The Portland daily press., 1895-11-04
MUSIC AND DRAMA.
Katherine Rober.

Tonight Miss Katherine Rober, under
Mr.. Wills on's management and supported
by strong company, will open her sea-
son at Portland Theatre with "Our
Kitty" Miss Rober is great favorite
with the present class of theatre goers
In Portland, and on this occasion she
will display the elegant gowns purchased
by her in Paris the past summer There
is no doubt that the house will be crowd
ed. There will be ten entertainments in
this city, four of these dime matlnees,
which have always been so largely patro-
nized at the theatre. The plays selected
for the enjoyment of our amusement
patrons will give Miss Rober excellent
opportunity for the full display of her
fund of talent, both in the dramatic and
comedy line
Salvini.
With the advent of the famous roman
tic actor, Alexander Salvini, the play
goer realizes that for brief space
change will come over the spirit of things
theatrical. He need not be told that the
themes Salvini illustrates in action, are
not..real, that the sentiments voiced ana
the characters portrayed by him and MS
players are not those Of 1S9, and that
the atmosphere they create belongs en-
tirely to another age, perhaps largely TO
imagination alone. Yet it is from tness
very elements that Mr.. Salvini has evolved
the greater part of his popularity. he
has banished realism and commonplace,
rn1 an
1t is by sensation that Sallynl Wins ms
admirers; he makes them feel, and not
alone hear and see They realize the sensa-
tion. that there may have been and prob
ably was time, when the air OF oourtly
grace. the bonn bast of knightly speech,
the pleading of passionate love- the clank
of the ready sword, intrigue, and WHO
adventure was the natural order OF Things
and the reflection, is pleasing one TO
those who have become satlated WIN
dramatic effort in which the spirit OF
genuine romance is wanting. But the
kind of sensation which dominates the
drama of romance is not the mawklsh
quality the word describes in the drama
of the period, but rather the sensation
which Mr.. Rusk incites, no healthy-mlno-
ed people can be void of. 1t is the SUIT
ring I'D of these dormant natures once IN
n while and the arousing OF the man hooo
and womanhood that is in us that we
need, unless we are content to become
nothing but nation of shopkeepers and
money-changers. Tonight Salyini will be
seen at City Hall. Tickets at Stock
BRIDGES.
The Stockbridge Course.
Speaking of Paderewski, who will open
the Stockbridge course Nov 2lst, and
give matinee Nov 20 the London Queen
saws: I'M. Paderewski made last week
the only two public appearances which
will mark mis- visit to London this season.
On Tuesday he played at piano-forte
recital at st. James's Hall, and on Satur-
day afternoon he was heard in association
with full orchestra at the N1kisch con-
cert in the Queens Hail., LanghaM
place. His piano-forte recital was crowd
ed. the receipts constitute ng, it is said,
the largest sum that has ever yet been
realized by piano-forte recital at ot.
,James's Hall, and reaching close upon
$1,000. M. Paderewski commenced
the concert with remarkably line per-
formance of Beethoven's sonata IN A
flat, opus 10, and then gave really SUI
perb redering of Schumann's fantasia
in C. opus H. A couple of Mendelssohn' s
.sSongs without words succeeded, the
so-called "Bees' Wedding" having TO be
reueated, and the artist was then heard
in a brilliant yet remarkably finished
performance of Brahms's highly exacting
variations in A minor on theme by
Paeanini. A group of Chopin pieces,
the players own "Cracoyienne, and
LISTS twelfth Hungarian Rhapsody,
were the other items in the programme.
The Drummer Boy.
The first rehearsal of "The Drummer
Bow took place at City Hall on oatuc-
day evening, and we canIassure Aoul
readers that all who attend the perform
ano IS. beginning Thursday night, willnpe
more than repaid. The tickets are sell
ing we'll at Williamson's drug store, cor
ner of Free and Congress street.
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