The Portland daily press., 1900-10-09
music AND DRAMA.
ROwE-K1NG STOCK co.


The Rowe King stock company which
made such a favorable impression last
week, presented last evening the dra-
matization Of Mosenthal's deborah. "
and known among other titles as "Leah
the Forsaken."
There was a goo1-sized audience con-
sidsring the inclemency of the weather
and in the title role Miss Grace g, Ham
ilton was Afforded an excellent oppor-
tunity to display her emotional work in
the portrayal OF woman whose love,
hatred and scorn are buried deep in her
inmost being. For a number of seasons
Miss Hamilton played seconds to KaJh-
crime Robsr and was frequently seen
In this city where she made many
friends among our theatre-goers and
they were not surprised to see her so
strong in the famous curse scena and at
other times when her ability to present
the character were fully tested. She was
applauded with seeming sincerity and
afforded her friends great qualification.
Leonard Rowe, the leading man in
very even and logical way met the re-
quirements Of the role Of Rudolph and
some of his speeches were notably good
Howard Adams was energetic and clio j.
quent as Nathan and some good comedy
moments were introduced by several
in the cast-Minnie Lane, Miss Goldis
and Henrietta Hunt, were adequate in
their parts ana the company compares
favcrably in all its members with thepop-
ular priced troupcs that have established
themselves as ravorites here. The usual
speciality acts were introduced and made
a hit. The pay win be repeated this
afternoon and on account Of the enor.
nous success of "Quo Vadis,' Saturday
evening, it will be repeated this evening.
GOOD MINSTRELSY.
The San Francisco M1nstrels began an
engagement of two nights in the Norom-
bega on Monday night The attendance
was large and the performance went with
a snap and dash that pleased all. IL was
one Of the best entertainments of this sort
that has been offered to Bangor thea
tire goers for a long time, and tonight's
audience ought to fill the house. The
stage set for the first part was very
handsome affair and the costumes worn
by the members or the company were
appropriate and added much to the
pleasure of the evening-Bangor News.
Manager Rounds has engaged them to
appear at the Portland Htheatre on Fri
day and Saturday evenings with matt
nee on Saturday.
THE VILLAGE POSTMASTER.
''The Village Postmaster" comedy
drama of rural coloring which has been
delighting Eastern theatre goers and
which has just concluded its third big
engagement at the 14th Street Theatre,
New York, where it has played for 227
nights, viii come to the Jefferson next
Wednesday and Thursday and Thursday
matinee.
",rhe Village Postmaster contains
only the simple and homely sentiments Of
plain country people.
The title role is sustained by Archie
Boyd, favorably known to theatre-goers
by his representation of Joshua Whit
CoihO III AAo O1u hOuesooad anu
Uncle Nat in ashore Acres.'' The part
OF Miranda, the postmaster's daughter,
will be played by Miss Angela Russell,
a young lady who has made rapid strides
in her profession. Few young actresses
have succeeded SO well, and Miss Russell
has been generally commended by the
New York papers Tor her excellent i'm
PRESERVATION Of the sweetly gentle Miriam
da.
It takes two big baggage cars to carry
the scenery and properties used in this
production, and all can fortunately be
used on the stage of the Jefferson, SO
that we will have the production here
complete in every detail.