The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1894-12-06
MUSIC AND DRAMA.
Oliver Twist,

Charles Dickens's solver Twist" will
be played at Portland Theatre Deem Der
18th. The costuming has been carefully
copied from Cruikshank' marvellous
illustrations, and under the stage super
vision OF that competenJ and clever ac-
tor, Mr.. Frank j keenan,, we are sure to
find beautiful stage pictures. Mr. Keen
all has. made study not only OF MS
own part of "Fagin, the jew" but OF the
entire play, SO that great attention TO
detail is promised in Oliver Twist" and
with such artists as Miss ElIta Proctor
Otis. Mr.. Charles Barron, MIR. W. A. Mes
tayer, and Mr.. Frank keenan, In the
principal characters, 1t would sseem That
a rare dramatic treat is in store for us.
The com bination is directed by Mr.. Mes
tayer whose long.experience as mana
ger would appear to guarantee that all
these fair promises will be fulfilled.
The Derby Mascot.
"The Derby Mascot" coming to the
Portland Theatre, Wednesday and Thurs
day of pext week, is A.Y. Pearson's lat
est great production in the field of spec
taoular melodrama. In many ways it
overshadows all of it's predecessors. he
ing on scale of greater magnitude than
any of them. A feature of the play Is
the great race scene. one of the most re-
alistic stage representations ever pro-
duced. The sale of seats commences this
morning. .sa.
Concert to Mr.. Given.
A complimentary violin recital by the
pupils of Mr.. Fred Given, the well
violin, was given at City Hall last eve
ming. Besides the performances by
the pupils, Chandler's orchestra, Miss
Nellie B. Towle of Lewiston, the Cres-
cent Mandolin and Guitar Club, the
Apollo Male Quartette, Mr.. John 2.
WEIGH, Mr.. Frank o. Welcome, Mr.. Fred
A. Given, and Messrs. Hatch and Skill
lings appeared. The accompanies were
Misses Clementine Varney, and Mollie
Morse, Messrs. James A. Balm and John
" Woodbury.. These were the pupils
who appeared on this occasion: Mrs.
Hattie A. Bean and Miss Kathleen Rob-
inson of Auburn, Miss Lily P. Alden
of Pennington, Miss Theresa Crystal
Stewart of Lewiston, Miss Florence M.
Westwood, Miss Carrie B. Manchester
and Miss Lillian b. Morse of Portland:
Masters Ralph e. Hovey of Portland,
George Fl Meserve of Portland, Lewis
L. Peck of Lewiston, Harry S. Robe of
Lewiston, Harry Wood of Portland, and
Mr. Henry E. Goss of Auburn.
The programme was published yester-
day.
i, 1t is enough to say that the pupils APP
peared to good advant age, and reflected
much credit on their instructor. Miss
Towle's contralto voice, accompanied by
piano and string orchestra, in the "The
Holy City," elected much applause,
and the solos of Messrs. WEIGH and Well
come, the selections by the quartette
and Crescent Club, and the odd bottle
ronophone duet. were warmly received.
Mr. Given was, OF course, the recipient of
quite an ovation. The audience was
very large, completely filling the great
hall. The recital was given under the
auspices of the Gospel Mission.
Hawaii.
The sale of seats for Hawaii begins
this morning, at 8 o'clock, at Mitchell's
ticket Office, No. SAP Congress street.
From present indications, the rush will
be something unprecedented. The line
began at Z O'Clock yesterday morning,
and increased steadily during the day
and evening. For "a weary hours these
men will stand in line in order to secure
the first choice Of seats, feeling that the
end amply justifies the means. The
mem bers Of "a the Portland Athletic
Club Opera Company. from the queen
upon her patent throne to the most mod
est and shy of the lovely maidens of the
ballet. fully appreciate the compliment
implied by this rush for seats. The en-
tire production is made under the per-
sonal supervision of Mr.. james Gilbert
Al. !,