The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1896-01-10
MUSIC AND DRAMA.
The Silver Crook ,


Portland Theatre was crowded last
night by large male audience gathered
to see the Silver Crook Company. Inc
first three quarters of an hour was TAKEN
up with very tart" productlon ehtlp
led tBradley's Independence Day Ceio.
bration.'' There wasn't a particle OF
real wit or humor in the piece, and what
was intended for fun was, to put 1t very
mildly. extremely coarse. 1t was unlor-
tunate that such a feature should nave
begrimed the entertainment, because 'he
the second part, the vaudeville Snow
was very good indeed. Nelsonla, the
modern iuggler, is very clever with the
balls and blocks, and his plate spinning
is excellent. Thompson and bunell, the
musical wonders, are skilled in the use
of various musical instruments. ana the
imitation Of the music box, with the con-
GLIDING thump. indicating that the Dox
has run down, is capital. Fitzgerald and
Kelley are first rate dncers, and their lit
tie brush with the gloves gave great salts
faction. Deavs' miniature theatre, or
mariopette vaudeville show, is one of tue
best things seen here for long tlme
The puppets perform their various acts
with remarkable fidelity to nature Miss
Nav Adams has voice that would ap-
parentIy earn her big money as train an
nouncer at the Union Station in the sum-
mer season.
The final burlesque, the "Silver
Crooko' was not suggestive, like the
opening farce; it was very outspoken.
Take it all in all, tho show outside
of the variety acts. is about as rocky as
anything that has been seen in Portland
Shore Acres.
The beautiful pastoral play, ashore
Acres, :" is announced for production at
, the Portland theatre next Monday and
Tuesday. But few plays written within
the past twenty years have caused such
widespread discussion among all classes
of theatre goers- Mr.. Herne is constantly
receiving letters from people who have
seen his play in the different cities, and
many of them contain laughable sugges-
lions. One man wanted the author to
buy large clock and have Uncle Nat
wind it UP every night before going to
bed. Another wanted big wooden bars
placed across the doors, while d third
thought Mr.. Herne ought to add another
act to his comedy, just to show how
happy the players would BIZ on Christmas
Day. Occasionally these letters are more
serious, ard there is one in particular,
which was sent to the author from a
prominent clergyman, telling of two
brothers that had been estranged for over
twenty hears and were reunited through
witnessing performance of "Shore
Acres.'' An excellent company has been
engaged to interpret this charming idyl
of New England coast life, and it's pre-
sentation is sure to please.
Kellar.
The arrival in this country of Dr.
Forbes W1nslow, the famous English
specialist in brain diseases has evoked
general comment by the American press.
which he considers the most intelligent
in the world, on the narrow margin be-
tween sanity and insanity. Kellar the
Magician, who is quite as eminent a
specialist in his way as Forbes Winslow is
n his, illustrates in his new entertain
inant the narrow margin between tie
natural and supernatural, the marvellous
which can be explained and the mysteri-
Gus which is beyond the explanation of
man. While openly ayowing that he
keeps on this side of the line between this
world and the aext, Kellar's audiences,
who have grown in numbers and enthusi-
asmAwheIeyer he hasSplayed this season,
are in spite Of themselves imblbed with
the atmosphere of experimentation The
good people Of Portland may try and see
for themselves when he appears here on
January 18th, at City Hall. Seats now
oil sale at Stookbridge's Half fare and
late trains.
Richard Mansfield, who played DR..
Jekyll and MIR Hyde at Richmond, Tues
day evening, received a telegram from
Steve" Brodie, dated Providence, r. T.,
offering to manage him and pay him
$1,000 per night. Mr.. Mansfield says that
Brodie means business. rs the bridge jun
per has talked with him on the subject
before. He did not indicate any inten-
ton of accepting the proposition.
The first concert by the Gounod clu b
was given at the Y. M. G. A. hall in
Bangor last evening The Gounod club
few months and already it has made very
rapid advancement. 1t is made up of the
leading musical people of the city and
the members take great interest in the