Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-03-02
Stage whispers.

01lNNIE MADDERN mas not, DuL VIII soon
wed Mr. Harrison Grey Fiske. of the Mirror,
we are told.
GOSSIP has it that cheap opera and beer will
be given at Castle Garden, New York, when
the emigrants are ousted.
THE Henderson "Gondoliers." under the
command of Frank Mckee, are in Minneapolis
where the opera has made hit
A CORRESPONDENT asks if Harry Paulton
played in "Paola" in the Duff Opera Company
in New York last September. He did not
MARION MAEoLA is not to be taken back to
the fold as easily as she expected. Madame
Cottrelly is keeping her from singing in the
Nc Caull company as long as she can as pun
ishment.
CORA EDSALL, Mr.. j. NJ Hills new star, has
not captivated the Bostonians; Mr.. Wilton
Lackaye being really the star in 1.-THE Pember.
TONS which, although built on old lines, proved
success.
HELEN DAUvRAY's small. athletic, and
alert husband is going to manage her. Johnny
Wards following is greater than that of any
actor in this country, and if he will only show
himself IN the lobby for half an hour during
Miss Dauvray's tour through the country it will
increase the profits enormously
FOUR New York dramatic editors who "did'
the .'Grand Duchess for their respective
journals when Papa" Bateman first produced
it in New York % years ago. saw the Rudolph
AronsOn production on Monday, all yet in har-
ness. They looked at each other; then they
went in the lobby, remarking sadly, that they
were getting old; then they took q b. & s., and
sighed.
The most expensive souvenir that has ever
been given away on the occasion of a cycle in
the run of a play was that of Shenandoah" on
the two hundredth night-Monday. 1t is
bronze reproduction of the battlefield of Win
chester, and each one cost the management
81 9S at the thousand rate. 1t WAS designed by
x y W n 9 ia CT U14 mar 1oornr
OF the company.
De WOLF HOPPER was in New York City
Sunday and heard his opera, Castles in the
Air" for the first time. The ibretto is by
Charles Alfred Byrne, the author of the Pearl
of Pekin," and the music by GuStave kerker,
one Of the most promising composers IN Amer
lea He Is at present the leader of the Casino
orchestra Castles in the Air'' will be done on
May at the Broadway Theater.
PITTSBURG will see Emma Abbott in March
in the following choice repertoire: "Erminie,"
Grown Diamonds" Norma" "Trovatore,"
'Romeo and Juliet" MARTHA" Fra Diavolo,"
Lucia, =" Faust" Bohemian Girl" and posi-
bly, one or two more operas that will be an
nounced before her arrival. Manager Gulick
saw the company when he was East, and saws
that the artists supporting charming Emma
this season are as clever as ever he saw in any
operatlc company.
THE success of the Emma Juch Grand En-
gllsh Opera Company on the Pacific coast has
been something phenomenal, both as to the ar
tistic and financial results. Manager J.
Charles Davis, who is associated with Charles
E. Locke in the direction of the tour, is en-
thusiastic over the new Northwest. which en-
braces the cities OF Victoria, Seattle, Tacoma,
Portland and Spokane, and predicts that they
will become among the best amusement centers
in the United States. Miss Juch has been cor
daily received everywhere, and the business
has been of such a nature that Messrs. Locke
md nau Il-01 tr oil in fha
gion above mentioned.
VICToRIEN SARDoU'S drama of modern
Russian life, The Exiles," :" Is to be:the attrac-
tion at the Grand Opera House for the week,
commencing with a matinee, March II, and the
play will have presentation worthy of the rep
utation of the author and the enterprise of
Manager Eugene Tompkins, who put it on
the stage OF his Boston Theater, and there pre-
pared it in the most elaborate manner to be
sent out on its travels The scenery and me-
chanical effects are said to be marvelously re-
alistic and the company one Of exceptional
merit. A team of reindeer, Russian sledCes
and Siberian dogtrains will be introduced to
add realism to the Siberian scenes.
BERNuARDT'S craze for self-advertisement
is bounded only by the fertility of her imagina-
tion. Her new idea of playing the Virgin
Mary" was probably suggested by the fact that
this is the year of the Passion Play at Ober
Ammergau, where once in every decade the
solemn drama is reVerently performed. Moth
ing is sacred to Sara, who finds the Partisan
air congenial for her "eccentricites" But
New York is not Paris. and we hope that the
report that comic opera singer meditates es-
saying the character shortly in this city will go
no further than mere rumor. She could not
do better than to review the experience of Mr..
Henry E. Abbey, a number of years ago. He
was compelled to drop Salmi Morse's Passion
Play like a hot potato.
ROBERT MANTELL who is doing the "Cor-
sican Brothers," tells this story: have to have
a double who represents my twin brother and
is made up to represent me as closely as pos
sible Before my production of the. play the
double was never allowed to say anything, as it
was supposed that the difference in the voices
would betray the Illusion 1t seemed to me,
however, that if the double could be permitted
to speak in voice initiating my own it would
heighten rather than lessen the effectiveness of
the representation. With this in vlew as
signed to my double the line, Look, mother!'
at the point where my ghost is supposed to ap-
pear to her and Louis The young man who
played the part of my twin brother did this
very very well, but with an exaggerated idea of
the magnitude of his importance. After we
had done this some it occurred to me thas a
change in the line would increase the effect. I
told him was about to make change in his
line What is it?' he asked. u think it
would be better, instead OF saying Look,
motherr to say 'Mother-lookr" Great
heavensr' he replied, with real agony in his
voice. more study; more work"