The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1898-05-10
MUSIC AND DRAMR~
THE JEFFERSON.

NAAO company P'OA
many of them well-known dramas tnaG
have made reputation III the large
dramatic centres. Such are: The Gally
Slave, Camille, Is Marriage Failure?
Two Nights in Rome, A Daughter of the
Regiment and The Plunger, while the
farce of Lend Me Five Shillings, is STAN
dard drama. The other plays are attrac-
tive. and The Partisan Princess, with
which the season opened last night, evil
IDENTIFY pleased the audience greatly, for
they applauded vigorously all the prin.
cipal situations and the moral sentiments
expressed by the actors.
The Corse Payton company has never
been seen before in this part of New Eng.
land. The organization is large and
strong and the people arc all of fine ap-
pearance. One Goesn t expect of course
full-fiedged Joseph Haworths and Mary
Hamptons in a popular price company,
but there is some very good talent in the
Corse Payton company that may be heard
from at future day as bright particular
stirs. Mr.. Corse Payton himself in the
amusing character of George Washington
Ought Sight, was very amusing. He
was as lively aas n teetotum and as volu-
bic. as a man could possibly be, and be
jumped into favor at once. Miss Eta
Reed in the dual role of Mary Greenwood
and Fanchet Fontaine, was graceful and
pleasing, and in the strong scenes, no
tably that in which her betrayer charges
her with the murder of her father, was
forcible aud effective. CHARLES Barringer
was good Tom Greenwood and Will ID.
Corbett, capital villain. The other
members of the company were acceptable.
A great feature of this company is the
splendid setting of the plays. Last night
the drawing room scene and the palace
scene were most beautiful specimens of
the scenic painters art 1t isn't often
that plays are SO well mounted in any
theatre. The costuming is all in good
taste and appropriate to the occasion.
Another feature is the capital speci-
alties. The Prentice trio, In. their sing
ing and dancing, Mr.. Payton in his songs
and dances, assisted by Miss Grace Fox,
and Miss Camille Gautier in songs and
dances, Mr.. %. ]. Sullivan in his illus
trated song. "The Maine in Havana
harbor," created sensation. The last
scene of all represents the ship lying
at anchor in the moonlight, the city
lights in the distance, when all at once
the terrible explosion occure and the for
ward part of the battleships sinks be-
meath the waves. The applause was some
thing tremendous and the singer was re-
called. The theatre was decorated with
the national colors
At the matinee today Filtration will
be the bill, and "Galley Slave'' tonight.
PORTLAND THEATRE.
A good-sized audience greeted W. B.
Watson's company at the Portland
theatre last evening when "O'Hooligan's
Wedding" was presented.
There is little plot in the play, enough,
however, to afford a back ground for
specialties which kept the. audience in
good humor from start to finish.
First came Conroy and Edwards in
their amusing talking turns, and after
wards, West and Fowler in their German
specialties. Willis Love and Pat Con-
roy's dancing was good and an appreci-
alive crowd called them before the cur
tain. Grace Tyson and the Arnold sisters
in their specialties, are deserving of fav-
orable mention and with tonight's repe-
tition of the play the season at the Port
land theatre will close.
THE COMING SOUSA FESTIVAL.2
The announcements already made of the
coming great Sousa Festival, "The Troop.
ing of the Colors'' to be presented at City
Hall, Portland, the afternoon and even
Ing of Thursday, May 10Th. have already
aroused considerable interest among the
popular musicians many friends through
the East, and as this is to be his only ap-
pearance during the present season, in
this section, it will undoubtedly attract
auditors from all over the State The
regular Sousa Band, which we are accus-
Iomed to hear, has been augmented for
Ibis tour to sixty musicians, and there
will be considerable local interest attached
10 the performance, as large chorus of
fingers from Portland and vicinity is
being organized(in fact, is now in rehear-
lal) for the choral work in the spectacle,
while several home organizations will APP
pear as the soldiers, sailors, marines, ETC.,
sf the various nations represented, and,
as an additional feature, it is announced
that Sousa Souvenir will be presented
vt the matinee to every lady. The patriot
g spectacle has been the greatest success
II the season, and will here, as elsewhere,
@oate unbounded enthusiasm
AEOLIAN RECITAL.
The next Free Aeolian Recital will oc-
cur at the warerooms of III. steinert
& Sons Co. mo. SIT Congress street, on
Wednesday afternoon at three O'Clock,
when the famous Aeolian Orchestra will
he introduced. This unique instr ument
has attracted the interest, and is endorsed
by the leading musicians of the world
For further particulars see their adyer
tisement on the 4th page.
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