The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1896-02-01
MUSIC AND DRAMA.
Cleveland,s Minstrels.

evening performance today, Cleveland's
Minstrels will appear. An exchange
says: "We are inclined to think that
William Cleveland, the minstrel mag
nate, is OVERRIDING the business in the
way of big show, not that we wish to
be understood as asserting that he has
bitten off more than he can chew like
the fellow who begs his tobacco, but that
helis giving too much of bill of fare IN
his menu, surfeit of food for fun and
fancy. just four times too much show
for the money, Mr.. Clevelcand. A min
strel show alone is enough and here you
go and quadruple the dose; l. A white
minstrel show. 2. A charcoal contingent
"a genuine coon carnival. 3. A tribe OF
Arabs. T. A troupe of Japanese. Show
enough in one night to last four. end as
If that was not heaping high the dish
you come along with three brass bands
and shake up the town until every dollar
in it threatens to roll into your treasury.
William, we beg of you to halt, call
stop, put on the brakes and for goodness
sake give some of the other managers
chance to live. If you keep on at the
rate you are going you will get it ALL"
The afternoon performance will be the
same as that in the evening. The tickets
for adults will be so cents and for child
dren 25 cents.
The Shaughraun.
The Boston Traveller says: 9Th g
Boucicault- Martinez company appeared at
the Bowdoin Square Theatre last even
Ing in 'The ShaughrauD,' the romantic
Irish drama made famous by the elder
Boucicault. The house was crowded, the
action of the play WAS smooth and the
applause was generous, curtain call fol-
lowing each act. Mr.. Boucicault's rem
Shaughraun, the soul of every fair, the
life of every funeral was excellent. His
work was marked by a snap and dash
that BELTS the part This is the first time
Mr.. Boucioault has appeared in the play
in the East, although he has toured the
Pacific coast in it. Miss Martinez as
Moya, role which she made such suo-
cess at the Museum with the elder Bou-
oicault, has lost none of her charm as a
beautiful, buxom Irish lass, and won
many plaudits. Miss Amelia Bingham,
as Claire Folliott, is not only beau
tiful young woman, but good actress.
Louis Massen, as Captain Molineux,
made dashing young English officer.
Miss Kate Ryan, was greeted with warm
applause in her old part of Mrs. O'Kelly,
and Frank Shannon also came in for
liberal share, as Sergeant Jones. the part
played with Dion Bucicault at the old
Museum The Shaughraun will be
seen with the same people in the cast at
Portland theatre Monday night and the
tickets are going like hot oakss.
A Trip to Chin at own
Next Tuesday night Hoyt's ga Trip
to Chinatown" with the original New
York cast, including Mr.. Harry Conner,
comes to the Portland theatre and will
be produced in a sumptuous manner.
Every particle of scenery and furniture
used in the piece is from Hoyt's Theatre,
New York, where the popular skit had a
run of 700 nights.
Colleen Bawn.
There is great interest taken in the
production of the Colleen Bawn on the
evenings of Thursday and Friday of next
week, and ample encouragement for the
local talent industriously rehearsing.
The sale of seats began Thursday at Port
land theatre and large number were
sold.
The Last Stoddard Lecture.
The last lecture of Mr.. Stoddard's suo-
oessful series at City Hall will be given
next Monday evening when Mr.. Stod-
dard will open another chapter in his
experience in the far East, and will en-
deavor to aoquaint his hearers with the
teauty, novelty and picturesqueness of
Japan. His patient daily study of this
people made the spot under unusually
favoring circumstances fits him to give
rea listic impression of hem which is
greatly assisted by Illustrations.
Studio Recital.
Mr.. Frank L. Rankin gave a studio
recital in Brown block last evening
which drew very appreciatiye and
good-sized audience In fact so MANY
were present that Mr.. Rankin had to
utilize the CORR dor, which was filled with
seats. The pupils who took part in the
recital were Misses Annie G. Holmes and
Helen j. Foster. These young ladies
had received their instructions entirely
on the noiseless olavier, and this was
their first appearance at the piano. This
was the programme:
Scales of Major; Harmonic and Me-
lodic Minor, in similar and CON-
trary motion. Rate of speed 1856
notes per minute.
Etnde, OPP. 1870, Boosk l, No 4, Duvsrnoy
Prelude, . Minor, Bach
Miss Annie G. Holmes.
Invention, @. Major, Bach
Spinning Song, op. 81, No. 4,
Mendelssohn
Miss Helen j. Foster.
Gondellied, Harberier
Narcissus, Nevin
Deu1leme Mazurka, GODDARD
Ntuoe, Sohutt
Miss Annie c. Holmes.
Aven, OPP. 9, Schumann
Bunte Blatter. op. 90, No. 8. Schumann