The Portland daily press., 1895-04-19
MUSIC AND DRAMA.
Katherine Rober.


atre drew very large audiences, and
those present were most pleasantly en-
tertained. Little Alice Mcneil ap-
peared as Pert at, the matinee, and
showed herself to be an unusually Bhright
child actress, the best seen in Portland
in many years. She is very natural and
graceful and won the hearts of all by
her clever work.
In the evening the company gave a cap
ital performance of East Lynne" and
easily proved their superiority over any
repertoire company that has ever played
here. Miss ROBBERS Lady Isabel was
a very finished riece of acting and won
deserved applai Sc. Miss Howell intro
duced some new songs, rendering her
portion of the entertainment even more
attractive thereby. If arrangements that
are now under way result fayorably, a
local speciality will be introduced at the
matinee and evening performances on
Saturday. The two performances today
are fer Miss Rober's benefit She has
long been great favorite in this city
and her present engagement has added
largely to her popularity. A play in
which Miss Rober has never before ap-
peared in this city will be presented at
both performances. Bulwer's "The Lady
of Lyons" with the star as Paulie. The
capacity of the house will surely be test
ed both afternoon and evening. The per-
formances of tomorrow close the engage
ment. Kathleen Mavourneen" will be
played in the afternoon and "The Glenn
enceau Case" in the evening.
Return of Pauline Hall.
Since the performance of "Dorcas" re-
Gently given at the Portland Theatre by
Pauline Hall and her company, Miss Hall
has added new feature that has al
ready earned for her the sobriauet Of
@The Patriotic Prima Donna.n The day
after the celebration of the writing of
America" and the testimonial to it's
venerable author, Rev. DR.. Smith, Miss
Hall happened to3read an account of the
exercises. While SO doing a thought
came to her. IKE result is that at every
performace ofss" Dorcas" as the strains of
the last number are dying away, the or
chestra segues into "America" and the
national anthem ia sung by Miss Hall
and her company. The effect is simply
electrical. In some cases the entire au-
dience join in the chorus. while in
Others they stand spell-bound until the
song is finished and then cheer Miss Hall
to the echo. Miss Hall has announced
TINT it is herliudtetion to.followsthis Gus
tom which she has inaugurated at every
performace given by her in the future, no
matter whether the opera is Dorcas" Or
something new. Portland will have it's
first experience with this innovation
next Moday evening, when Miss Hall
and her company are to play return
engagement in "porcas" at the Portland
Theatre.
s'Trilby."
To those who have read Du Maurier's
novel, the stage version as written by
Paul n. Potter will pe revelation. Mr..
to have most eapaDly done his work
and to have placed upon the boards a
wonderfully clear conception of the vari-
GUS characters i'll the book. Taffy, The
Laird, Svengali, Little Billee, Gecko,
Dodo, Trilby, Nine. VinnaId and all Of
the others seem almost to have stepped
from the pages of the story, and to have
material flesh. These characters will
have most able artists to portray them
at the Portland Theatre next Tuesday
evening in the persons of Boyd Put
nam, Chas. Garfield, George Fawcett,
Frederick Couger, Miss Sybil John
stone. Miss Louise Muldener and the
uther memb bers of Mr.. A. M. Palmer's
company, under the management Of Mr.
VIM. A. Brady.
"Hawaii' on Fast Day.
Hawaii as presented by the Portan d
Athletic Club should prove to be the
stongest holiday attraction that has
been seen at the Portland Theatre in a
number of years, and will surely draw
two large and Fashionable audiences at
the matinee and evening performances
on Fast Day. In the final performance of
the opera on Friday evening. great
deal of interest has developed and it
promises to be as notable in event as th e
initial presentation.
Al Fields's Minstrels.
There was goodsized, but not
crowded audience gathered at City Hall
last evening to listen to AL Fields's min
strels, and there was no question, from
the applause and encores, that they were
delighted. Musically, the performance
was excellent from the orche stral or
vocal standpoint to say nothing of the
exceedingly clever Alveraz family, the
musical BARRIERS. They evoke music from
ell Imaginable appurtenances to bar
Der shop, chairs, cushions, cuspadors
razor strops, shaving mugs, grinder,
etc. The company is particularly strong
in vocalists. Arthur Ynle is phenome-
non with his triple voice baritone, ten
or and soprano. Melville's act as the
Conique Equilibrist was very taking
Dne, and he was applauded continuously.