The Portland daily press., 1897-08-27
MUSIC AND DRAEIR.
Eight Bells.

MUSIC AND DRAMA.
Eight Bells.
Portland theatre will open this evening
with the stirring attraction, Eight
Bells" rewritten and up to date When
the play was produced here several
seasons ago it proved q capital drawing
card and it is claimed that it is now bet
ter than ever. An exchange says; Inc
new Eight Bells shows great improve
ment over its predecessor in that the SEN
sational features are much stronger in
every way. One can hardly appreciate
the scene of q ship completely turning
round, unless the ship in Eight Bells is
seen. and the conviction will come that
no more howlingly funny act was ever
devised. 1t is not to the lines of the play
but to the clever gymnastic work of the
brothers Byrne, who continue the life of
performance, aided by we'll balanced
company, that the success of the comedy
is attributable. From the rise of the first
TO the fall of the last curtain, everybody
is working and working hard. 1t is go
from beginning to end and so humorous
are some of the situations that the audi :
ence shows disposition to resent the ex-
cellence of the performance, for laughter
toward the close suggests the explosive
sounds from tired lungs and throats. In
the production this season there is
great improvement, showing desire on
the part Of the Brothers Byrne to keep
the comedy up to its original attractive
ness, and they succeed in giving very
entertaining and catchy performance.
Taken in it's entirety the new Eight
Bells is a nautical wonder and preserves
its success. !"
McCullum's Theatre.
BARLEY McCulIum will be obliged to
leave PEAKS island Immediately after the
first performance of ssTurned Up next
week in order to reach ST. Louis in time
to rehearse the company at the Grand
Opera house for the opening of his winter
season on September 18th. He therefore
requests all, who have accounts against
him to send in their bills at once SO that
he can pay them before leaving Portland.
You have only very, few more chances
to see 'Incog," the three-act farce come
dy that has proven to be the greatest
laugh producing play that Mr. McCul-
lum has presented this. season. If you
have not yet seen this laughable wonder.
there is lots of fun in store for you that
you can afford to miss. u
Musicale.
DR.. and Mrs. G. o. Files gave very
pleasant musicale at their summer cot
tage at Great Diamond Wednesday eve
ming. A party of about 80 people from
the city and the islands gathered to take
part in the varied entertainment Mr..
Sanglier, DR.. Hanson, Miss Ida
Howe and DIR. Files acted as acoompa-
nists, also varying the programme with
piano solos and duets. Vocal solos were
pleasingly renderd by Mrs. Maggi, Mrs.
Dr. Files, Miss Fobna Buck, Miss jose
phine Berry, Miss Madeleine Files and
Messrs. White and Files. Several readings
were rendered by Miss Anna Files. The
affair was delightfully."- informal and tho
roughly enjoyed by all present.
Notes.
A delightful concert was given few
evenings ago in Camden under the man
agement of Miss Charlotte Sabin. The
participants included Miss Fanny Cliff
Berry, tho well known pianist; Miss
Henrietta D. Rice, the Portland soloist,
and other prominent artists.
Mr.. A. NJ. Palmer Wednesday signed a
contract to manage Mr.. Richard Mans
fields tours for the future.
Miss Elsie de Wolfe has gained repu-
tation for being the best dressed woman
on the American stage, and her friends
will be surprised to learn that the next
part she will appear in will be one in
which good clothes cut no figure at all.
Miss de Wolfe is coming home from Paris
soon to begin rehearsals with Mr.. John
sDrew's company in IA Marriage Con-
ftfenience, in which she is cast as a
knowing maid servant, the role played at
the Haymarket in London, by Miss Adj
renne Dairolles.
Miss Fanny Davenport has been in New
York during the past few days to COM
plete the cast for her new play which she
will produce in Boston on October ls.
She has not yet succeeded in finding a
suitable name for the piece. All the in
formation she will volunteer is that it
deals with an historical subject and is the
work of an American author. Some
thing may be inferred from the fact that
MISS DdN6nDOTL Has Uc6ll
broadsword combats all summer. She
left Wednesday for South Duxbury, Mass
.5Mr. John E. Kellard, is dramatizing
Mr Harold Frederic's novel, "The Dam.
nation of Theron Ware"
Mrs Jeanette M. Thurber, president Of
the National Conservatory of Music, re-
ceiyed a cablegram Wednesday from DR..
Antonnin Dvorak, announcing positively
that he will resume his position as direc-
tor of the conservatory this season.
An elderly genleman, with bald head,
insisted on wearing his hat during the
performance of lone Round of Pleas
ure'' at the Knickerbocker, New York,
Wednesday evening. After twice refus-
ing to remove his headgear on the plea
that the cooling apparatus in the theatre
would induce an attack of neuralgia, he
was told by Mr.. Harry Mann, the mana
ger, that he must either take the risk or
retire from the house. He accepted the
latter alternative and his admission was
refunded at the box office. His Round
of Pleasure was short.
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