Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-09-07
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ism, but his better nature prevails
THE salary list of 1.-THE City Directory" Com
pany touches 81, 200 and sometimes higher
figure every week. This is surely the taliest
aggregation of salaries in the farce-comedy
line.
MISS SADLER worked like little Trojan
last week, as the elevator boy in "The City
Directory" and in Miss Bessie Cleveland's
place as one of the gaiety dancers. she Is
very clever sOubrette of the liveliest order.
Mr.. MACK, who played the mustached
bunko-steerer in 1.-THE City Directory" has
good bass voice, and 1t would not be out OF
place in operatic company. But he shouldn't
sing "The Lost Chord;' it is little too lncon-
gruous.
"oNE ERROR" with Cora Tanner in the lead
ing role is growing more and more in favor
with each additional performance at the Fifth
Avenue Theater. The changes thatshave been
made since the first performance greatly I'M
prove the play.
MIR. AND MRS. kendall sent long cable
gram of congratuiation to Mr.. Sothern over his
success in 1.-THE Master of Woodbarrow" in
New York. Mr.. Kendall was desirous of secur-
ing this play for himself and his wife, but Mr..
Frohman preferred to keep 1t for his young
star.
ALL the members of Augustin Daly's COM
pany of players, with the exception of Miss
Ada Rehan, who is in Paris with Mr. and Mrs.
brief vacation before the preliminary tour
which Mr.. DAILY will make previous to the open
ing of the regular season at his New York
theater.
"THE Seven Suabians" Mullocker's new
comic opera was produced in New York city
last week at Hammerstein's Theater by the
McCaull company. The critics are not en-
thusiastic over it, but it seems to be agreed
that some of the musical numbers are pretty
Post and the dialogue is said to be bright Lilly
and Annie Myers and Mime Cottrely have
good parts and the comedians Robert f. Cotton
and VIM. Blaisdell are said to be very amusing.
THE main idea of IAN Irish Arab in which
Bobby Gaylor will appear at the Bjou next week
is that an uneducated but shrewd and quick
witted Irshman, deserter from the English
army, having been shipwrecked on the Arabian
coast has managed to become the Sultan's
chief counselor and judge. BY virtue of his
office he is enabled to save the lives of Colonel
Branscombe and Jack and Edward Brans-
combe, officers Of the English army who have
come to the Sultan's palace with flag of truce
to rescue two ladies who are captives there.
AN expert report has bee n made on the light
ing of the London. England, theaters by cleo
triclty, which goes to show that temporary cleo
trio lighting on small scale can be produced
there more cheaply by batteries than by gas en-
glnes and dynamos The great saving effected
by electric lighting in the absence of dirt and
furnishing of decorations is also called attention
to. as we'll as the advantages of GOODNESS and re-
duced fire risk, and these constitute source OF
economy which it is estimated will enable the
cost of plant for theater to be paid for in a
few years.
SINCE the success Of "The Merry Monarch
Francis Wilson has received great many ap-
plications from prominent managers for the
right to produce the opera in such places as
will not be visited by Wilson's company, but
all such propositions have been declined. Both
Mr.. Wilson and Mr. Candy, his manager, say
rney are thoroughly opposed to second compa-
MES under every circumstance, and that there
Will never be any other organization than
Francis Wilson and Company playing "The
Merry Monarch" They say that the produc-
tion will be given in every city they visit with
out the slightest curtalment, and with pre-
cisely the same briliancy that has character
lied its great success in New York.
IT is pleasure indeed, to announce the ap-
proach of Marie Wainwright. She will on
september 10 once more present at the Grand
her lavish and exquisite production of Shake
speare's most amusing comedy Twelfth
Night" 1t will be remembered that early last
season this gorgeous setting and admirable in
depreciation won the admiration of both the
press and public. Since then it had long run
in New York at the Fifth Avenue Theater, and
gained the most unanimous and enthusiastic
praise that has been accorded to any legitimate
comedy production of the last decade. Miss
Walnwrlght's Viola is unsurpassed for beauty
del1cacy, finish and charm. Her company is a
splendid aggregation of well-kn own comedians
and the scenery, which has all been repainted,
has never been surpassed for sumptuousness
and accuracy.
THE Emma Juch Grand English OperaICom-
pany will be mainly engaged until December In
the pleasing and profitable task of opening
new theaters 1t began in Denver with the
New Broadway Theater and though the sum-
mer holiday season was not over it played there
is said, to nearly S3l.000 in two weeks. Last
Monday night it opened the new Alhambra
Theater in the southern part of Chicago and
the spacious house which seats $500 people was
thronged to the doors on the occasion. The
opera was Faust" and it was magnifcently
presented although the singers did not reach
Chicago from Denver until 4:30 o'clock in the
afternoon. This week the Juch company open
the new Davidson Opera House in Milwaukee.
Every seat has been sold for the opening at
large premium. It will be the opening at
traction of the new Duquesne Theater in this
city.
SALvINI. the italian tragedIan. says: my
experience in playing with English companies
was curious. At first 1 tried the experience in
private, and chose Ottello-a character which
have played since 1859. AS soon as 1 heard
my cue spoken in English felt startled and
when play In my own tongue the words come
voluntarily to my lips. But hearing English
spoken, took the words from my mouth. l did
not understand-and forgot. Then 1 stopped
the rehearsal and sat for some time with my
head in my hands, thinking. / came to the
conclusion that although did not comprehend
the words my fellow actors said, nevertheless
knew what they were saying. So, instead of
listening to their speeches. 1 ought rather to
watch their facial expressions and note the
vocal lntonations. Then ! rose and said 60
ONT l had solved the problem. We had little
difficulty after that"
In "The Merry Monarch" Francis Wilson's
wonderfully successful operetta now crowding
the big Broadway Theater in New York to the
doors, there appears two little negro boys who
figure very prominently and comically in the
third act by dancing to the music of Love
Will Find the Way" The boys are very con-
sistently introduced and are really the royal
train bearers to the Merry Monarch. The
New York Society for the Protection of Chill
dren, In calling to account several New York
managers who have children performing in
their theaters, summoned Mr.. Wilson the other
day. The evidence showed that the comedian
had taken the children from the slums of
Washington, that the labor they performed
was trfling, the influences good, and that their
salaries were sent regularly to their mothers,
while the youngsters were placed IN charge of
a woman especially engaged to care for them,
and that their board, clothing and expenses
were betrayed by him. The society dismissed
the case with many warm words OF commenda.
tion to the comedian.
MARIE TEMPEST is Just as sprightly of the
stage as when she sparkles in 1.-THE Red Hus-
sar," at Palmer's Theater. in New York City.
without being exactly pretty, she has all the
charm that comes from health, youth, wit and
high spirits. She 10 slender and petite, and
actually looKs younger than she is. These last
words are not intended to convey the idea that
she il thu near of Lolita or Emma A hhott in