Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-10-19

and applause BY large and fashionable an.
dIences. It is quite certain that The Heir al
| Law has never before been given such a
handsome production. The scene of the oak
| libray IN Lord Duberiu's mansion. with its
| massive relief work of papier ma che, adorned
with paintings by Mr.. Jefferson. and the OLD
| fine examples OF stage setting as have ever
| been seen in this country.
| Mr.. WILLARD comes to America without
| "beat of drums or flourish of trumpets," but
with q record that will appeal to the country
with an artistic capacity that will please it. He
| is to open at Palmers in THE Middleman." 1.
is the story of an inventive potter, and the
work is put upon the stage very realistically,
SO much SO that men engaged in the trade trav-
eled from all parts of the country to the fur
naces in full blast on the stage. and to applaud,
not only the fine acting OF Willard, but MS
fidelity to the necessities Of a really technical
scene. In JUDAH" which Mr.. Willard will
play after "The Middleman," a vast concourse
OF the clergy OF London accepted the actor 3
invitation to the play, and were as enthusiastic
in their way over the semi-clerical play as were
the potters over the story of 1.-The Middle
man."
A RoUsING reception was given to the Ken
dals ut the Fifth Avenue Theater, New York,
last Monday evening. If Mrs. Kendall had been
another Siddons and Mr.. Kendall the artistic
equal OF kean the representatives of the play
goers of the American Republic in boxes and
stalls assembled could not have paid more
tribute to their art. Each was received with
cheers, both were summoned to the front four
times after Act IL, and at the close Of the
play, after the curtain had been lowered and
raised many times, and both of the principal
actors had bowed and bowed again, Mr. Ken
dal was compelled to make speech. He had
nothing much to say on such an occasion but
THANK you" but he spoke for a few moments
to that brief text IN his accustomed manly and
unaffected manner, while his wife stood by his
side with her eyes fixed upon his face. Then,
ar rhar hu1r nf oh 10 app
which filled the house to overfowing. dispersed
OF the new comic opera at the Casino, New
York, Mr.. Dunlop writes: "The novelty of the
week was reserved for Tuesday, when Airy
Fairy Lillian Russell made her re-appearance
at the Casino IN Milloecker's much talked of
opera, Poor Jonathan" Miss Russell may
with justice claim the chief credit of the per-
formance. She easily dominated the opera,
which, devoid of her presence and her charm,
must have hung il the balance with the weight
of public opinion probably against It. An odd
work in every way is Poor Jonathan" 1t is
the first dress coat opera ever sung on the
Casino stage, and the manner of its reception
sets forever at rest the long-entertained doubt
that an opera of cotemporaneous life and So
ciety would please the public. In ''Poor Jona-
than, there is no picturesqueness or romance
or poesy gained from the locale. The scenes
are laid in New York, at Monaco and West
Point, and only in the last named is there an
opportunity for rich coloring and striking cos
generally wear the sombre evening dress, max
ing contrast to the brighter but not fanciful
toilets of the ladies that is novel as it is sur
prising in Casino production"
THE great marine spectacle, "The Bottom of
the Sea-" will be seen at the Bijou Theater
November 8. 1t is said to abound in startling
and realistic features. One of the most
striking is the fight between a diver and
devil fish, By ingenious articles the stage is
made to represent the sea as if looking into its
very depths. The diver, clad in his apparatus,
descends into the water. and a huge devil fish
attacks him. The monster with its many arms
entwines the diver, and from eye witness of
the production, as seen in New York few
weeks ago, il is asserted that 1t is the climax of
stage realism and will startle and mystify the
Oldest theatergoer. In another act the laying
of cable from the deck of vessel is shown,
and is said to be most novel. 1t Is under the
direction of the young master-mind OF melo-
dramatic producers. W. A. Brady. A good
company has been selected, and Frank Kar-
rington, George Barnum, Adolph Jackson, Eu-
gene O'Rourke. Miss Lillian Lee, Miss Rita
0'Neil, Miss Belle Douglas and Miss Fanny
Cohen are in the cast. W. A. Brady is GER
tainly making rapid strides in the theatrical
world.