Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-10-26
Stage Whispers,

LoTTA will be seen In Pittsburg before
Christmas,
The Duquesne Theater is approaching com.
pletion rapidly.
Mr.. STUART ROBSON. in THE Henrietta." Is
booked for the Grand Opera House shortly.
ANNIE PIxLEY will be the Thanksgiving at
traction at the Bijou Theater. She comes with
a new play and good company.
"THE WHITE SLAVE will soon pay Pitts
burg its annual visit. 1t comes to us with a
splendid company, new scenery and grand quar-
tet of jubilee singers.
MAY SMITH ROBBINS will appear in ''Little
Trixie," at the Worlds Museum. the week of
November 8 Miss Robbins is said to be clever
Irish comedienne.
THOSE immensely popular fayorites, the
Clipper Quartet, will be warmly welcomed
here tomorrow night with "a Straight. Tip"
at the Bijou Theater.
DE WOLF HOPPER and his notable company
are drawing crowded houses in Philadelphia.
Della Fox is making a great name for herself
and Thomas Seabrooke is keeping himself well
to the front
MIR. RICHARD BARKER, the stage director
for Francis Wilson and company, has just re-
turned from England where he went on mis-
sion to arrange for the production of Francis
Wilson's latest success, 1.-The Merry Monarch"
in London. The opera will be produced there
IN January.
Mr.. HUBBARD T. SMITH. the composer Of
the song "Iisten to My Tale of Woe," which
Francis Wilson and Marie Jansen made SO pop
ular in "The Oolah," has become a member of
Francis Wilson's Opera Company and has made
hit in the part of the Minister OF Police in
"The Merry Monarch"
A TELEGRAM received from Bridgeport,
Conn.,, last night, SAID: Miss Alice Gray,
member of Gillettes ''Held by the Enemy
company, who performed in this city Monday
evening, diea at the hospital this morning.
Miss Gray took the part of Aunt McCree'y and
was an actress OF great ability.
A GREAT many people predicted that W. ].
Gilmore would be big loser when he ventured
to put an opera company on the road. but they
were badly fooled. He is not only making
money with "1he Sea King" but he is making
an artistic record as WELL Bob Graham, as the
leading comedian, is surprising his most
sanguine admirers. 1t comes to us in a few
weeks.
MISS MAUD MIDGLEY. of this city, has made
a distinct hit by her acting of the title role of
Hanlon's new spectacular creation, "Su-
perba." The role calls for good acting and a
stately stage presence, and as Miss M1dgley is
in every way qualified to meet these require
ments her success is not a matter of mystery.
'Superba" will shortly be Seen at the Opera
House.
SYDNEY PRICE, an English actor. who had
the honor of accidentally scalping Richard
Mansfield in the combat scene of "Richard
ILL.," at the Globe Theater, London, arrived in
New York Monday. Mr.. Price is 6 feet 8
inches tall of very distinguished appearance,
and looks like the Archbishop of Canterbury.
Mr.. JAMES 7. POWERS was never in a betting
ring at race track until he was given his
part in "a Straight Tip" and found it neces-
sary to make a study of pool selling and horse
racing He has found, however. his own
straight Tipn a vast deal more profitable than
those he receIved at the Eastern race tracks
the past summer.
THE gowns worn by Della Stacey, Lila Lin
den, Eloise Mortimer and Maggie Garrett in
the first, second and third acts of "a Straight
Tip are said to be unique in design, richly
harmonious in color, and of the latest New
York, London and Paris make. To those in
terested in the matter of feminine apparel, it
sufices to say that Redfern is the maker.
THE BOTTOM OF THE SEA" is said to be the
best spectacle on the road this season. The
company is competent one, if all reports are
true, and the stage mechanisms are novelty to
the theatrical world. The fight between diver
and a devil FISH is very realistic, as are the as
sassination in the water and the laying OF the
cable. 1t comes to the Bijou November 3. Mr..
w. A. Brady's success in arranging the produc-
tion of this play has been remarkable.
THE management of Gillette's latest big
comedy success, 'All the Comforts of Home"
are in the same position as they were with
shenandoah" Bronson Howard's play was
booked for six weeks at the Star Theater, New
York, and its wonderful success rendered its
return to New York necessary. And now "All
the Comforts of Home, that by strange Co
incidence was presented in New York on ex-
actly the same day of the month as 'Shenan-
doah," is similarly situated. After several
out-of-town engagements an effort will be made
to renew the run in New York. Manager
Charles FrOhman is now arranging to secure
theater. Its success in the metropolis was
phanomenal