The Portland daily press., 1896-11-19
MUSIC AND DRAMA.
Conroy s Fox,s Big show.

MUSIC AND DRAMA.
COnroy & Fox's Big Show.
A complete series of shouts and laugh
ter is in waiting for the patrons of the
Portland theatre Friday and Saturday
and the announcement that Conroy and
Fox are coming will cause broad smile
OF anticipation to rest upon the faces of
their host of admirers. Another taking
feature of this announcement is that
they come to US this time with an entire
~ new play, which has been constructs q
expressly for their peculiar style of work.
It is called "O'Flarity's Vacation and
is from the pens of Arthur North and
Hartwig Cassell. 1t is said to be one of
the bestsIrish American comedies, pro-
duced in years, and in the hands of two
such clever comedians as Conroy and
Fox, We can easily imagine what round
of fun can be extracted from it. These
two clever artists have well established
themselves as comedy stars of enduring
brilliapcy. Their peculiar mannerisms
and keen flashes of pure Irish wit have
won for them the repu tation of being the
foremost in their line. Whatever they
do is neat and clean, and they always
give portrayal of the Irish character
that the true son OF the ''o,d sod'' likes
80 see.
Odd Miss Podd.
The sale of seats for Neil Burgess in
Odd Miss Podd" which appears at the
Portland theatre on Monday and Tuesday
evenings, commenced at the box Office
are that the theatre will be crowde d. 1t
is ten years since Mr.. Burgess has ap-
peared here personally and his coming
Is looked forward to with delight by all
classes of theatre goers. "Odd Miss
Podd," the rlay which Mr.. Burgess is
to present was written esps cially for him
by Alice e. Ives and contains a lseries OF
episodes of New England life. One Of
the chief features of the play is a bicycle
race in which the contestants ride at
breakneck speed for three M lies in full
view of the audience. This race is ar
ranged in a mechanical device which is
the invention of Mr.. Burgess and fully
nrotected nv natents III ia somewhat
similar to the horse race scene in tThe
County Fair" which is also the product
of Mr.. Burgess brains. Another funny
incident is the climax of tho first act
which discloses Mr.. Burgess making an
ascension on q flying machine. MIR.
Rnrpess has surrornded himself with a
strong oas1 ant trea' IL IN seors ior
theatre goers in the appearance Of popular
BARLEY McCallum, the Pavilion's we'll
knownImanager, VINO plays animportant
part In this new and successful plays
Music of France.
~
Tonight MIR. and Mrs. Kotzschmar
will give the second of their lecture re-
oitals at Kotzsobmar hall taking for their
..,sS u,-
supJec6 Ihe MUSIC OF france. we
would again call attention to the fact
that there are good seats left at Stock
bridges and they sn ouia De secured q ur-
ing today.
The recital this evening will not last
..h M. 1oa.,,ua ,a,t,o, ,.,;,, ~
brief. This will be the programme:
Reading, Mrs. Kotzsoh mar.
Chatelaine de Concy. b. 1857. d. 1892.
Mercy CLAIMANT
(The Oldest Troubadour Song extant.)
Quartetts.
Adam de la Hale. 1240-12S5. Robins
Maine
(The earliest Example of French Opera
Comiaue,)
Miss Rice.
Franohe Conte. BIBLES Trois Prin-
oesses.
Author. unknown. Chanson de Matelot.
Quartette,
Rameau. 16s3-1764. La Musette. LIE
Tambourin,
Miss Philbreok
Reading. Mrs. Kotzschmar
Mehui. i7e3.1s17. Romance. aJosepb.'
Mr. Day
Boildieu 1770-1S34. Tou jours Seul,
Miss Rice
Auber. 1784-1871. Bolero from
"Crown Diamonds Duo.
Mrs. White, Miss Rice
Herold. 1891 1888. Souvenirs du ieune
age Pre- aux clercs.
Mrs. White