Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-12-08
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MRS. BROWN POTTER, as Juliet and Mr..
Kyrle BeIlew, as Romeo. is on the cards.
SAYS a Southern humorist: 'Mrs. Langtry
has secured her divorce. She now has some ex-
cuse for going on the stage"
J. HARRY Rowe and company will produce
othello at Youngstown. O.. December q, Can
ton, o., December 25, and Akron, O., January
l. 1890 under the management of James Col
Inns. Mr.. Rowe will be supported by Charles
Fischer as Id0o, James Durham as Casio,
Lottie Veazey as Desdemond, Sadie Rigby as
Emilia, and ]. Harry Rowe as OtheLLo.
FIRST impressions 60 long way, and al
though the New York public and press pro.
nounce Mr.. Charles Wyndham's performance
OF David Garrick" pleasing and painstaking,
they avow their preference for him in, light
comedy. By the way, Mr.. Wyndham and Miss
Mary Moore, on the termination of their
American tour, will once more appear before a
Berlin audience playing The Headless Man"
under the direction Of Herr Lantenberg.
EMMA ALBANI, her husband Ernest Gye.
and Francesca Tamagno. the italian tenor, all
arrived from Europe last Monday. They will
at once proceed 20 Chicago, where Madam
Aibani and Signor Tamagno are to open the
present tour in "Faust" The company IS one
of Henry e. Abbey's enterprises, aud Is booked
for four weeks in Chicago. after which they
Madam AIbani will not appear In New York
until the end Of the season at the Metropolitan
Opera House.
''oHi these American critics." cries London
paper, ''what wealth Of expression they have
ct their command. For instance, one enthusi-
astic scribe finds that Mrs. Kendal's charm ia
in some sense beamy.' We have heard of
ladys charms being described as 'crummy,' but
we have to confess with the deepest humilia-
ton that sbeamy' Is 9 term OF admiration to-
tally unknown to as. Stay, the author Of Alice
in Wonderland has written some never-to-be-
forgotten verses commencing with Come TO my
arms my beamish boy The beamy and beam.
ish doubtless mean one and the same thing,
and arc evidently meant complimentary"
MANAeER GUL1CK, of the Bijou, instructed
Mr.. Tim Carroll, the scene artist about
month ago to prepare some special scenery for
the engagement Of Miss Clara Morris, and Mr.
Carroll in so doing excelled all Of his former
efforts. There is parlor set that is said to be
the finest ever seen IN Pittsburg. ItJwas draped
under the personal supervision OF Mr.. Gulick,
and the scenery and drhperies certainly reflect
credit on the management OF the popular
BijOu. A well-knOwn manager remarked in
Cincinnati last week that there would be
fence built around the Bijou next season and it
was Retting to be such q money-maker that IL
would be called r. NJ. Gulick 4 Co.'s National
Bank.
GEORGE EDGAR MONTGOMERY thinks it
awfully hard for newspaper critic to tell the
truth. He writes 10 the New York Mirror: To
assume that newspaper critic can rise TO the
frigid dignity Of absolute truth Is to assume
that he is eager to suffer the torments Of a
martyr. he must In the first place. seclude
himself from agreeable lnssIc9aEse @ with actors.
the hand one day and expose the actors pre-
tentions the next BE must be willing to
accommodate his sentlbilities to the black
froWna Of publishers and 70 the epmitY Of