The Portland daily press., 1901-02-13
MUSIC AND DRAMA.
BECKY SHARP.

Cheswick to becky Sharp's" lodgings
as Pumperniokle, MIR. j. b. Nevin's very
interesting dramatization Of Thaokeray's
masterpiece, VANITY Fair which is to
be presented Ia the Jefferson, next Tues
Day, by Miss Gertrude Coghlan ana her
immense supporting company, will run
the entire Thackeray gamut, introduce
ing the many characters so familiar 10
every lover of the famous novelist, omit
ting nothing. 1t is said, of the spirit oil
these familiar psrsonaRes, nor indeed any
Of the story ITSELF s-.--
The magnificence OF the production
has been highly comphmentsd. The
sceuery and costuming is said to be very
elaborate and the tnirty-eight Thsckeray
characters are In the hands OF splendid
cast OF players, including, besides MISS
CoahIan, Herbert Fortisr, Damon Lyons,
James Allen, Cecil Kingston, Rose An
thon, Annie Alliston, May Donahue,
Mrs. VIII Mcconnell and many others.
lin THEsSALY WITH BURTON
HOLMES.
",lhe Wonders of Thessaly" will be the
suhlsct of MIR. Burton holmes lecture
at the City Hall, next Thursday evening,
with all the magnitcsDce OF colored IL
lustration. At the time when MIR.
Holmes was gathering the material for
1.-THE Wonders OF Thessaly" he had not
begun to utilize that modern miracle,
the motion picture machine for the furth-
er realistic Illustration OF his travel talks,
He has arranged, however, to give an
unusually interesting series OF motion
pictures which will be shown at the close
of the Thessaly lecture, chosen from the
best OF oil last seasons collection.
Among these Will be shown that magnin-
Gently colored motion picture of the
Geisha Dance. which was so enthusiastic
cally received last year. MIR. Holmes viii
introducs glimpse OF the Olympian
Games which he attended, and also take
his audiences Tor a short visit to the city
OF Athens.
HAROLD BAUER.
Paderswski himself could not have
produced more ravishing effects Of tome
color than Mr. Bauer did. IL was one
OF the wonders of the musical season.
What need is there OF orchestra when
such tone-color can be produced on a
piano by a tons-wizard-New York Post.
MIR. Bauer's recital occurs at Kotz-
scnmar hall, Thursday evening, Febru-
arg l4th. Seats at NJ. Stsinert's 81 Sons
Co, Thursday, February 18th.
SEToN.TaOMPSoN.
An Exchange says. "Long before the
time scheduled for the appearance OF Er-
nest Seton-Thompson at the Lyceum the
atre, children anu their parents thronged
the opera house, and when he appeared
there were fully 5000 in the audience.
Standing and sitting. occupying every
available space, little and big folks were
there to hear him tell fascinating stories
about wild animals. When he came on
the stage the children greeted him as
an old friend" (Here followed a column
and a half description OF the lecture.
There Is great demand for the tickets
to the two illustrated lectures at City
Hall, February 10th, by eton-Thompson-
Seats at Stockrhidge's Plano Rooms.
PHELAN STOCK COMPANY.
Large houses greeting the plays pre-
sented at the Jefferson theatre yesterday
by the Il. V. PhelAn Stock company
and the good work OF Ella Cameron,
Mabslis Ettsile, Helen Frost, James
Durkin, Albert Lando, John La. Clarke.
Alfred Lester, Arthur Metoalf and Baby
Clifford were warmly received.
Specialties between the acts were given
by tine Lamont Children, Lester and
L.
tenor, Ramon Moore, who has been spec
tally engaged by Manager Phelan for this
engagement.
This afternoon 1.-The Great Randolph
Mystsry'' win be played and tonight "In
Sight Of st. PauFs."
PORTLAND THEATRE.
The MoAunne Stock company has
made big hit at Portland theatre by
their excellent acting in the fine prodo-
tion given the past two days aQd the
weeks business is sure to be very large.
Southern Chimes" . splendid drama
founded on incidents In the civil war was
successfully done yesterday afternoon,
and In the evening the company produced
''rhe Man O'Wars Man," powerful
naval drama founded on the Venezuelan
question that attracted the attention of
the various governments of the world a
few years ago. Both p erformances were
enjoyed by large audiences.
NOTES.
The new Portland Theatrs Stock COM
pany will play at bangor, Wednesday
and Thursday night and Thursday mati-
nee; Augusta, Friday and RockIand.
Saturday afternoon and evening. The
plays TO be presented ON the tour are
"Nell Gwyn' and 1.-THE OLD, Old
Story" The latter play will be seen at
Portland theater next week In connection
with 1.-The Land Of the Living, a pow
erful four act nelodrama that VIII prove