Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-03-30

BIJoU THEATER. 1.-THE Drummer Boy,
GRAND OPERA HoUsE........ "Greenroom Fun,
HARRIS THEATER. ......... THE Widow Bedott''
ACADEMY OF MUSIC. ...... Elliott's jolly voyagers
WORLDS MUSEUM. .Curiosities Etc
The above are the theatrical attractions for
this week.
Commencing tomorrow night, THE Drum
mer Boy, or the Battlefield of Shiloh" will hold
the stage of the Bijou Theater for one week.
This romantic military melodrama never seems
to grow old, and all the vivid and realistic
scenes of the dreaded days of the Civil War
will be enacted over again. It is well-known
fact that it is for the benefit of Post 8, G. A.
R., and it will be devoted to the widows and
orphans fund. A large number of people will
participate in the grand revival of this
old historical drama. and they have
been in active rehearsal for the past
three months. Among them are ]. Milton
Hays, u: A. Jones, Jimmie Craven, d. Ash
worth, F. A. Grundy.iL. L, Buchanan, Abe A.
Long, Miss Mamie Sawyer, Edith Atkinson,
Lulu Bell Orcutt. Louise Dannenfels, Harriet
Euehmmiller, E: b: Brady, Joseph Kuntz, w.
+. Spirr. John F. Hunter George w. Brown,
George R. Taylor W. ]. Hamilton ]. E. Over,
Thomas K. Cunningham. Harry Nigby, George
w. Perkins, Allen Cordele Joseph D. Bryson,
George P. Morton, Harry Shultz and Joseph
7. Ferguson, assisted by Companies A and B,
Fourteenth Regiment, N. g. P. New scenery
has been especially prepared, and it is prom
ised that a most excellent performance will be
given. All who can should certainly attend, as
1t is for a most worthy object. The regular
prices OF the Bijou will prevail.
Miss Nellie McHenry and strong company
brings Bronson Howard's "Greenroom Fun"
to the Grand Opera House this week. The
play has won high praise elsewhere and Nellie
McHenry is well known to Pittsburgers as
cOmedienne of great originality and strength.
The following is brief idea of the plot: A
party Of society young people feel called upon
to give an amateur dramatic entertainment for
the benefit of the little cannibals in the be-
nighted lands. The mishaps and contretemps
which naturally occur during their endeavors
to produce a roaring melodrama entitled, The
Eagle of the Crag," are ludicrous in the ex-
treme. especially as they are presumed to be
instructed by competent stage manager who
is a supposed popular tragedian. The first two
acls are taken up with the divers plans and
other preparations for the public appearance,
among which are various mistakes of a most
ludicrous nature The third act pictures the
night of the performance giving views of the
stage as well as the greenroom, disclosing
frantic efforts of the Stage manager to bring
order out OF amateur chaos
There is probably no comedy better known
than THE Widow Bedott" which is to be pre-
sented at the popular Harris Theater for one
week, beginning with next Mondays matinee.
MIR. Neil Burgess has played it for number of
years, making both fame and fortune with it. 1t
is pure, true story of New England life, and
Yet is extremely funny.
The title role is played by Mr.. Harry La Mari,
an actor Of more than ordinary ability, who is
said to be even better in the part than Mr. Neil
Burgess. The balance of the company is made
up of capable actors and actresses.
There are plenty OF good specialties in it. and
a most enjoyable production is looked for.
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The attraction this week at the Academy Of
Music is Elliotts jolly Voyagers and European
Specially Company. The Elliotts, with their
bicycles and unicycles, head the list They can
do anything and everything possible on wheels.
Other artists in the company are Culhane and
Emerson, Baby Erma Culhane, ~ years of age,
johnson and Mack, Dot Pullman. Walton and
Slavin, Golden and Quigg, O'Brien and Alex
ander James A. Baisley, the banjoist, Honrie
and Lunadi, with his somersault dogs Don and
Jess, and Sam ]. Burton, the comedian. Be-
side all the specialties, there is to be roaring
afterpiece entitled, "Out of Sight" in which
nearly the whole strength of the company will
be engaged. y
The remarkably ferocious gorilla named An
COLA, which killed a bulldog in a fight held at
Fort Wayne recently, is the chief curiosity
promised this week at the Worlds Museum
although there are other novelties, and Maggie
the Midget and her infant stays over. In the
theater the Worlds Specially Company will in
terpret large programme,
So
BY far the most expensive organization that
has visited Pittsburg in years will be the London
Gaiety Theater Company. who appear at the
Grand Opera House Easter week under the
direction of Abbey Schoeffel and Grau, pre-
senting Faust Up to Date" which has proved
to be the most successful of any of the bur-
lesques OF the home theater The company
numbers l30 people and the production is on a
scale of magnifcence never before seen on the
light opera stage. There is an abundance of
comical situations and humorous lines catchy
music, handsome women, combined with the
elaborate stage settings and bright costumes
augmented orchestra and brass band, and the
best company that has ever been brought
across the ocean. Prices will range from 81 90
to rs cents. Sale of seats begins Thursday
morning.