Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-05-18
LONDON MUSIC HALL
On q Mammoth Scale to be Estab-
liShed in New York at Once.
ENGLISH CAPITAL INTERESTED.
Carpet Caused the Row Between Gilbert
and Sullivan.
TIE THEATRICAL DUINGs OF EUROPE
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LONDON, May 17.-[Copyrightl-AI the
arrangements are now completed for New
York's big music hall, which is to be called
the Empire, and is to be situated at Seventh
avenue and Forty-second street, the present
site of Tattersall's. The.scheme is the idea
of John Hollingshead, founder of the
Gaiety Theater in London, and one of the
founders of the Alhambra Music Hall, who
is at present director of the Cyciorama,
niagara in London"
Two wears ago Hollingshead made an
offer, through Captain Connor, of the St.
James Hotel, and William j. Florence, for
the Academy of Music. with a view 10 es-
sablishing a music hall, but the project was
not carried out Out of this idea the present
scheme has grown. A company has been
formed with s., ,O00, 900 capital, half Of
which has been subscribed in America and
half IN London, President Hyde, of the
Equitable Insurance Company, being large
holder in New York. The Sellgmans, of
London, have financed the company here.
Captain Richard Bainbridge, the successful
English theatrical manager, who is on the
Etruris, has the plans of the New York En-
pire, drawn by J. Phipps, the eminent Lon
don architect, with whom in the construc-
tion of the new tneater will be associated
the architect Of the Broadway Theater.
ON THE LONDON PLAN.
The performances to be given will be on
the plan of the Empire and Alhambra
Music Halls IN London, and two directors
OF each of these houses will be on the board
of direction of the New York Empire. One
feature of the new enterprise will be roof
garden for summer and winter, with big
restaurant and cafe. The house will be con-
structed with a separate entrance to the
private boxes, and the design is to make it
q place of amusement for all classes.
The permanent manager will be Captain
Bainbridge, associated with an American
manager Hollingshead will be attached to
the enterprise as consulting director, and he
will probably go to New York to organize
and open the house. The new theater will
be opened SO soon as the building can be
constructed.
Steele Mackey's drama, paul Kauvar.
with William Terriss IN the title role, and
Miss Milward as Diane de Beaumont, has
proved a success at Drury Lane, and the big
theater has been crowded all week. The
play is very well done, Miss Milward being
particularly effective in the pathetic and
passionate parts, though Terriss is trihe
STACEY. Hudson, who will be remembered
in America as burlesquing Irving while
playing in "Claudian" with Wilson Barrett,
broke out afresh the first night OF Paul
Kauvar," in which he took the part of the
duke, his walk, conversation and general
conduct reminded one of Dixey's imitation,
ana when he appeared as a disguised aristo-
crat, he might have been taken for Irving
himself
CHANGED HIS MIND.
On Tuesday the entire London press
came down on Hudson with so much energy
and unanimity that ever since the actor has
been doing his best to be as unlike the great
tragedian as possible. Terriss will not re-
main in tbe cast of Paul Kauvar. On
Monday he returns to the Lyceum stage,
and his part will be played by Lawrence
Cautley, and when Irving leaves the Grand