The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1893-09-09
MUSIC AND DRAMA.
Nine. Fayart.

and brave American or English woman
who attempts to personate the French
character that Tostee, Aimee, OF Theo
has made famous. In furnishing the
| libretto of Mime. Favart" however, Mr..
Farine gives us humorous and pleasing
| translation from the original, and Miss
| Pauline Hall in the title role, shows that
| she has no reason to fear from compari-
sons of her work with that of those well
known French actresses who have pre-
| ceded her
mime. Favart" as given by the Pauline
Hall Opera Company last night was one
of the best renderings of light opera ever
| given in Portland. Not only were the
principals exceptionally strong but the
chorus was large, with great volume and
excellent body of tone, and admirably
drilled. Mr.. Wendelschaefer was the
musical director, and his guiding hand
kept everything in excellent shape.
| The plot of the opera was published in
the PRESS at length on Thursday In
| brief it relates to the attempt by the
celebrated Marshal SAKE to arrest the
/ ldfOIIUc COIutulcItuC IuulCs L dfoi e1iio oiAS
| numerous complications that occur in
consequence. As Nine. Favart, Miss Hall
was delightful. Not only was her fine
voice heard to the greatest advantage in
| the charming music that Offenbach has
| written for the part, but her acting was
| full of French chic and her face was a
magnet to hold the spectator captive. Her
costume. in the second act was exceeding
ly rich and in excellent taste. Miss Clara
Lavine, as Susanna, displayed an ex-
cellent, well trained voice, and she sang
her several numbers with much express
sion. Mr.. Tom Ricketts, was capital as
Charles Favart and proved himself a
comedian Of much merit. Mr.. ALI
Whelans impersonation of the old roue,
| the Marquis Pontsable, was most
| finished bit of characterization. Mr..
| John E. Brand, so we'll known here, was
most effective as Hector, and Mr. Stewart
| was good as Major Cotignac. The other
| characters were well taken.
Among the numbers that were heartily
encored were Miss HALLS "Tic-Tac" song
with chorus, the amusing coaching
finale to the first act, the military chorus
Right, Left" the yodel song, and Mr..
Brands solo, Leave to me the sweetest
dream" which he sang with much beauty
of sentiment. All these numbers, as
| we'll as others were encored, and the
curtain called at the end OF each act.
A very attractive scene was that in the
salon of the house of Hector in the be-
ginning of the second act, where the
minuet was danced by the chorus
| attired in the rich costumes of the
period.
The house was crowded with repre-
sentative musical and fashionable audi
ence There will be matinee today
| which should draw very large portion
| of the ladies of the city, and the last per-
Torrance will be given this evening.
Pawnee Bills show.
There are many astounding features in
the Pawnee Bill show least of which
is not the Mexican Hippodrome, or the
genuine band of Bedouin Arabs, which
was added at the last moment by Major
Lille to exc out the historic character
Ol Uu6 OubllU dlO W lClQ ooICnSc 0 ny WILL
trast to the Occidental part of the enter
tainment. This truthful and highly in
structive organization of American
Marvels travels in it's own splendid train
of cars and gives two performances daily,
at 2 and pm. No feature is omitted
from one and given at another and one
ticket admits to all features, fair
promise of the excellence of which may
be had at the daily parade, which begins
precisely at 10 a. m. Look out for the
boom of the cannon, then watch for the
head of the column and Major Gordon
Willie, the Hero of Oklahoma and the
White Chief and Interpreter of the Paw
| nees. There is no glitter or glare, or
glamour of the circus about this enter
| tainment Everything is real; every
| body is just as he or she is billed, and
| the Mexicans,e Indians, spotted mustangs
and buffalo are such as can be found
| only in their own climates and regions.
The show will be see on the circus
grounds at Deering Monday.
Paul Kauvar.
"Paul Kauvar,n Steele Maekaye's great
play, will be performed at the Portland
theatre next Wednesday and Thursday
evenings, September 10 and a. The
play is familiar one, which has been
seen throughout New England and en-
Enthusiastically received wherever pre-
sented. Mr.. Mackaye's play has many
stirring and well written scenes and its
stage pictures give a graphic, idea of
incidents in the French Revolution,
Four Dashing Widows.
"The Widows Dance" was unquestion-
ably the hit of the year at Hoyt's Madi-
son Square theatre, New York 1t will be
done in the "The Busy Day" at the Port
land theatre duringssthe engagement here
beginning Monday, September II.
Bottom of the Sea.
| The marine melodrama "The Bottom
of the Sea-" under the management of
Webster and Brady, will be produced at
| the Portland theatre on Friday and Sat
urday nights, September 18th and 10th,
with special ladies and children matinee
Saturday The p1av is in five acts