The Portland daily press., 1893-09-16
MUSIC AND DRAMA.
The Bottom of the Sea.

The Bottom of the Sean is a melo-
drama of the old school built on the reg
ulation ,ines and filled with all manner
of strange incidents 1t delighted the
audience last evening at Portland theatre
and the applause was loud and frequent.
The principal tableaux are the wreck
of the steamer Isabel in the first act, the
tableatx of the ocean depths in ten tras-
formation scenes in the fourth act, and
the cliff by moonlight in the last act.
The scene where the villain cuts the air
pipe connected with the divers helmet,
and the attack by the great octopus ex-
cited immense enthusiasm. The curtain
was called at the end of the first and
fourth acts. The company assuming the
various characters is good. Mr.. George
P. Webster plays the part of the Greek
villain Alexis Banilli, with much force,
Mr.. j. w. Mcconnell is good as the young
American hero Norton, George Almont
is amusing as the Irish servant Barney,
Miss Camille Cleveland as Emily LIE
Brun, not only acts but sings well, Miss
George Game makes sprightly Denl-
zette and pleases with her dancing. The
other characters are well taken, and
"the twins" prove one of the strongest
features of the piece. The play will be
repeated at the matinee today and for
tonight's entertainment
Notes.
The HAYDN Quartette gave concert
last evening at Sher brooke, Canada.
Already replete with houses of amuse-
ment, two more theatres are to be con-
structed in New York. Mr.. David Belas-
CO, the playwright, is to be manager OF
one, and the other Will be owned by MT.
Augustin Daily.
Mr.. Belasco's theatre is to be built by
a syndicate of wealthy men interested IN
theatrical affairs who are ready to invest
$500, 900. 1t will be stock company
house and the plays either high comedy,
refined melodrama, domestic drama OF
refined farce. A site has not yet been
secured
Mr.. Days theatre will be the hand
soonest in the New World. 1t will be
situated on Fifth avenue, a stone s throw
from Forty-sixth street, and will cost
81, 900, 600, and perhaps more. 1t is to be
an elegant lounging place, where the
-Four Hundred may see the first plays
performed by the finest actors and be-
apart from the theatre to indulge in
frappes, sherbets and ices. The house is
to be run on the most expensive plan.
High prices are to be charged for the
seats-higher prices than New Workers
ever paid before.
The new theatre, however, is not to
be entirely given over to Mr.. Days own
company. The finest actors and actresses
in Europe are to be brought over by Mr..
DAILY to perform in his theatre and in his
theatre only. Embraced in the theatre
project is novel scheme that, it is be-
fieved, will quickly commend itself to
the smartn as well as the exclusive set
in New York The idea is for social club
to be attached to the theatre, where the
members, without leaving the building
can retire for light refreshments. The
club house is to be on the corner of Fifth
avenue and the street.-The best portion
of the site-and is to be about fifty feet
square. Here members can lounge either
between the acts, during the play or after
the evenings amusement is over.
This club is to be kept very select, none
but the 400 being admitted within it's
sacred precincts. Ladies who hitherto
have been unprovidedfor in the modern
theatre will find this innovation of a
social club within the theatre very
gratifying, Mr.. DAILY believes