The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1894-09-15
MUSIC AND DRAMA.
The Little Spectator.

The Little Spectator.
A distinct novelty in the farce-comedy
line will be tonight's appearance OF Ell
oise Willard, in Herbert Hall WinsloW's
unique production of "The Little Spec
ulator," at Portland Theatre. The story
of the play relates the ad ventures OF
real estate agent and his mlschlevous
ward. who have established new town
n the prairies. The real estate office is
the only building in town, and when
the purchasers ofslots arrive and discov-
err the true situation the most ridiculous
and laughter compelling situations. en-
sue.
The Gilhoolys Abroad.
aThe Gilhoolys A broad" will be seen
at Portland Theatre Monday night.
George German as Owen Gilhooly, and
John E. German as Jonathan Tubbs in
their acting singing and dancing are
the cause of uproarious laughter and ire
mendous applause. The audience seem
never to get enough of the laughable alb
surdities introduced by these favorites
as encore after encore is.kept up almost
without limit. "The Gilhoolys" is a
farce comedy and was written by James
German with the end in view of giving
his brothers George and John full scope
for high standard specialties. That he
has admirably succeeded is fully demon
strated at the performances.
The New South.
One of the most successful American
plays ever given to the public is The
New South" by Clay NJ. Greene and
Joseph Grismer. The present season is
it's third, during which time it has had
a run of over 100 nights in New York
city. Thursday and Friday evenings of
next week it will be presented at the
Portland Theatre by a company headed
by Joseph Grismer and Phoebe Davies,
and under the management of William
A. Brady. The sale of seats begins
begins this morning
Tabasco.
Thomas @. Seabrooke and his comic
opera company of eighty people and or
chestra in the new operetta "Tabasco"
will be the attraction at City Hall Mon
day evening next. Mr.. Seabrooke is
highly talented actor and a genius, says
a Philadelphia exchange. He ranks as a
leader in comic opera. We never be-
held q comedian so deliciously dry, SO
artistically unctuous, SO grotesq uely
funny and amusingly versatile as MI.
Seabrooke. He is unto the stage
"manor born.n EVERYTHING he does is
drawn with consummate fneness. His
perceptions of fun are intensely acute,
and in demonstrating to an audience
what these ideas are he is wonderfully
clever. 4 natural comedian is he;
voice, facial expressions, actions each
and all unquestionabIy prove this. His
versatility is pronounced. He can do
scores of things we'll. His audiences are
delighted with him. Tickets at Stock.
BRIDGES.
The Bostonians.
ETickets for. Robin Hood" and "The
Kniekerbockersn will be on sale at
Stock bridges at 9 a. M, and the indl-
cations are that the City Hall will be
crowded to the doors at the perform
ances. Robin Hood is considered by
many to. be. one of the hest light operas
ever written. and has already made
fortune for it's authors. 1t is SO we'll
known and widely heralded that any
words of praise that might be said here
are unnecessary. The Knickerbock
was written by De Koven and Smith as
arcompanion to Robin Hood, and is said
by competent critics to equal the latter
in general merit.
Callender's Minstrels
Callender's Minstrels drew fine audi
ence to City Hall last evening. A num-
her of those present were prepared to
laugh at anything, and did. Whether the
company is just starting out and has
had insufficient rehearsal. or
not is question, but the
singing as rule WAS pretty bad, the
jokes were few and far between, and the
specialties ordinary. The orchestra
played in one key and the musicians on
The stage in another. We don't wonder
the troupe shakes America soon for