The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1893-09-27
MUSIC AND DRAMA.
Complimentary Concert.

Complimentary Concert.
The.listsof talent that will appear at
City hall October 9Th, on the occasion OF
the grand complimentary concert
rendered to Misses Knight. RicAer and
Philbrook, includes the benefciaries,
Miss Bertha Webb, yiolinist, the Haydn
Quartette and the Portland Singers
Club. Mr.. Harvey Murray will conduct
and Mr. Frank L. Rankin will be pianist.
The seats will be on sale at Stock bridges
on and after tomorrow. Low rates Will
be furnished on special trains over the
Maine Central The unusually largeslist OF
subscribers of over 600 of the best known
citizens makes it necessary to apply for
tickets early.
shore Acres.
This beautiful moral play which has
had so long run at the Boston Museum
and which has received the universal
commentator of press and public
will be seen at Portland Theatre Friday
and Saturday, performed by the same
company that produced it in Boston,
and. the tickets are now selling rapidly
at the box office. The Boston Herald
says:
"Few among the large audience that
braved the coolest night to witness the
first production of the play in Boston,
and Mr.. Hornes first appearance on Jne
Museum stage, were prepared for the
beautifully realistic pictures OF one
phase of New England life presented
on the Museum stage last night; it was
the most charming bit of dramatic real
ism presnated in a long period. The
whole atmosphere of the play is sweet
and wno.esome;s Its subjects and It's
scenes and it's people are homely There
is no attempt at mystery and perhaps
some might find fault with it because
so little is left for the imagination and
because the play centres around an old
farm on the Maine coast, with nothing
to recommend it save its picturesque
and lovely shore scene, and because
one is kept almost constantly in the att
mosphere of New England. Kitchen.
Spider and Fly.
The Philadelphia Herald speaking of
Spider and fly which will be seen at
Portland Theatrf Monday and Tuesday
next, says:
AN audience as large as the house
would permit. of witnessed superior
speciality and hurlesque performance at
the Empire Theatre last night. A stage
of effort, kept the house conyulsed with
interest and laughter. The Spider and
Fly is melange of tune dance and
pantomime, helped along with scenery
bright and new from the painters brush
and gowns and other girl harness Just
fun gallops along at rafting rate, and
there is no time to sleep. A number of
artists in the cast are straight from the
London Alhambra, hand the entertain
ment, lacking the tables and the smoke
in the pit, is reminiscent of that famous
English theatre There is much music
during the evening, familiar miscellany
we'll chosen and well sung"
Notes.
The "Fencing Master with Mapleson
& Whitney's splendid company of eighty
people will be seen at Portland Theatre
Oct. 5th and 9th. The opera will be pro-
duced exactly as as, it is being presented at
Another fine performance of A Trip to
Chinatown" was givenvat PortlandThea-
tire last night
Alexandra Guilmont. said to be the
greatest living orgahist, will be the SEN
sation in Boston this week.
The Frohman Go. will be at the Hollis
d. ucd1IC ooouoI, Oii Aoo oiAiauoi .oio
on the 2nd of October for a fortnight.
They will open with Sardou's comedy,
which he wrote for the Lyceum Com
pany. This play will be followed by re-
vivale of other plays in the Lyceum Com
pany's repertoire, such as THE Charity
BALI "The Wife," The Idler," "Old
Heads and Young Hearts, with costumes
as they may be required.
F.Nichols Crouch, the venerable COM
poser of kathleen Mavourneen," will di-
rect the orchestra during the engage
ment of W. II. Powers romantic Irish
drama, "Glen-da-lough," at the Column
bia Theatre, Boston, while J.K. Murray
sings the famous old ballad. Prof.
Crouch is now in his S7th year, and his
appearance will be an event of interest
to all lovers of music and admirers of
his grand old ballad. That has held
place in the hearts of theatre-goers for
over half century. : Dermott Astore,"
companion song to g kathleen Mavour-
neen, " also composed by Prof Crouch,
will be sung by Clara Lane.
"The Nabob" will be seen at Portland
theatre October 5th.
We are to have three great dramatic
performances at City hall next month.
Clara Morris October Goth and Salvini
October 25th and Goth. Both the artists
will be supported by excellent companies
Tickets will be on sale at Stockbridges
October 18th.
The Stoddard lecture course will begin
at City hall November 9th.