Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-02-21

ture on "Yucatan" at Old City Hall on Mon
day night. Prof Brashear will introduce
her.
FRANK /. FRAYNE, JR., in his successful
drama, ''The Boy Ranger" will be the next
attraction at Harris Theater, week com
mencing Monday, February 29
WILLIAM STUART. the young Pittsburger in
| hit in Boston as Claudio in "Much Ado
About Nothing" All the Boston papers
praise him.
LILLIAN RUSSELL has set up belongings in
Boston for a four-weeks' stay. She opened
| there last Monday in'La Cigale" and made a
| cities and OF course Pittsburg will get peep
at her for one week. She comes in April.
TIE Chiffon Sisters, two Spanish danseuses,
make their first appearance in this country
with "Sfnbad" at the Duquesne Theater on
Monday night of the second weeks engage
ment Their dance is said to be very novel
and has never before been seen in this coun-
try.
MISS MArHER will give 'Nance Oldheld," !"
a little comedy before "The Egyptian" !"
which will be played at the Biou Theater
ever night this week, but Friday. On Fri
day she will appear in "Leah," and at the
Wednesday matinee in "Romeo and juliet"
There will be no Monday matinee.
FRAuLE1N MARTHA IRHLER, the graceful
bad" company, now playing at the Du-
quesne Theater, appears in q different cos
tune at every performance. She dances
during this week in the following costumes:
White, black, violet, red, blue, pink and
green.
lyon Yonson' is again coming to Pitts
burg, with Gus Heege as the star. Mr.. Heege
has succeeded in introducing and making
place on the stage for a Swedish character
heretofore unknown to dramatists. That 1t,
is q success is guaranteed from the large
financial returns. He will follow Miss Mather
at the Bijou.
PrTTsBUReERs will be delighted to hear that
E. S. Willard, that most eminent actor that
delighted people on his last visit, will be at
the Duquesne Theater in few weeks. Dur
ing his coming engagement Mr.. Willard will
present not only 1.-THE Middleman," but his
other great impersonation, Judah" Aside
from being one of the best actors ever seen d.
in this country himself, Mr. Willard brings
with him a company of sterling actors.
For years the Boston Theater has been
noted for its production OF spectacle and
melodrama, its immense stage and equally
large and perfect auditorium, making it
most fitting house for this purpose. The
last of these great productions was done at
the Boston last year, where it ran to tre-
mendous business for almost the entire sea-
son-Harris and Pettitt's superb military
drama. "The Soudan." For this dramatic
year tne play paSSeQ lnGO tne nanuS OF NAV
and Erlanger, and their company Will play 1t
at the Alvin next week.
OF Mile. Rhea, who will be at the Alvin
March z, a critic says; "Rhae has made the
hit OF her life in the Czarina, or Catharine
I of Russia 1t was written by Eugene
Scribe for the great Rachel. The last act,
especially, is superb. Rhae, with the crown
on her head and scepter in her hand, looks
every inch an empress. As for her dresses,
she was, is and always will be the most ex-
Quisitely dressed actress on the stage. Her
dress in the second act is white velvet, with
the white fur and the 'Kakoshlick,' or Rus
sian head dress, and Is q dream OF lowell
ness"
week in New York was "Gloriana," played
by Charles Frohman's players at Hermann's
Theater. 1t is an adaptation by James
Mortimer of Chivot and Duru's Palais Royal
play, lie True d. Arthur" first produced in
1852 but transplanted to the London Globe,
where it is still running successfully. 1t
made ringing success here, and as laugh
provoker will prove irresistible to New
Workers.. Miss Henrietta Crossman was
Gloridnd, a cool, captivating creature, and
everything the authors could have imagined
in the character was capitally expressed by
the clever actress. The production was
rich in individual successes, every one of
Mr.. Frohman's company doing splendid
work.
MANAGER DAVID HENDERSON, with his Gus
tomary enterprise, has inaugurated q novel
feature in the conduct of the business affairs
of the Duquesne Theater. Upstairs in the
house, he has furnished an o1fice, which will
be known as the mailing bureau" 1t will
be under the direction of clerk, who will
have sole charge of the orders for seats re-