Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-01-31

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HARRIS 'THEATER............ Daniel Boone
WORLDS NIUsEUM-THEATER..... .Curiosities, etc
DAVIS MUsEUM-THEATER.. Curiosities, etc
The above are the theatrical attractions
for this week.
The performance of Julius Cesar by
the Meiningen company was the artistic
event of the week, and great treat it was
to the German population of Pittsburg. The
audiences, which were large, were made up
almost entirely of Germans, although many
whose acquaintance with German is more or
less limited. visited the Duquesne with edu-
cational views as well as for mere entertain
ment, and were well pleased. con-
fess that / did not enjoy this
famous company's rendering of Julius
Caesar" although 1 could admire the high
artistic quality of the production, especially
in its pictorial aspect. The scenery was
good. though not wonderfully so, but the
formation of stage tableaux and the man.
agemeEt of the stage was simply magnih-
cent The mob was not band of supers
earning by mere strenuous e1ertion the
nights pittance, but a mob with collective
force and Swayed apparently. by the mad
impulses of the moment as mobs are. The
delivery of Mare AntOHy's oration did not
impress me it has done when deliv-
cred in ShakeSpeare's English, but the mob
which listened to it affected me more than
any simulators of Rome's great unwashed
have done before You could see the gradual
process OF INFLAMMATION cunnlnEiy carried
our by Antony, and the climax of turbulence
WAS thrilling in the highest degree. To one
who does not understand German, i think
the Meinmgen Company's performance can
not be more than interesting spectacle,
and while the Meiningen system has doubt
less produced great artistic results, 1
can't pretend to 80 measure .HU e e, them lem
dering of Julius Cesar seemed to me to
lack dignity-and it may be that this i'm
preston is really the aversion of the ear to
Ill ~ Vlr1N Anira
company can safely be credited with giving
Shakespeare worthier frame and back
ground than any travelling American organi-
cation has attempted Even among COM
petent critics of their own nationality
diversity of opinion as to the ability of the
leading Meiningers exists and under the
circumstances silence is the safest course
1t is a pleasant duty to announce that
Miss Agnes Huntington will appear at the
DuQuesne on Monday night, presenting
Planuuette's two operas, Captain Therese"
and paul JONES' The former is the latest
work of this celebrated composer, and is
pronounced a composition of some merit. 1t
was written especially for Miss Huntington, |
and is consequently particularly adapted to |
the range of her voice, and affords her many |
opportunities to display her talents both as |
p vocalist and an actress. &c. Bernaud and |
Gilbert a. Beckett are the joint authors ofthe |
are nearly all the same as appeared here last |
season in Paul Jones'" including Hallen
Mostyn and Albert James, the two very
clever comedians; Mr. Eric Thorne the BARI
tone; Miss Millie Marsden, soprano, and
Miss Winnie Cassell, soubrette. The new
additions are Mr. Clinton Elder, the
Efie Chapuy a very delightful singer
and dancer who made her disappearance in
America with this company last fall. The
costumes used in Captain Therese" are
said to be very elaborate and artistic and in
keeping with the action OF the play, which is
laid in France in the latter part of the six
teenth century. The scenery will be de-
lightfully realistic, the first act representing
tine exterior OF q chateau in autumn, with
the woods and trees stretching out into the
distance. clothed in a beautiful foliage of
scene at Nellars and presents particularly
vivid picture of soldiers life Miss Hunt
in-ton, who is very popular here, is said to
be singing this year in much better voice
than ever before. Miss Huntington will
wear some very handsome costumes in
Captain Therese." Paul Jones" will be
given on Thursday, Friday and saturday
nights, and at the saturday matinee.
Mr.. Potter Of Texas" will be presented
by Frank W. Sanger's company from the |
Broadway Theater, New York, at the Bijou
Theater this week. This will be the first
production here OF ''AIr. Potter in its dra-
matte form, though the character of the
Of that gentleman's adventures is known to
many readers. In "Mr. Potter of Texas"
however, MIR. Gunter offers well-drawn
character as n central figure of his story,
ana the contrasts arising from the rough
manner OF Mr. Potter and the cultivation |
ana refinement of the English aristocrats |
with whom his daughter IL travelling when
he meets her in London is said TO afford
humorous situations. Mr.. Potter of Texas
is not a dramatization OF Mr.. Gunter's novel
OF that name, for the book was drawn from !
the play, which enjoys, perhap ps, the dis /
tiNctiOn of being The only play uoveiized in |
this country. The action of the drama |
closely follows that outlined in Mr. Gunter's
novel The action begins in Venice and ends |
in Bologne, and is said to be as strongly de-
veiOped in its comic qualities as in the melo-
dramatic direction. Manager sanger prom
ises an elaborate scenic production, mbrac-
ing all the latter day realistic and mechan-
ical effects. The play will be under the su- |
pervision OF Mr.. Nat ID. Snyder, the we'll |
known stage director, and the company in
cludes Joseph Wheelock, one of the cleverest
character actors on the American stage, |
who will play AfT. Potter. Jeffrys Lewis
viii be seen as Lady A1nerty, character
which is said to fit her admirably. Charlie
Eg7Ot is taken by MIR. Maurice Drew, a young
actor noJ entirely unknown to local theater-
goers.
-There,i is not an actor on the American
stage who deserves a heartier welcome
wherever he goes than Sol Smith Russell.
He is not only a comedian of rare and en-
ga@ing talent, but a man whose work has
always been on the side Of sound morality
as well as honest humor. l think that if
there were more Jeffersons and Russells on
the stage the theater-going public would
multiply amazingly, and / am sure that the
material profits of actors and managers |
would be greater if they took a leaf or two
out of Mr.. RussClls book.
In Peaceful Valley" which he presents
this week at the Alvin, it is said that Mr.
Russell has found in the character of Hosea
JfoiUe Il worthy companion to the part OF
Noah Yale. In the new comedy we en-
counter an original type of character, ma
tive OF the mountains, who like so many
Young men of that region, earns the money
for his college course by waiting on the
hotel table.
The play, it is said, is full of the spirit of
humanity, and has excited the deepest in
terest both in its comic and path etic por-
tions. Mr. Joseph Jefferson was so charmed
with Peaceful Valley that he kindly fur
nished pencil drawings of the scenes for the
first two acts, which Mr.. Russell and Man.
ager Berger have elabora tely followed. The
supporting company includes such names as
Miss Minnie Radcliff. Annaa Belmont,
Lillian Chantore, Alfred Hudson, Arthur
Byron, Edward Vroom and Charles E.
Brandt.
The trifing thing that Richard Golden
needs now is a play. Jed Protay is q char
acter of some quaintness and power, and
Mr.. Golden's embodiment OF it is very
clever. But one character, no matter how
well played, does not make play. hope
Mr. Golden will stumble upon good play
soon.
There is a new play and q new star at
the Grand Opera House this week. 1.-THE
Witch" is the play and Marie Froh-
man ie the Roth have been rIAised |