The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1896-08-27
MUSIC AND DRAMA.
Faust.

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part in modern theatricals ana some VI INC
effects produced by it are Lttie sllorC VI 'iio
marvellous In no play is thls lact hiore
apparent than in the productioh OIL naus'
given by Lewis Morrison when Will De seen
in this city, at the Portland Iheatre on NOR
day evening August 31st. NOT only are some
of these pretty, but they are startling in their
resultant effect upon the audience. For in
stance. in the cathedral scene when the
cross over the door blazes forth in glare of
light and again in the garden when the
flowers burst forth in an electric bloom of
light that is dazzling, in its intensity then
again in the duel scene when the sword of
Mephisto gives out in flashes of flame and
on the Broken when lighting fills the air in
binding flashes and lights up the wierd and
uncanny revelry of the witches All cleo
tricity and yet how truly realistic and tell
ing is its effect. Faust appeals to the
heart in hum antty. Its story is an ideal one
with the elaborate staging given it by Mr..
Morrison will ever be source rich in en-
joyment to those who seek their pleasure
within the walls of the theatre.
Mr.. Bob.
General theatre parties will take the
steamer Madeleine this evening at 7.30 to
enjoy the farce comedy Mr.. Bob,'' which
the young people of Great Diamond are to
present. They have been working hard and
have now attained remark able excellence
The enthusiasm with which they have stud
led is due to their desire to win even greater
laurels than did this years graduating class
of the High school. The Madeleine will re-
turn after the play in time to connect with
all the cars. Among the. other pleasures of
the evening will then be the sail back by
moonlight.
The Indian.
Morrison's production of his new play
1.-THE Indian at Portland theatre, next
Tuesday evening, will prove an event
in the dramatic annals of Portland.
Briefly the plot of the play is something
as follows:
Away back In the fifties. during an up
rising of the Sioux, General Sterling is
cent to que a disturbance in Dakota
among tho Ogallalas. Their chief, War
Eagle, has two four year old baby war
riors, twin brothers, Blue Feather and
Red Feather, in the field. A shot aimed
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poor little Blue Feather and the chief
sadly leaves the little body for dead, and
barely escapes with Red Feather in his
arms. But General Sterling after the
fight is over finds little Blue Feather
still living and brings the child east. His
sister. Miss Winnifred, takes to the child
and keeps him as play fellow to the
Sterling. Little Blue Feather is after
wards adopted by the General. who chris
tens him Rex Sterling. Rex is given a
liberal education, is sent to West Point.
and eventually becomes Lieut.. Sterl-
ing.
The play opens twenty years after this
fight with the Sioux, who are again I'M
settled and dissatisfied. In General Sterl-
ing's drawing room, peace commission
Is discussed, and the general receives as
his guests delegation from the Ogalla-
las, in the persons of War Eagle and his
sou, Red Feather A coming out'' ball
is given for Miss Gladys during their
visit and General Sterling urges Red
Feather, who is clad in the full regalia
of the Indian brave, to come and join
in the. festivities. Red Feather then tells
the General that the white people are en-
emies Of the red man and that he, the
General, is his Red Feathers particular
and deadliest enemy, because as he be-
lieves General Sterling killed his brother
Blue Feather, and by that act also took
the war spirit from his father. War Ea-
gle, who never recovered his loss. The
General assures Red Feather that his
brother Is living, but refuses to tell Red
of his relation to War Eagle and Red
Feather.
The third act opens at the Indian res.
ervation. Mr.. Leach, Miss Gladys's re-
jected sutton, and Mr.. and Mrs. Bounoer,
are in charge of the Indian agency. They
have cheated and robbed on every hand,
swindling the government no less than
the poor Indian. The peace commission,
of which General and Mrs. Sterling,
Miss Gladys and Rex are members, ar
rive and discover the fearful fraud that
has been going on. Leach, to save him.
self, tries to make Red Feather believe
that the peace commission means only
treachery to him; also he abdunts Miss
Z Gladys, thinking to force her into mar
rying him, and allows tho suspicion of
the abduction to fall on Red Feather, but
the latter follows, rescues Miss Gladys
and restores her TO her father. Then a
pow-wow of the Indians Is held and
amicable arran gements are being made
when Leach sneaks in and shoots Red
Feather in the back. With his dying
breath Red Feather Is reyenged for he
stabs Leach to the heart, and then thank
ing the General for all he is trying to do
for his race he too dies in the arms of
White Lily Miss Gladys) just before
Rex, who has also been seeking Gladys,
returns to the camp.
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