Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-01-18

| Grand Opera House. .Eanlon-Volter Co
Duuuesne Theater ............. "a Midnight Bell''
| Btou Theater.. ID. H. Emmet
| Williams Academy. ..LAdy Clay's 20
Davis museum Cnrlosltles, eIc
World Museum. ....Curlostles, etc
Harris Theater. .......Dan1el Boone
The above are the theatrical attractions for
this week.
The double bill at the Grand Opera House
last week brought some surprises. OF course,
the most notable of these was Mr.. Joseph
Haworth's appearance in low comedy role.
In "A Man of the World" Mr.. Haworth,
to be sure, assumed character in which he
kept to his wonted lines and the manly and
somewhat romantic man of the world he
| pictured was true and pleasant. But in
Aunt Jack" as Brue Mr.. Haworth is not
in his element, to my thinking. He makes one
| laugh good deal, to be sure, but the business
| OF romping, rlotous farce comedy does not fit
| him. and, however much credit he deserves
for taking pains even in vain undertaking, I
| think Mr.. Haworth ought TO remain faithful to
the higher art of which he has been hitherto
faithful exponent.
Why Aunt Jack' ran 200 nights in New
swered easily. There is so little in it as play,
SO little humor in the lines and such lack of
| originality In the whole thing from situations
to mere jokes. The age of some of the latter
| for instance, the joke about judges committing
| themselves, which Sam Weller originated at
the, expense of Mr.. Nupkins. j. p, in Pick
| wick. The company is such good one that it
| seems almost sin that it should have been
| thrown away upon Aunt Jack" Miss Paget
| is a comedienne of an unusually high order.
| and her gifts of spontaneous merriment
and archness shone through the gro.
tesque and unattractive character of
Aant Aamt.. ygcA M DID ar. Bsekqs and nJ Mr.
have very small opportunities, but make the
| most of them. The whole company. indeed,
| could hardly be improved upon for light comedy
| purposes. Perhaps the disappointing fatness
| of Aunt Jack'' was accentuated by the misera-
| bly, meager scenic setting it obtained. The
humor OF the contrast between the realism OF
| court OF justice and the broad burlesqueing OF
| the actors therein in the last act was lost be-
cause the scenic reproduction of the court
room was ridiculous travesty in itself The
| same criticism applies to the hotel private sup
| per room supposed to be the most stylish in
| London and really below the average country
| 81 hotel These little defects are a great
deal more injurious to play than some mana
| gers imagine.
| The stay of Miss Huntington as Paul Jones
! at the Duquesne Theater has been very
| pleasant for everybody concerned. Since Tues
day night the house has been packed, and the
audience on Friday night was almost as pretty
spectacle as any the stage afforded, thanks to
| fair Pittsburgers and the cunning of their
| dressmakers. The verdict of The DISPATCH
on Paul jones' has been populary sustained,
| and Miss Huntington has added considerably
| to the number of her admirers IN this city,
| kx<
! A New York correspondent writes: Nothing
| new was produced in the metropolis on Mon
| day. AT the Academy of Music Denman
| Thompson revived the original, containing the
| character of Joshua Whitconnb, which was be-
| gun as sketch in a variety show 1t never was
a meritorious work, and the audience find little
to approve in the revival, which with its bolster
Gus crudity compares very unfavorable with
| "The Old Homestead" "Men and Women"
| had its one hundredth representation at Charles
Frohman's Twenty-third Street Thea1er, and
| the event was commemorated by a souvenir-a
| glass transparency prettily framed. showing
Mr.. Frohman's corhpany grouped in
opefa called pana hav' of " s5sa@ a1m ns
magnificently sung at the Metropolitan
| Opera House, but the public did hot take
kindly to it, although it was composed by Ernst
Alexandra Edouard, Duke of Saxe-Coburg-
Gotha, u charming muslcally inclined old gen
tleman of 7S who in his youth was pupil of
! Mendelssohn. 1.-THE Last Word" at Dalys
| will next Tuesday give place to anew version of
Sheridans "School for Scandal" by Mr..
Aueustin DAILY. "The Senator" at the Star,
| is weakening, but will DO doubt keep the stage
after which Mr.. Crane goes Westward. Busi-
ness has not been good during the week, and
| none of the theaters are making money"
| ~
There is a strong probability that George
| Marion, the comedian, will call in George c.
| Jenks the author of the "U. S. Mail" to assist
him in writing a farce comedy for his (Mr.
| Marion's) use next season. Mr.. Marion is at
present at work upon farce comedy called
| mir. Macaroni," and Mr.. jerks has already
| written the greater part of farce comedy skit
| upon bankers and banking Now, however,
| Mr.. Ludlow, who is to manage Mr.. Marion next
season, tells me that Messrs. jerks and Marion
| are likely to join forces. which strikes me as
being very sensible idea.
| -
When Mr.. Lawrence Barrett was here 1t may
| be remembered that he Said in The DISPATCH
| that Mary Anderson had made her choice for
! life and intended never to return to the stage.
| In confirmation of this intimation, which was
! the first to be authoritatively given, of Mary
Anderson's permanent retirement, the New
| York Sun said the other day that there is as
surance from Mary Anderson conveyed in
| letter over her own signature, that she has de-
| cided positively never to act again. An Amer
| lean managers agent sought her out at her En-
| glsh home less than month ago to make an
offer of S. 600 week for her individual services
| during tour of three months next season.
| She refused even TO see him, and he went
away without having exchanged a word with
her. HIS card was returned to him
| by the servant with the verbal message
| that the lady did not care to meet
| him. The ex-actress knew his errand and the
| amount of money temptation which he brought,
for he had communicated with her by letter.
| An explanation of her singular conduct is
| given Dy an 1nLlmAte lTleuu VI ucT uuSDdnQ.
| Throughout the fulfilled portion of her ab-
| ruptly Terminated tour in this country, when
| she enacted two characters in a IA Winters
Tale' with great success her nervous system
| became seriously deranged. the disturbance
taking the form of a religious aversion to the
stage. The feeling became so serious that at
length she deemed her soul in danger If she
continued in her profession. That was the rea-
! son why she terminated the tour abruptly,
| Her manager had good case for damages
| against her, of course. and not long ago She
| settled his claim. Under the influence of a
quiet, restful life she has regained much. of her
| former health of body and mind, but her aver
| sion to theatrIcals remains unchanged. and she
has not witnessed stage performance since
! she gave UP acting. She declares that she will
| never again see others act, much less act her.
| self. That would seem to deprive us beyond
| hope of the greatest of American actresses.
| There has been an impression that, after pro-
longed holiday, she would return to the stage
| to reap the great harvest of dollars which
| would have grown for her. but the most per-
sIstent doubters of her sincerity, must now be-
i1eve that she is really an ex-actress.
| So
| The only novelty in this weeks programme
is the Hanon-V Volter- NJ Martinetti Pantomine
| Company the other principal attractions being
| q. Midnipht Belln and JOSeDh Il. Emmett he