The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1900-07-14
MUSIC AND DRAMA.



Riverton park today. The splendid vau-
deyille entertainment that these clever |
artists give win be enhanced by the SUI
perb concerts of the N1atus Royal Hun |
garian orchestra, rendered previous to |
each speciality performance. The atten
dance Is expected to be remarkably large. |
Next week, in addition to the orchestra |
j. w. Germans Imperial Minstrels win
be the attraction.
It viii take the "a black faced Sons of
Momus under the name of J. w. Cor
mans Imperial Minstrels at Riverton
Park, for the week of Monday, July 16,
but few minutes to set the audiences in
conclusive roar. The comedians this
year are very much up-to-date in their
fund of jokes. The singers are the best
that Manager Gorham has ever had with
his company.
The costumes are all new and gorgeous
in the extreme. The novel effects this
year are many, Z including a large pipe
organ made expressly for this company
to carry on their tour to assist in grand
voice effects, and battery OF attuned
anvils, specially constructed for anvil
chorus effects. Performances will be Civ
en- every afternoon and evening.
McCULLUNI'S THEATRE.
The last chances to see the versatile
McCullum company in farce comedy
this season viii be at the performances
of "Our Regiment, at McCullum'
theatre this afternoon and evening. The
company has been eminently successful
IN their efforts to amuse this week and
John Armstrong, BARLEY McCuIlum
and Thomas Reynolds have made decid
ed hits, creating roars of laughter every
time they appeared on the stage. The
singing of Mabel Taliaferro has been a
pleasing feature of the entertainment
and large audiences will doubtless APP
plaud today's performances. Manager
McCullum win add to the variety of his
seasons productions. Monday evening
/ by production of the beautiful roman
tic Irish drama, 1.-The English Rose, -
considered TO be the best irish play
since 1.-The Shaughraun. For the past
two weeks three scenic artists have been
employed on this production and next
week a serious of stage settings viii be
shown that viii compare with the most
elaborate ever seen at the best theatres.
All this special scenery has been prepared
under the especial supervision of Mr.
David Richards, who, % years ago, was
the scenic artist at the old Portland
Museum and Deering hall, and then, as
now, was considered one of the best
scenic artists in America Mr.. Stephen
Wright viii appear in the cast of this
play. This viii be the first appearance of
Mr. Wright with the company this sea-
son, and as he is considered to be one of
the greatest actors ever identified with
q summer company in this city, theatre
goers need not be told what his appear
ance means to the excellence of the pro-
duction. There are four acts and seven
scenes to the play that are all laid in
the town of Westport, Connemarra PROV
ince, Ireland. The principal characters
are young Irish gentleman, whose for
tune has all but gone through the prov
erbiaI generosity of the Irish people and
young English girl whose beauty and
kindness have won for her the title of
THE English Rose, from the peasants
of the neighborhood. There are no evic-
tons nor other of the stock scenes that
make up the usual Irish drama; instead
it is a clear coherent story of the love of
the young man and woman and their
final triumph over the Vaccinations OF
an INSCRIPTIONS land agent and his
coterie of blackguards. The sale of seats
is now on sale for the week.
THE GEM.
Theatregoers that appreciate good
comedy cleverly produced should take adj
vantage of the performance of Lottery of
Love as presented at the Gem theatre
this week. It is one of the best of the
late Augustin Days comedies, and seems
to awaken the sensation which science
sometimes discovers in nitrous oxide gas
"a bewildertng, delirious fun, kind OF
dreamy consciousness that everything has
gone into the maddest confusion AS in
terpreted by this stronger than ever or
ganization it leaves nothing to be desired
other than a convincing proof that mar
riage is sometimes a big failure. Willis
Granger, Lawrence Eddinger, George
Osbourne and Richard Bennett are doing
fine work, and the ladies add q charm to
a very effective performance. 1t is very
seldom that a manager is fortunate
enough to secure a play that has had prac-
tically only New York run, but such is
the case with the production Of A Stran-
ger in a Strange Land, which win be pro-
duced for t he first time outside OF the
original company at the Gem theatre next
week.
UNDERWOOD SPRING.
There will be no more popular tri D
with amusement seskers today than the
ride out on the Yarmouth line to Under