The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1898-07-28
NUS.C AND DRAMA.
CAMILLE AT McCULLUM'S.

he is affording all who visit his thea1re
this week. Camille" the great emo
tional drama by Alexander Dumas, Is Vhe
attraction. or rather we would say that
Miss Lisle Leigh, who assumes tne Ui'uiar
role in the play, is the attracelon' lor her
biIliant and original conception Oh tne
character of the fair, but errlng girl,
incpresses one as being more natural IMAM
any other we have ever seen, and more
like the noble, self-sacrifing woman the
author painted. The Camille that Miss
Leigh charms us with is not that OF the
Partisan ooquette, sickly, peevish, and
fnu of whims and jollies, but she is a
noble girl, loyal and pure hearted in spite
of her sin. In her confession to Armand,
she wins the sympathy of every person in
the audience by the recital of her efforts
toward a purer life and how after having
at last found peace and contentment,
society had again driven her out upon
the rocks of lite. In her tender meetings
W IL I NJ nd Id her JOY in their country
life, wnen she attempts to part Win ''ii
that reminds her of the past, ana her
last sacrifice that finally costs her iiie' TO
save the family honor OF the man she
loves, all prove the nobleness OF tns CHAR
acter she portrays in such charm'ngly
refreshing manner We extend our con-
gratulations to Miss Leigh, as her per-
Torrance is nothing short OF an artlstlc
triumph. Her versatility and talent mas
successfully stood the test OF one OF the
greatest emotional roles ever "rltten.
Mr.Pascoe as Armand Duval. the frenzied
and passinate lover, who recrosses the sea
of injustice dividing him from his adored'
only to find her lsnguishing in the last
moments of consumptive's death, is
scarcely less impressive than Miss Leigh
Camille. This splendid conception OF the
character is only equalled by the artistlc
manner in which he plays it, The other
parts are all ably sustained and the per-
Torrance is bound to live in ones
memory. Tonight, Manager McCullum
announces as society night and over half
of the seats are already sold. Theatre
parties are the rule this week, num-
Der coming from Deering and Westbrook
Reserved seats can be obtained at Stein
ert a. Son s, where they are on sale for all
the remaining performances
THE ENSIGN.
Next Monday night Manager McCul-
lum will present the great naval drama
by William Haworth entitled 1.-The
Ensign" at his thea tire, and theatre-goers
in this city may anticipate in this pro-
duction the crowning effort of Manager
McCulIums successful career. A large
force of carpenters and scenic painters
have worked every night for two weeks
on the scenery and effects to be used in
this production and not until last night
did Scenic Artist BROKER announce to
Mr.. McCullum that every thing would be
finished by Saturday morning. The play
is founded on the seizure of Mason and
Slidell, the Confederate ambassadors
to England and France, in 1861 by the
United States man of war San Jacinto,
from the English mail steamer Trent, land
the characters introduce Abraham Lin
coin, Secretary of War Welles. Admiral
Farragut, Capt. Wilkes and many others
who took a prominent part in this Incl
dent that nearly brought on war be-
tween the United States and England.
THE GEM.
again there were excellent audiences
at tbs Gem ct the matinee and evening
performances. The plays ''My Husbands
Model" and "Nita's First are running
smoothly. We should judge that these
plays meet the approval of the audiences
Tor the hearty laughter and loud applause
that greet the company all the evening are
good evidence that these bright comedies
are just the thing to please the people on
a summers day or evening.
The play of "Nita's First" was played
at Daly'a New York theatre and had the
great run of $50 nights. This should be
sufficient guarantee OF the quality OF
the play. The loss of baby makes lots
of fun for the people. The cosy little Gem
will be crowded at every performance and
SEATS should be engaged as soon as posi-
BILE. Last evening the boxes were filled
with the guests of the Ottawa house who
speak very highly of the Gem and its
artistic decorations as we'll as the splen-
did performances given by MIR. Douglas
and his company of Frohman people.
People living on the line of Portland
electric railroad and suburban towns,
will find cars waiting to take them home
after the steamer arrives back at the
city.
FALMOUTH CONCERT.
At the concert to be given at Falmouth
on Monday evening August first.
Miss Kicker will sing Tosti's "Good-
bye" and the ladies of the chorus will
sing Mendelssohn's two part song 81
would that my love-" One of the best
numbers to be given by the full chorus is
Barnby's "Oh Paradise which will be
sung unaccompanied. The moon will be
lust at its best and the ride out will be
one of the pleasant features of the even
ing. A mountain wagon and large buck
board will convey the Portland patrons
and a large number have signifed their
intention of availing themselves of the
oorn bined ride and concert. The carriages