Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-04-13
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BIJoU THEATER. 1.-TWO Old Cronies''
GRAND OPERA HOUSE,. 1.-The Wife,
ACADEMY OF MUSIC. ............. The Night Owls
| HARRIS 'THEATER........Wilbur Opera Company
WORLDS MUSEUM. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS, Etc.
The above are the theatrical attractions for
| this week.
For some reason or other Easter week Is not
a good one for the theaters in this city. This
| year has proved no exception to the rule. None
| of the theaters were we'll patronized last week,
and there are signs that theatergoers are rather
| tired generally.
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On Wednesday last the following letter
which explains itself was received by THE
DISPATCH:
To the Editor of The Dispatch;
'SIR-I hope you do not intend to allow last
nights performance at the Opera House pass
without comment. 1t may be English you
know for a company to 'cut up" so among
themselves and not attend to their business,
but American audiences, am glad to say, are
not accustomed to such behavior.
Il consider that some members OF the COM
pany simply insulted the audience last night
by their slovenly performance, and am noI
the only one of this opinion. s.
The name signed to this letter belongs to a
representative Pttsburger. Perhaps on Tues
day night there may have been reasons for the
exaggeration of what '.S" mildly terms "cutting
up" reasons that are not at all creditable to the
actors, but the fact remains that the audience
was badly enough insulted by the performance
itself, as whole, in its normal state. Before
the end of the week Pirtsburg showed very
plainly its opinion of Faust Up to Date" by
staying away from it. II is hardly necessary to
say that indecency and vulgarity are not de-
sired by Pittsburgers, even if they have the
patent mark of London upon them.
The advance notices given to Faust Up to
Date' in these columns were based, as they
must always be in the case of new plays, upon
information rendered by the manager or ad-
vance agent of the Gaiety Burlesque Company.
These notices were not extravagantly lauda-
tory, but if they misled any readers of this
paper for the time as to the character of the
production the criticism of the burlesque in
THE DISPATCH on Tuesday should have set
them right.
Manager Wilt processes to be unable to see
wherein Faust Up to Date is offensive to
people of any refinement at all. This merely
shows that Mr.. Wilt is singularly handicapped
in the management of a theater of the first
class.
Manager P. Harris has taken into partner
ship Mr.. Richard L. Britton and Mr.. Tunis F.
Dean. Richard L. Britton, the second member
OF the firm, is about q years of age. He was
born in Tiffin. o., and is graduate Of the Gin
cinnati Law School. He has recently gone to
Baltimore from Washington, where he looked
after Mr.. Harris interests in the Bijou The
ater previous to which time he did him the
same service at the Louisville house. In the
capacity of travelling manager Mr.. Britton has
recently visited every theater IN the circuit
and has exhibited many good qualities which
have made him popular wherever he has gone
Tunis F. Dean the Junior member of the new
firm, was born in Columbus. O., and is about %
years of age. Before his connection with Mr..
Harris he was for several years the treasurer
and assistant manager of the Opera House at
Indianapolis Ind, which belonged to Hon.
William II. English. the Democratic candidate
for the Vice Presidency on the ticket with
General Hancock. Mr.. Dean was also private
secretary for Mr.. English during the latter's
Congressional term. Mr.. Dean started with
Mr.. Harris as private secretary and manager at
the Masonic Temple Theater and has been with
his senior partner for five years. He is men,
Der of the Crescent, Catholic and Journalists
clubs of Baltimore and an honorary member of
the Fifth Regiment.
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1t is seldom that Pittsburg gets anything so
good as The Wife" and "The Corsican
Brothers" toward the fag END of the season.
''The Wife," charming comedy, played ad-
mirably by the Lyceum Theater Company, will
be seen this week at the Grand Opera House.
THE Corsican Brothers," with Mr. Maptell in
the great dual role, is the attraction billed at
the Bijou next week. HEPBURN JOHNS.