Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-09-13
stage Whispers.

| "a FAIR REBEL" closes the preliminary fal
season at the Duquesne Theater.
| REPORTS say that John L. Sullivan and his
play have been very poorly patronized In
4 Sidney, Australia.
| AFTER this week "sinbadr ends its pho
nominal run at the Chicago Opera House
| and goes to San Francisco. ...
Sol SMITH RUSSELL writes that Peaceful
Valley" by Mr.. Kidder, is drawing better
than any play he has ever appeared in.
A NEW opera is to be presented at the Du
Quesne Theater by the Carlton Opera Com
pany at the opening of the regular season
| THE Margaret Mather Company will add
"The Violin Maker" to their repertoire this
season, Mr.. Otis Skinner playing the part oi
FfUipo.
THE new melodrama entitled Abraham
Lincoln" which was produced last week
| and made such decided hit, will shortly be
| seen al the Grand.
THE Carlton Opera Company is said TO be
better this year than ever before. 1t will
| open the regular season September % at the
| Duquesne Tneater.
Mr.. ROBERT MANrELL produced his new
play, "The Louisianians," at Troy, N. Y, on
| Monday. 1t was warmly received, and the
clever star made strong individual hit.
JOHN JAMES and George German at the
head of Germans Minstrels, were for years
the life of Haverley's Mastodon Minstrels,
and all of his productions were the work OF
this clever trio.
EFFIE ELLsLER will appear at the Grand
Opera Honse next week in 1.-THE Governess''
and Hazel Kirk" The stars father, Uncle
John A. Ellsler, and Frank Weston are
among the supporting company.
THIS season Mile. Rhea will make feature
of Judith" modern society play by s. p.
Alexander, of Boston, in which she will be
seen as q young Partisan jewess. This is
said to be the first important Hebrew part
since Leah.
THE Bostonians will include this year
Jessie Bartlett Davis, Louise Van Dyke,
Josephine Bartlett Caroline Hamilton, the
new prina donna; H. C. Barnabee, W. h.
Macdonald, Tom Karl, Edwin W. Hof and
Eugene Cowles.
THE "ODowd's Nefghbors" Company will
present r. G. Ingersolls "a Vision Of War
in beautiful souvenir form, suitable for
framing, to every lady at Wednesdays
matinee. Every G.; A. r.. veteran who de-
sires copy of this famous work can obtain
it at the box office.
Miss DAVENPORT may act 1.-THE Cabinet
Minister" by Pinero, next season: but this
season she will appear almost entirely in
Cleopatra, although she will give q few per-
formances of her other pieces, including la
Tosca." 1t is probable that she Will play In
LOnuOn neAL year. 4WO LuchbtTS udfo DcCn
offered her.
MARION MANoLA, on Thursday, signed q
contract with Harry Askin, manager Of the
Tar and Tartar" by which she will sing
the part of Fdrira, the Morocco professional
beauty, in the "Tar and Tartar" New songs
and dialogues will be introduced for her
benefit. She will enter the cast at Newark,
n. j., on September d
MCKEE RANKIN and Archibald Gordon's
MIA Was
duced at indianapolis on Tuesday. It was
thought doubtful whether the people
wanted to see Lincoln on the stage, but If
the applause of the audience on the first
night counts for anything abraham Lin
coin" seems to be welcome.
JAMES MADISON MORTON, the author of
"Box and Cox" and many other famous
farces, is an inmate of the London Charter
House. Despite his poverty, the venerable
dramatist is happy and conteRted, and often
receives visits from his younger colleagues.
He reads all the papers and takes a lively In
tereSt in the stage OF to-day.
AT the meeting of the Sewickley Valley
Club on Tuesday the following officers were
elected: President, MIR. Frank Semple;
Vice President, Mr.. o. S. Richardson: Treas
urer, Mr.. James G. Chaplin; Corresponding
Secretary, Mr.. J. NJ. Tate; Recording Secre-
Mrs. George Z. Rose. Miss Minnie Anderson,
Mrs. James c. Chaplin, Mr.. II. NJ. Richard
son and MI. Ed Carpenter.
BILL NYE's first play-writtng venture, "The
Cadt," was presented at Brockton, Mass, on
Monday. The first two acts take place in
Owl Creek, Wyo., where the Cadi otherwise
the great man of the village, is seen in the
various capacities of frontier editor, post
master, justice of the peace, etc. The last
act is laid in New York City, on the eve Of
the departure of Cddi as Consul to Turkey
Thomas Q. Seabrook, as the Cddi, won sue
cess in the part. Minnie Dupree was very
clever as an office boy with emotional ten
denotes and made plenty of fun. It will be
q "go."