Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-12-03
THEATRICAL GOSSIP.

ONE OF the best war plays ever written,
Bronson Howard's Shenandoah" will be
played by Mr. Charles Frohman's company,
which includes many old favorftes in the
important roles, at the Buou Theater next
week.
ON Friday night Mr.. ManteI will put on
"The Louisianians," romantic drama by
z. NJ. Allfriend. As curtain-raiser at the
Bijou tomorrow night John Ernest Nc
Cann's "a Lesson in Acting" which has
been praised generally, will be done also.
AT Harry Davis Fifth Avenue Museum
next week, Linus, the 100000 Oregon horse
will be on exhibition. Linus is a beautiful
animal. His tail is IL feet inches in le myth,
and his name nearly 10 feet. He has created
a furore in nearly every city in the country.
REILLY & WOODS have some big features in
the show they will give next week Mt the
Academy. One of them is Peggy Pryde, the
daughter Of Jennie Hill, about whom New
York raved last summer; and anotheris the
spectacular farce comedy, "Hades and the
4O0"
. THE Worlds Museum-Theater will have Q
special treat for women's eyes next week, in
the shape of one of Mrs. William Astor's
ball dresses that was seized by the New
York customs officials a few months ago for
undervaluation. The costume is by Felix;
of Paris.
MISS PFoLLIoTT PAGET, who will be remem.
bered as the Jolly impersonator of Aunt Jack
last season, will play at the Grand Opera
House next week in "The Last Word"
comedy of Daly's. and a pretty funny one if
reports are to be believed. Miss Paget has
been amusing people successfully elsewhere.
THE sensational fall of Varney through the
trapdoor in the bridge, in the last act of
"Amy Robsart," makes some woman in the
audience scream every night. Mr.. Barton
Hill, it may be remarked for the benefit of a
correspondent who inquiries, does not risk
his life nightly. The dummy is very human
If there is such thing as novelty on the
stage the pantomimic absurdity Eight
Bells" which comes to the Duquesne next
week, seems to come under that head. 1t is
said to be something like the Hanlons
Voyage en- SUISSE" in that its fun is aero
batic, but it is laid in different scene alto
gether on ship-board, hence its title Eight
Bells"
SIR EDWIN ARNOLD, the poet-editor and
distinguished Englishman, will have
brilliant audience no doubt in Carnegie Hall
tonight. There is one comfortable thought
for those who have not bought their tickets
yet, namely that all the seats in Carnegie
Hall are good. The Rev. DR.. Holland's in
troductory address will be to many almost
as increasing as tne poet $ reaulnSs from MS
own works.
THE matinee at the Alvin yesterday was
largely attended by actors of the VAIN
wright and the Crane companies who had
an afternoon OFF. Professional audiences
have the reputation of being awfully chilly.
but Messrs. Hoey and Evans and the other
clever people in "a Parlor Match' had no
reason to COMPLAIN of the audiences atti-
tude Beautiful Marie Wainwright, in black,
sat in one of the boxes and in another was
Joe Howard, the New York newspaper man,
with his ward, Miss O'Neill, Of the Crane
company.
"THE Dancing Girl" in which f. H. Soth-
ern will be seen next week at the Alvin
Theater, is a more serious and ambitious
vehicle than he has hitherto tried. 1t is a
drama of English life by Henry Arthur
Jones, who wrote "The Middleman," in
which willard played here recently. "The
Dancing Girl" excited a good deal of atten-
tion in London and New York, and it is Mt
least play that deserves a respectful hear
ing. Mr.. Sothern's Duke of Guise6ury is said
to be q powerful study Of character. 1t is
promised that the play will be produced ex-
actly as it WAS in New York,