The Portland daily press., 1896-04-29
MUSIC AND DRAMA.


presented the English drama of "Strick
en- Blind' at Portland theatre. II wa,
noticeable feature of the audiences tha
gather at Miss ROBBERS performance
that, in looking around the house, one
sees the same faces night after night. o.
course there are exceptions, but it is evi.
dent that Miss Rober has a very large
olrole of friends among Portland theatre
goers who are unswerving in their sup
port. The play of Stricken Blind' does
not differ materially from many other
melodramas. There are fendish plots,
husband and wife estranged, murder,
foxy jew. whose evidence convicts the
villain, and final reconciliation. AS
Kate Medland, the wronged wife, MISS
Rober pleased her audience exceedingly.
Her virtuous rejection OF Matthew
Thornton's advances were received with
rousing applause, and in the various
situation it was evident that she mad
her hearers in perfect sympathy with her.
Mr.. Justin Paige was quite strong as
Gilbert Medland, while j. Gordon Ed
wards was cool and foxy as Matthew
Thornton. John Weber was exceedingly
good as Isaacs the Jew. Misses Hamil-
ton and Hancock pleased as Ada and
Laura Sidney, and Misses MoHugh as
Joe, while little Verda O'Neil was con-
sidered exceedingly cunning as Arthur.
The orchestra played their selections
with much taste. Today the first dime
matinee will be given when Miss Rober
will appear as Camille. and in the eve
ming Moths will be offered.
st. Paul.
There will be great desireHto hear
Beresford the great baritons-basso in
est. Paul. which will be given this
evening at Kotzschmar hall by the Hay
dens. The oratoTio is enc of the most en-
joyable of all the celebrated works of the
great Mendelssohn. The arias are es-
pecially adapted to show the abilities of
the soloists while the choruses are among
the most famous in oratorio composition.
Besides Mr.. Beresford, Mrs. Evelyn Day
White Miss Minnie A. Plummer and
Mr.. Will Stockbridge will sing. The
tickets are obtainable at Stookbridge's.
OF Mr.. Beresfurd the Columbus, Ohio,
Daily Press says: ''We are quite safe in
asserting that there is no such bass voice
In the country as that of Arthur Beres-
ford. 1t is, if we may use that some-
what haokneyed word, phenomenal in
it's rich resonant quality, add to this an
easy, natural method and profound mu-
sical feeling, and the enthusiasm he new
er fails to arouse is easily accounted for'
Miss Jerry.
Tonight the illustrated play of "Miss
jerry will be presented in the Stock
bridge course at City hall. The unfor-
tuna5e circumstances that prevented it's
representation last week are well known
The tickets are selling well at Stock
BRIDGES. The Passaic, n. ]. News says:
"The greatest novelty yet presented in
the Passaic Club house. Mr.. Black en-.
tertained the largest audience that has
attended any Of the Free Library enter
tainments this winter. So real and life
like are the steropticon pictures of the
characters, and SO we'll does Mr.. Black
do the talking, that it is the easiest thing
in the world to imagine them real otarao.
tiers in a real play on arealgstage.
Rossini Concert.
The tickets for tbs Rossini Club con-
cert to be given at Kotzschmar hall, to-
morrow afternoon, are on sale by mem
bers and at the door. The concert will
begin at p. N. The programme will be
a carefully selected one.
Sousa's Band.
In presenting Miss Myrta French and
Miss Minnie Tracey as the soloists of his
New England and Canadian tour, Mr..
Sousa Is confident that the unusual op-
portunity of hearing two sopranos at each
of his concerts will be thoroughly appre-
ciated by his patrons. These young
women are said to be alike in the posses
sion of unusually fine voices end charm.
Ing personalities, but far apart as to the
similarity of their vocal gifts. Miss
'Fcacey has a dramatic voice of thrilling
power, large in its scope and yirile in its
effect, and she sings like an artist in
whoses spirit burns the true fire. Miss
French, on the other hand, is the possess
sor of q lovely lyric soprano, as smooth as
velvet in it's quality. Her rendition of
the graceful, melodious numbers of the
romantic writer's are all that can be de-
sired, and Mr. Sousa is certainly to he
felicitated upon the engagement of his
supporting artists. Tickets at Stock
BRIDGES. The concerts will be given May
9th.