The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1890-10-06
music AND DRAMA.
THE SILENT PARTNER.

THE SILENT PARTNER.
Thomas E. Murray will appear In Hoyt's
Silent Partner" at the Portland
Theatre Wednesday and Thursday.
Mr.. Murray Is we'll known from his long
connection with the Murray & Hill combina.
tion. The story tells the startling and ludi-
crous adventures and mishaps of an Irish
American lawyer, Sydney Backus, who has
an office In the Equitable Building, New
York. Having neither clients nor influence,
and failing to find any other attorney of ex-
| perience willing to go into partnership with
him, he resolves to invent partner, whom
ne names Memo. Memo, of course, does not
exist, and yet, to all practical purposes he
does. Having established this apparently
innocent deception, trouble begins for sgd
ney.
THE BIJoU.
The Bjou will open tonight under the
management of Mr.. Chace. This week
specially bill will be presented by Whippler
Twins. Ed. FL. Banker. Nick Hughes, Clare
Farren, Geo. Scrobie, Mile Eta, the Hig-
| gings Brothers, Flora Scott and Jennie Pick
ert. Each or these are specially adapted to
MS or her line OF work and a pleasing enter
taiRment is promised.
MUGGs' LANDING.
The next attraction at Portland Theatre is
the amusing comedy Mugs Landing"
this Monday and Tuesday evenings. The
fun in this piece was so much enjoyed by
those who saw it last season that the sale of
seats is already large Several new songs
and dances have been added and the perfor-
nance improved in other particulars. SO
more enjoyable entertainment NAV be looked
for. Miss Hamilton, the new soubrette. is
said to surpass Miss Pollock of last seasons
company, in vivacity, singing. dancing and
general attractiveness. Seats can now be
procured at the box office.
NOTES.
October 10th and 18th the "Blue and Gray
Will be given at Portland Theatre
Get tickets now for the operas TO be given
by the Bostonians in the Stockbridge
courses.
:. The Spider and Fly will he at Portland
Theatre October 18th and 18th.
Mr.. Lothrop, proprietor of Portland Thea
tire, the Grand Museum, Boston. and a thea
tire iD Provifenc, has just leased the new and
handsome theatre Mr.. r. C. Taylor will
erect in Worcester. which will seat 1900 peo-
pie.
The Rossini Club will hold the first meet.
ing for the season next Thursday.
The Soudan" is proving the greatest |
financial success known in the history of the |
boston Ineatre, THIS TOO In the face of the
fact that YOUTH" "Michael Strogoff.o "a |
Run of Luck" and ''The Silver King" had
phenomenal runs there. The first two weeks |
OF the play have been SO enormously profita- |
Bile that Eugene Tompkins is striving tooth |
and nail to cancel other attractions in order /
70 CONTINUE The Soudan" for the entire sea-
son. The management of the Star Thea
tire. New York, hold contract for the pro- /
duction Of the play there in January.
since its first presentation, the "Old Home /
stead" which returns to the Academy, New /
York, October 9th, for another year. has |
been produced over 1000 times; the books \
show total attendance during that period /
OF over two million souls, an average Of 2. zoo
persons daily. The total receipts to date
amount to considerably over a million dol
lars. Divide the net receipts of the play to
late among the few persons interested and
each has a fortune. 1t surpasses the record
)f any play that has ever been presented, |
world