The Portland daily press., 1896-02-03
MUSIC AND DRAMA.
The Shaughraun

The Shaughraun
The Boston Journal says of the per-
Torrance of t'The Shaughran, - at the
Bowdoin Square theatre in that city
The performance was intelligently con-
Quoted and replete with good points.
The work of Aubrey Boucicault was
we'll studied. yet full of naturalness. AS
Conn, tho soul of every fair, the life
of every funeral, the first fiddle at all
| weddings and parties, he was able to
combine the right amount of humor
with the right amount of broad hearted
tenderness, the fitting degree of cheer
fulness with the fitting degree of manly
regretfulness at the sorry turns of affairs
! in his beloved Suliaheg. Miss Martinez
| was, as in her Museum days, winsome
and miscellaneous as Moya. There is fas
cinating jingle in her brogue which sug-
gests the drawing room rather than The
| lowly Irish lass, but it is forgivable. She
received many curtain calls last evening
and deserved them. The other women
in the cast were efficient, particularly
Miss Kate Ryan, whose ability was
shown in her marvelously realistic role
of Conn's mother. Miss Amelia Bing-
ham and Miss Grace W. Eddtsen also
deserve high parise for their work. The
men of the cast were generally good, Mr..
H. Gettus Lonsdale, the villain, taxing
| the hiss repositories of the second gallery
from the first to last. The scenery and
stage settings were entirely adequate.
The Shaughraun will be seen at Port
land theatre tonight.
A Trip to Chinatown
Coming to Portland theatre under the
management of Messrs. Hoyt & Mckee,
is Hoyt's "a Trip to Chinatown" which
will remain for one night only. The en-
gagement has special interest attached to
| it from the fact that this most successful
of Hoyt's comedies comes to Portland
with the same company that. presented
it for 656 consecutive nights at Hoyt's
theatre, New York. Not only is this the
longest run ever known in the history
of farce comedy, but no play. no matter
what its character. whether drama,
spectacular, opera or farce, has ever be-
fore been given for so many successive
performances in the metropolis. Previ-
GUS to the run of IA Trip to China
town." the Black Crook had been given
476 times, Hazel Kirae. 1856 times, Humpty
Duinpty 1873 times, and Adonis 603 per-
formanoes. In some other instances New
York runs had to be forced, but in this
respect Mr.. Hoyt was forced by the pub
lie to continue his play, seats often being
sold for months in advance. The pro-
duotion that playgoers will receive Tues
day night is Identical with that which
has had such success in the metropolis.
Cleyeland's Ministries.
Cleveland's mjnstrels gave two very
good performances at Portland theatre
Saturday afternoon and evening. The
minstrel part was good enough, although
it did not particularly recommend itself
for either its originality or in the excel
lence of the singing or jokes. But the
performances by the Arabs and the Japs
were admirable and were greeted with
tremendous applause. The balancing
and posturing were wonderful, and the
tumbling and oontortion business of the
best
Humanity.
Humanity me1odrama from the
pen of Sutton Vane author of "The Cot
ton King will be the attraction at the
Portland theatre Tuesday and Wednesday
evenings, February 18th and 18th with
matinee Wednesday. The cast is the same
that appeared in Boston and New York
headed by Joseph GrisIner and Phoebe
Davis who gave such general satisfaction
when seen here in ''rhe New South. -
The Last Stoddard Lecture.
A red-letter occasion tonight will be
John L.. Stoddard's farewell appearance
at City hall He will especially honor
it by the production of his famous leo
ture on Japan, which reproduoes most
remarkable country with the aid Of, the
finest posi- BILE illustrations