood who gives a pisnofortc
recital in Meonian Hall the 2Sth inst. the
Boston Transcript says:
"Mrs. Sherwood has given lately two
charming concerts in the psslors of pleas
ant house on thestnut street, assisted by her
young daughter Elsa, whose playing is re-
markable for such small fingers and so
of Mrs Sherwooi's admirable faculty for
imparting her own gifts need be asked for
than the firm, clear performance of Miss
Elsa. More than this, the child seemed to
have thorough comprehension of what her
hands were rendering, most unusual for even
the most precocious performers. Mrs
Sherwood's playing i, so well known, no
herald ip needed for its Introduction One
is gladly content to be putp rtainei by her
though variety is given only by the different
composers upJn whom she may call. Mrs.
Sherwood is "A musician who app ais to the
heart. Many pianist simply provokes
admiration while others cause but a species
of wondering awe, that fingers and thumbs
can be so obe1eBtly agile. Her execution,
though perfect, is subseryient to her eIpres-
| sion of the feeling true music should pro-
duce. Among the classic composers, was
represented dainty bit from the young
composer, Il. A. MacDowell-s grace ful
biz, and deliciously given. | hardly think
Mr. MacDowell could have played i. himself
more acceptably"