The Portland daily press., 1893-04-11
MUSIC AND DRAMA.
The stowaway.


1.-THE Stowaway," BETTER. fresher,
stronger than ever, will be seen in this
city tonight at Portland theatre. All of
the scenery and mechanical effects have
been made new for the present season,
and the yacht scene is an incompatible
one, presenting as it does, full rugged,
ocean going yacht. The same celebrated,
reformed burglars, "Spike" Hennessy
and kid Mccoy, are with the COM
pany, and nightly demonstrate how,
prior to the time that they determined
on reformation, they gained somewhat
precarious livelihood. No play of recent
years has achieved greater success than
''The Stowaway," by reason of the fact
that it combines a series of realistic and
strongly sensational scenes, with an ex-
cellently conceived plot and story; and
above all, the success of the play must
be attributed in a great measure to the
excellent cast of players that has always
been seen with it, and the company of
the present season is the best that has as
yet been before the public. Every effort
has been made to make this season OF
'sThe Stowaway'' the browning one, both
artistically and financially.
A Royal Pass
Next Friday, Saturday and Saturday,
matinee Geo. c. Staley will be seen IN
"a Roval Pass at Portland theatre in
which he has delighted, the public for
several seasons. The locomotive race
and the two working engines always
bring down the house.
A "Trip to Chinatown.
Anything of Hoyt's goes as the boys
say, and "a Trip to Chinatown will
crowd Portland theatre next Monday and
Tuesday. There was large advance
sale yesterday.
The Mikado
This evening the charming Gilbert &
Sullivan opera of '.The Mikado'' will be
given at City Hall by the admirable com
pany of amateurs that created such
furore in the opera last season, only
few changes having been made in the
cast and the substitutes being musicians
of excellent voice and dramatic talent.
Everybody who went to see Patience
will buy tickets to 'Mikado.'' The,
opera chairs have proved an i'm mense
success and hundreds of people have said
that they should go to many more enter
tainments in the future if these chairs
could be retained. This is the cast Of
the 'sMikado:"
Mikado of japan. ........D DR.. III. F. Twltchell
Nanki- Poo..........s. DR.. Harry M. Nickerson
Ko-ko ..... Mr.. Elliot G. Mitchell
PshlTssh Nh r H HEanK F. M lsrfa
Yum UNI. Miss Florence Knight
Pitti-Sing. Miss Henrietta D. Rice
PeeD-Booh. -. =. .....Miss Anna Stockbridge
katiSha Miss Katherine Kicker
Skipped by the Light of the Moon.
This trayesty drew /, fair sized au-
dience to Portland theatre last night. 1t
has been seen here before. .Messrs.
Booker and Ross as. Felix and obediah
are quite agile, and Miss Dude Tracy
made the audience laugh with Verona's
great song addressed to the bass viol
player
Notes.
Nine. Duse speaks only italian and
French. Her appearance at the Globe
this week will be one of the most inn
portant dramatic events of the season,
and crowded houses at advanced prices
are already assured.
At the close of the performance of
Tennyson's Beckett at Windsor Castle
Mr.. Irving and Miss Terry were received
by the Queen, the Empress Frederick
and the royal family in the drawing
room, and afterward William ferris and
Miss Genevieve Ward were presented.
Mr.. Irving and his company also played
before Her Majesty at Sandringham in
1889.
Mr. Felix Morris. who for the past five
years has supported Miss Rosina Vokes
in her London Comedy Company, will
star with company of his own next
season under the management of Mr.
Frank Williams He will appear in
several new plays which have been writ
ten especially for him, Mr.. Morris will
open in Rochester in September. From
that city he will go to Chicago and will
come East in November. Mr.. Morris
was for a long time comedian of Fanny
Marsh's theatre in Portland.