Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-02-02
sfaRe WhIanera.

ROSE LEIGHTON has signed for next season
with the De Wolf Hopper Opera Bouffe Com
pany.
MAX O'RELL will write paper on THE
Modern English Stage'' for next weeks DrG-
matte Mirror.
MARGARET MATHER, supported by superb
company. will be seen the last week in this
month at the Bijou Theater.
MISS FANNY DAVENPORT has commenced
extensive preparations for an elaborate produc-
tion of "Theadora" next season.
Mr.. JAMES POWERS, who plays the part Of
Fdrdgus in "Nadjy," introduces as feature in
the second act an imitation Of ballet dancer.
PAULINE HALL sings a charming new song,
written for her by the composer of "Nadjy."
which is said to display Miss Halls voice to
great advantage.
"MoCARTHY's Mishaps" Company is in Texas
making money. Major Rice took the play on
the road as flyer, but so far the farce has
cleared him $4,000.
MANAGER ARoNsoN personally supervises
the production of "Nadjy" tomorrow night ar
the Grand Opera House, he coming direct from
Boston with the company upon their own special
train.
''OLD JED PRoUTY," which will be seen ut
the BiiOu soon, is now under the direction OF
Richard Golden, Charles McGeachy and Frank
Foss, the last mentioned being the main capi-
talist.
The wife of G. h. Lounsberry. cashier of
the New York postofice, who committed sui
eide last week, is an actress known to the stage
as Carrie Wyatt. She made her debut with
Mccullough at San Francisco.
BLAKELY HALL, the well-known New York
Sun correspondent, was married January q, at
Brunswick, N, J., to Helen Standish, of San
Francisco, Cal, niece of Senator Conger and
formerly an actress in Rosina Vokes' company.
FRANCIS WILSON will neither play the Duke
nor the LuQutsitor in his forthcoming produc-
tiOn of ''The Gondolers" at Philadelphia on
March & He has very level head, and sees
that the only part with possibilities is the Sec
ond Gondolier, says Dunlops NetOs.
THE new play which Miss Marie Wainwright
has secured is a dramatization by an American
writer vino has done much good work for the
stage of one Of George Eliot's novels. 1t will
not however, be seen until October, 1891, as
Twelfth Night has already been fully ar
ranged.
GILLETTE's capital military drama "Held
by the Enemy" will follow '-The FakIr'' at the
Bijou. They will. as last season. bring all Of
their own scenery. and use the same realistic
mechanical effects as seen here on former oc-
casions. The run of this play has been q most
remarkable one, no doubt owing to the general
excellence with which it is presented to the
public.
MRS. CHURCHILL-JoDRELL, related to sew
erAl British peers, says the Mirror, arrived
from England last week. She has had a little
stage experience. Harry Sargent, the peren.
NAL is to organize q company and take her on
a tour. The lady's artistic aspirations were in
dicated by her remark to an interviewer that
London Assurance" was her favOr1te play.
There is sporting character in 1t, and having
been the owner Of l6 racehorses you will see
the reason of my choice" Exactly.
JUST q ripple of surprise was created in
Gotham when the fact became known that the
Standard Theater had passed out Of the hands
of young Jim" Duff and into those Of ]. NJ.
Hill. Young Jim" had but q short run and
leaves the Standard as the most unpopular
manager that that or any other New York
theater has ever had. Mr.. Hill had to pay
good round sum for "Jim's' back rent and for
the lease, which runs to May !, 1888 Eighteen
thousand dollars is said to be the amount.
THE Emostimportant theatrical announcement
that has been made for long time is the an
nouncement that Miss Mary Anderson would
return to the stage next autumn. and would
make her re-entrace in New York at the
Broadway Theater. 1t is, however, a statement
that cannot as yet be trusted. Miss Anderson
had not, at recent date, made any promise or
entered into any agreement to resume her pro-
fessional Iabors. She was lately at Nice, but
would shortly proceed to Genoa on her way to
Rome, and she was in good health. The state
ment that Henry E. Abbey has contract with
Miss Anderson for next season is probably in
correct.
MRS. LESLIE CARTER is to 90 upon the
stage after all, and under the best auspices.
Contracts were signed last Tuesday by which
Mrs. Carter is to star for the next two years
under the management of E. D. Price. Her
debut will be made early next autumn, at a
leading New York theater, in a new social
play by a popular dramatist She will have
the most powerful company that can be Sc
lected, and the production will be supervised
by the best known stage director in New York.
Mr.. Price has had a singularly successful man
agerial career, commencing with John McCul-
Tough and including the past four seasons with
Richard Mansfield, during which he has done
splendid work for his star. He is q shrewd,
straightforward, very popular business man,
and is sure to present Mrs. Carter with enter
prise. liboralitV and poOd taste.