Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-08-16
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BTJoU THEATER.. ''The Limited Mail''
| HARRY WILLIAMS ACADEMY.
Turner's English Girls
| "OhLD's MUSEUM. .Curtostties, etc
The above are the theatrical attractions
for this week.
Only two of the large number of novelties
promised New York for the coming season
| have as yet been tried. These are "The
High Roller" and Jane" The former is a
so-called spectacular farce comedy, and its
failure has been of the most pronounced
kind. A stupider conglomeration of nom
sense, vulga1ity and Objectionable display
OF the human figure has probably not been
seen in the metropolis for many a day.
| The papers were unanimous in their con-
demnation of 1t, and it is somewhat i'm
1 probable that It will fill the dates, which
| include Pittsburg, booked for it. 1t seems
to be the general impression among New
| York managers that, although there are
more comic farce comedies getting ready to
start out on the road this season, the death
knell of that very frivolous and unsatis-
| factory form of entertainment has been
sounded in the failure of this highly ex-
pensive example, "The High Roller" Some
thing like 40 or 80 farce comedies are going
to travel this year, and liberal estimate is
that of these So will wobble disconsolately
| homeward within three months. Although
| Pittsburg has given a kindlier reception
| to farce comedy than most cities, lit
| is not likely that many people
here will really regret its disappearance.
| Jane" is a comedy of some merit, it ap-
pears, but not particularly startling in
originality or interest. In fact in London,
| from whence, 1t came, its particular claim
upon theater-goers seems to have been q
| certain French naughtiness about which the
! less said the better. The critics in New
| York praise Jane" mildly, but overlook en-
| tirely or appear not to see the particular
quality which won for it success in Lon DON
They are hustling things at Davis Alvin
| Theater these days. and it seems probable
| that the opening will occur some time
| toward the end of September or the be-
ginning of October. Mr.. Davis still insists
that he will open the house on September 81
with Pauline Halls comic opera company,
but the chances are that he will not be able
| to do so, though it is within the bounds of
| possibility that extra labor may put the
house in a condition to receive the public
| with other new theaters that have been
hurried in the last stages of their erection,
there is no absolute certainty that Mr.. Davis |
will not be able to open on the day named.
A great deal of interest is manifested
abroad in the Alvin Theater, and 1t is gen.
orally expected by professionals that it will |
D6 rs handsome q tleaCer as money 9nG a |
disposition to spend it can obtain. 1t is
true also that Mr.. Davis has been very lib |
eral in his terms to managers of travelling |
organizations that will come to his house,
and one of the consequences of this is that |
the line of attractions which the new theater |
will have will be fine one.
One of the first notable attractions of the
coming season will be Mr.. Joseph Haworth
in legitimate drama at the Duquesne Theater |
on September T. 1t is production, too, |
which will command interest in Pittsburg |
because of the local brains and money con- |
Haworth's manager, is well known here as
Bijou and the Grand Opera House,
sPd s5e he has Ma the sesas of bPdag tSang
the country Mr.. Max Ihmsen comes of the |
well-known Pittsburg family of that name, |
and will represent Mr.. Haworths interests |
will play "St. Marc,'' "Ruy Bias and possibly |
another play. The first named is a new and |
striking drama of the romantic school. Mr.. |
Haworth is now rehearslng with his COM |
pany in New York. The company is one of |
the best organized for the road, and in cludes |
Katharine Kidder Louise Rial, Atkins |
Lawrence, Edwin Drouet, and several others |
who are generally known.
The improvements in the Grand Opera |
House are SO nearly complete that very
fair idea can be obtained of their general |
effect, and it must be acknowledged that it
is very good. The coloring is now entirely /
light and cheerful, the house no longer re-
sembles church of Calvanistic tendencies,
and there is not suggestion OF the grave or
torium or lobby. The house es it now stands
will undoubtedly be as bright and
pleasing to the eye as any In town.
Manager Wilt has also altered the seat
ing arrangements on the floor of the house
with good results, enlarging the parquet
circle at the expense of the parquet, and
i6ars Nl
capacity of the theater. These steps, coupled
with the determination which Mr. Wilt an
nounces, to treat the public as literally and
courteously as he can, may serve to bring
back to the Opera House the prestige which
it has undoubtedly lost.
There are lots of changes in progress in
the New York theaters Lillian RUSSELL
who has been the chief star of the Casino
armament for long while, is to transfer
her radiancy to the new Garden Theater un-
der the management of Mr.. French. Miss
Tempest will take her place, and to rein
force the company the sprightly Annie
Myers, who has been supporting Digby Bell
Aronson's A theater. Francis wilson IN is 'g going
to try to make a long run at the Broadway
with the MERRY Monarch" this fall. but it
would not be surprising if he took to the
road earlier than he now plans
George jerks is going to tempt the ele-
ments with another performance of Gas
lou Like lU' OUT Ol OOOTb dC LdKeWOOU, |
Chautauqua, on Friday, August 81, and he
says that there is good promise of a sue
cesSful performance artistically and fnan-
cially. Miss Marie BurresS was to have
played RoSdlind, but rehearsals at the Boston
Museum, where she is to be leading lady the
coming season, necessitated her departure
from this part of the country on Wednesday, |
and she was obliged to forego the chance to
show her ability in the character which
Miss Coghlan infested with so much roman
tic beauty in the al Jresco performance here.
One Of the novelties of the coming season
to which New Workers look forward with
considerable eagerness, is Adonis Dixey's
re-appearance in st1 aight comedy. He is to
play the leading part in an English comedy
called "The Solicitor, "and will be supported
by very clever company, including, by the
way, MI. Burr Mcintosh, of this city. Mr.
Mcintosh, who is as blooming and sanguine
as ever, told me the other day on Broadway |
that he was going out with alabama" this
year after he had created a part in the go
licitor"
The executive staff of the Duquesne Thea
ter has been strengthened by the addition
of Henry c. ShwaD who will attend in future
to an important pa t of the local manage
ment. Mr.. Shwab has been connected with
many successful theatrical enterprises in
PittSburg, and has held important places on