The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1895-11-14
MUSIC AND DRAMA.
Louis Morrison in "Faust."

Torrance than that of Faust" by Mr..
Louis Morrison and company, has not
been given here but few times, if ever.
Great actors have appeared, and excel
lent stock companies, or some company
of merit with attempt at scenic display
but it remained for Mr.. Morrison to COM
bine all the attractions of a character
portraiture, a good stock company, rich
costumes, fine scenic and mechanical
| effects. The audience evidently appre-
ciated the undertaking, for the applause
was enthusiastic, and Mr.. Morrison and
Miss Roberts and Mr.. Whittlesey were
called before the curtain.
| When Mr.. Morrison appeared at the
end of the fourth act, he told the audience
that he had not contemplated visiting
Portland, because the expense would
be very great. He was very much pleased
with his reception and said. at the re-
quest of Mr.. Mitchell. the play would be
repeated Thursday night
Mr. Morrison's imp ersonation OF Meph-
isto retains all its excellencies. There
| is the face with it's knocking smile, so often
attributed to his satanic majesty, that
| changes so readily to the sullen, frown-
ing, terrible expression of fiend incar-
nate. There is vein of dry humor that
makes itself so apparent in the court
ship of Martha. His figure is calculated
to make more forcible the power of his
i facial expressions, and the many little
artistic touches he introduces through
out the drama serve to emphasize his
splendid characterization.
Mr.. White Whittlesey was excellent as
Faust, added to most agreeable person
ality, are mobile features, animation,
and in the scene where he upraids Meph-
isto and kills Valentine, good deal of
power. Miss Florence Roberts was
most capable Marguerite. She invested
the unsophistocated maiden with much
quiet dignity in the first meeting with
Faust, bringing forth a hearty tribute of
appause in the third act, where her smot-
ional appeal to the Virgin impressed
every one with its power. The other
characters were all well taken.
The scenic and mechanical effects were
superb. From the first act to the
apatheosis of Marguerite there was
succession of surprises in the electrical
effects. The setting of the second act, the
garden scene, was a beautiful poem by
moonlight. The shower of fire in the
Brock en- in the fourth act reused the
audience to the highest pitch of enthu-
siasm. 1t was a tribute to the company
when we say the audience stopped at
the fall of the last curtain and applauded
vigorously.
The music all through the play was
appropriate and artistic. The soprano
who sang Ave Maria, and the Sanctus,
possesses voice that is not often heard
in concert troupe without mentioning
dramatic company.
If Portland people do not crowd City
Hall tonight wo shall be exceedingly
ment put before them as it is doubtful
if it's equal is seen here for long time.
Seats will be ready early this morning, |
at Stookbridge's, and every lover Of what
is best in dramatic art should secure
them early.
The Stockbridge Course.
The fine course OF entertainments to be |
given by Mr.. Ira Stockbridge should be
continually present in the mind of those
who are continually asking for good en-
tertainments that are not expensive. In |
the course can be found,a great aggregate
of talent. Paderewski. who. is still one
of the greatest attractions of the day
Ondricek, the latest violinisst of Euro |
pc can fame who played this week at the |
great Paget-Whitney wedding in New |
York: the Tavary Grand Opera Co.. /; |
Watkin Mills, the great basso and his |
company; DR.. Parkhurst, the great Eng
lish reformer, are many time more than |
worth the price of a course ticket. Get
them at once.
The Park Theatre.
Be sure and go to the Park this week. |
The Andersons are good vocalists and
dancers. The programme opens with
laugbable curtain raiser in which Messrs.
Cogan, Griffin, Cowper and Rose Bacon
have parts. Then follow respectively
specialties by Gus and frankie Daley,
John F. Fenton. Cogan & Bacon. Griffin
and Cowper and frankie Daley. There
is variety enough to satisfy the most ex-
acting, there being grotesque and artistic
dancing and comedy of the Irlsh darkey
and eccentric kind
Givens Violin Recital,
The demand for tickets for this musical
event is very flattoring to Mr.. Given
and his pupils and the event is sure to
be one OF Importance in the musical
world. In addition to other talent six
pupils will appear in solo numbers, and
class OF 20 pupils will play an air with
variations in unison with orchestral ac-
The programme will be
printed later.