The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1892-09-28
MUSIC AND DRAMA.
The stockbridge Courses.


ments for the season of 1892 in our ad
veftising columns today. We have al
ready named the leading attractions OF
the season but the advertisement vii
bear careful perusal for many features
have been added since our list was pub
lished. They are very strong attractions
that Mr.. Stockbridge offers. Last sea
son the grippe affected the courses very
seriously, but that was Mr.. Stockbridge's
misfortune. This season it is expected
all will go right. The auction sale OF
seats will take place at City Hall Mon
day evening, October 3rd, at 7.45 o'clock,
and only six tickets willsbe sold to each
purchaser. The regular sale will COM
mence at the store the next day, Octo-
Der 4th.
The Boy Scout.
Miss Theresa Newcomb made her sec
ond appearance at Portland Theatre last
evening, this time in a play entitled
1.-THE Boy Scout The characteristic
features of the drama do not differ from
those of New Mexico which was pre-
sented Monday night. In this piece Miss
Newcomb was seen to excellent advan-
tage, and the specialties that gave SO
much satisfaction when rendered by her
company the night before, were seen to
as good advantage on this occasion. To-
night New Mexico will be the bill and
it will be the last opportunity afforded
to see Miss Newcomb.
Annie Pixley Coming.
Considerable interest is evinced in the
coming appearance of the distinguished
coincidence Annie Pixley, who is to APP
pear at Portland Theatre tomorrow
night 1t has been several years since
Miss Pixley's last engagement in this
city and her return will doubtless be
greeted with large and fashionable au-
dience. Miss Pixley will present her
new comedy, sMiss Blythe of Duluth"
written expressly for her by William
Gill, ESQ.,, author of SIN Paradise"
"Our Governor "Adonis'' and other
successes. The supporting company is
said to be exceptionally strong. Seats
may be secured now.
Lucier's Minstrels.
The famous Lucier's Minstrels will be
at Portland Theatre next Saturday after
noon and evening. An exchange says:
Lucier's Minstrels gave an excellent
entertainment in the opera house Tues
day evening before an audience that man.
ifested its full appreciation. The COM
pany is well worthy Of public patronage.
No troupe has visited here in several
years in which there are SO many good
singers and meritorious dancers. Comic
and sentimental specialties alternated in
the brilliant first part. The songs were
well received. Billy Fries, the cham
pion tamborine spinner of the world,
gave splendid exhibition of his special
ty, in which ~ tamborines were kept in
motion by him at the same time. Eddie
Labarre, in grotesque contortion acts,
and M. Forber, in his juggling act on the
wire, were both good. J. R. Lucier, the
blind actor, gave wonderful exhibition
of his skill as a musician. He was ably
assisted by G. N. Lucier and Harry Bar
ton. The march of the Black Zouaves
and grand clog tournament were COM
mendable features. Scott, the frog man,
III tll0 uONcl COALOl IiOll ctOo, OAulolOo l. C
Frogs Pastime,'' amused the audience.
Harry Budworth, the noted comedian in
songs and funny sayings, was obliged to
respond to 10 encores. The whole term
mated with plantation revels by the La
fayettes.
The Scarlet Letter
Dunlap's Stage News says of Mans
fields production of a dramatic version
of HAWTHORNE Scarlet Letter in New
York:
The Scarlet Letter has four acts joined
together by Joseph Hatton who has used
all of Hawthorne's dialogue. He has
kept closely to the book, but Hawthorne's
words were not written to be spoken and
hence the wonderful effects of weirdness
stamped on the readers Imagination, and
done by the author with the simplest
diction and without effort, is awry ON
the stage. The book has been vulgar
lied. Hester and Dimmesdale's ordeal,
is a comic opera chorus theme and the
whole play singularly false to the great
original. The audience looked as if
thankful that but few plays exist of the
desperately gloomy and monotonous Pu-
ritan pattern and filed out of DR.. Days
newly gilded theatre, very much like the
F1ymOuGn GllSIlInS OuI VI mt6tlllB
house. Of the production, nothing but
praise can be written. Miss Beatrice
Cameron is plaintively dignified as Hes
ter Prynne and makes a splendid stage
picture on the pillory. Mr.. Furguson is
grimly revengeful as Chiilingworth and
the little elfe-lke Pearl of Hawthorne's
is correctly mirrored by Miss De Grignan.
Although Mr.. Mansfield totally failed to
reveal the depth of remorseful feeling
and conveyed rather the idea, to the
OF pretty mean sort of a fell
low to leave his guilty partner in. the
lurch, he played the disagreeable part
with vigor and intense feeling The
play lacks dramatic strength and variety.
it is purely psychological. A worthy
effort no doubt-but 1t hasn't the ghost
of chance of anything like popular
success.
The rehearsals of Era Diavolo'' will
begin at old Grand Army Hall on Con-
cress street next Friday evening. Mr..
Harvey Murray will direct. An invita-
ton to the chorus of the 'sMikado" is ex-
tended by Mr.. Murray and Mr.. Montgom-
cry.
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