The Portland daily press., 1892-03-24
MUSIC AND DRAMA.
Shenandoah.

t.. Shenandoah.
One of the characters in the play
Shenandoah, which will be produced at
the Portland theatre tonight, is horse
whose duty it is to put his head into a
window in the first act and to dash across
the stage later on, with Sheridan on his
back. One night while a gentleman was
looking on behind the wings at the TWEEN
ty-Third street theatre, New York, where
the play was run over eight months, he
saw the horse toss his head in equine ex-
element. what on earth is the matter
with the beast?'' he asked. HE has
just received his cue" said Mr.. Froh-
man. "After the first few nights he rec
ognized certain line that has just been
spoken on the stage as a signal to be
ready for his appearance, and now when
he hears those words, though they are
quickly spoken in the course of an ordi-
nary dialogue, he gets ready in this way.
And out he goes across the stage, in a
manner that indicates that he has had a
long run of it, when in fact he has only
made one leap, when the audience first
sees him.
Grimmer's orchestra will play 'Chinese
Picnic'' by J. St. George and Suppe's
Midsummer Nights Dream overture.
Unc1e's Darling.
Fosters Dover Democrat says of Hattie
B. Chase in ''Uncle's Darling" which
will be produced at Portland theatre Fri
day and Saturday:
Hattie Bernard Chase appeared at the
opera house last Saturday evening for the
first time in this city and played to about
thousand dollars. The house ought to
have been packed to its uttermost capa-
city for the play was the finest thing that
has been here since the house was opened.
She pleased everybody. Her company
was well selected and an excellent one,
the play fine with good plot, the scenery
and scenic effects ahead of what has been
before shown here. The shipwreck and
the ice glacier scenes were wonders of
brush and stage mechanism. There
wasn't weak spot in the whole play,
and were it ever to be produced here
again, it would be to standing room only,
and our advice to all whenever they go is
s'take it in"
Boston Symphony Orchestra.
The great Boston Symphony Orchestra,
sixty musicians, conducted by Mr..
Nikisch, with Mrs. Nikisch as soprano
soloist, will appear in the regular Stock
bridge course next Tuesday evening. Mrs.
Nikisch is one of the most agreeable of
the many vocalists on the concert stage
today, possessing III great degree the
many qualities that go to make a popular
singer. She is a great favorite in Boston.
Tickets at Stockbridge's. There will be
late trains.
Du Chaillu.
Probably there is not boy who has
not read some of the travels of Du Chaillu,
one the greatest of modern travellers
His lectures are extremely interesting,
because he has the faculty of telling his
audience just what they want to know.
The lectures are beautifully illustrated
by the use of the stereopticon. Du
Chaillu's lecture in the Stockbridge
'Pops.'' will occur Monday evening and
good seats are on sale at disadvantages.
Gilmore's Concerts.
The sale of seats for the two grand
jubilee concerts to be given by Gilmore's
band in City Hall in May will begin at
Stockbridge's this morning. There will
be fifty musicians, led by the incompara-
BILE Gilmore, ten instrumental soloists,
and fine quartette that includes M. W.
Whitney, the great basso. There will be
one evening and one matinee concert.
Half fares and late trains on railroads.
The sale of seats for Primrose & West,
who will appear in, the Stockbridge
"Pops.," will begin at Stockbridge's
today.
Tickets for the Stoddard lectures are
on sale at Stockbridge's. The subjects
will be 'From the Rio Grande to the
Capital" and s'Mexico the Capital of the
Tropics" lectures virtually in one
and Jerusalem and the Holy Land
Mr.. Campanini will sing the part of
evening at Mechanics Hall, Boston.
This will complete a cast of remarkable
strength.
Mr.. Paderewski gave his final piano
forte recital in Music Hall, Boston, Tues
day afternoon. There was an immense
audience. The standing room was taken
and many were on the stage. The pro-
gramme included the Schumann fantasia,
op. II; Schubert's impromptu in B fiat;
the List arrangements of Schubert's
''Hark, bark the lark and ''Erl King"
and several pieces by Chopin, among
them the Funeral March, Sonata and
the polonaise in A fiat. The Chopin
prelude was repeated and after the polon-
aise the vast audience rose and cheered.