Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-04-17

Duuuesne Thcater. Pitou Stock Compan!
Grand Opera House. Daniel Sull!
Alvin
Bijou Theater ClRale
Williams Academy. .....1rwin Bros Company
Worlds Museum Theater. .Curosities, etc
Davis -Theater. Curiosties etc.
Harris Theater. stephens Gray
The above are the theatrical attractions
for this week.
The Howard Atheneum Company made
its usual hit at the Grand Opera House last
week. Its reputation is being kept up splen
didly. "The Texas Steer is as great a
laughter-makera as any of Hoyt's pieces, and
It is better built than most. "The Ensign
is a forerunner, it is to he hoped, Of new
sort Of melodrama of native manufacture; 1t
is clean and wholesome, and augurs better
things from Mr. Haworth. "The Drummer
Bov'' at the Bijou made pile of money for
the HAYS Post, G. A. R. which is good news.
The return engagement OF the Pitou Stock
Company is announced to begin tomorrow
evening at the Duquesne Theater. This or
ganization contains a number of remarkable
actors. Old theater-goers can remember
when almost every theatrical production Of
any note was given by a stock company.
Then bands of players remained in one
place and were Obliged to make constant
changes of bill in order to hold the attention
of practically the same audiences.
The Pitou Stock Company is compromise
between the old and the new systems OF
schools. In place of locating permanently in
one city they travel about from place to
place, and. instead of featuring the play or
players they feature both, and to avoid mon
otonv and at the same time teach the actor
versatility, they present repertoire that
embraces nearly all kinus of modern plays.
During their engagement at the Duquesne
they will appear in a comedy, comedy
drama, farcical comedy and an emotional
drama, arranging these various plays in
such way as to give every lover of refined
and intelligent acting an opportunity to see
one or all of them.
"Geofrev Middleton" announced for Mon
daY and Friday evenings and wednesday
matinee, made deepand lasting impression
here earlier in the season, and it will no
doubt be greeted by the largest audiences of
comedy, the best Miss Martha Morton has
written. Its characters are life-like, its
dialogue interesting and its story full of
human interest.
"a Modern Match" by Clyde Fitch. an
nounced for Tuesday evening and Saturday
matinee, was also seen here earlier in the
season and the success it won here has fol
lowed it everywhere. For bright, crisp dia-
logue and strength in depicting original
characters he has no superior in this coun-
try. His TtoIet Rimt in the above play and
his Beau BTunimeu in ManSfeld's comedy of
that name attest this.
Two novelties are offered by the Pitou
players-on Wednesday and Thursday even
ing the Partisan farcial comedy success,
"fhe Last Straw and on saturday evening
the new emotional drama, "Her Release
Both plays have achieved the same success.
There has been large advance sale of seats
and the success predicted by The DISPATCH
On their return visit is assured.
The I1ish-American comedian, Daniel
sully, who has made popular success of his
play, "The Millionaire, will present it at the
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delineation of Irish character is said to be
unique and refreshing. He invests the char
acter of James o'Brien with quaint humor
and ready wit and obtains a friendly footing
with his audience from the start. 1t is
promised that the dialogue of the piece is
clear and sparkling, the situations well
planned and the action spirited. The story
illustrates the struggle of an Irish contractor
against the combined wealth and influence
OF powerful railroad syndicate. O'Brien
has a charter whereby he is granted the
right to construct a short connecting line
between two great railroad systems. The
charter provides that the work shall be COM
pleted on certain day. The opposing syn
dicate, aware of the fact, try in every way
to prevent the completion of the work and
there is a great row with Irish and Italian
o'Brien, with Irish tact. meets and over
comes all difficulty, but is placed in many
predicaments meanwhile, which forms the
T3iisking M fun Of the play; They say that
Gus, and the railroad scene in the second act
is faithfully drawn. On Monday evening
the house employees will take their annual |
benefit. |
The attraction at the Alvin this week is q |
real novelty in form at all events. 1t is a |
three-act farce-comedy written by Ed Mar
bic and called Tuxedo" and represents |
principally the union of negro minstrel |
and farce comedy, and is said to possess the |
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sketch of the plot: A party of society peo-
pie of Boston, New York and Chicago are
planning an entertainment for charity, but |
are at a loss what to do. when some one sug-
gests that they get Thatcher's Minstrels, |
who are playing near by, to help them out. |
In the second act a regular minstrel first |
part is given by artists in burnt cork. |
Throughout the comedy there is a well-de- |
fined plot, with couple of pretty little love |
stories. Raymond Moore. one of the Thatcher |
Minstrel Company last season, plays the /
light Juvenile part, while the comedy ele-
ment is furnished by Eugene O'Rourk ke as |
Jackson Park. the man from Chicago, and by |
Hughey Dougherty and Ed-ar Foreman in /
the guise of two song and dance men,
Thatcher himself plays Georee Thatcher.
The company includes such well known art
lists as Raymond Moore r. j. Jose, Thomas
Lewis. William j. Powers. John A. Coleman.
George Lewis, H. W. Frillman, Andrew j.
Powers, 6. E. Dukelan, James F. Powers and
new organization Edward Marble, Hurhev
Dougherty, Burt Shepard, Henry Avery Ida
FitZhugh, Agnes Halock Blanche Hayden,
Mamie Gilroy, Fannie Mulick, Corrine Cook
and others.
Nearly every theater-goer in Pittsburg
and within hundred miles of this city has
been fully informed of the beauty of la
Cigale" and the charms Of its central figure,
Lillian Russell. can tell you this about the
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going to see- So is the beautiful Lillian.
Her voice is vastly improved and so is her
acting. II, as the managers promise they
will, they produce La Cigale" at the Bijou
Theater with the rich setting it had in New
York at the Garden Theater, the scenery
alone is worth good deal to see. Besides
Miss Russell, there are such singers. down.
right artists, as Tagla ,,ietra and Streitman, |
and Louis Harrison is as dryly and quantity
humorous as a comedian need be. From
present appearances Ia Cigale' will be
given to very largo audiences all the week. |
The Bijou management, by the way, have
stretched every nerve to advertise Ia
Cfgale," and the out-oftown visitors to this
theater will be very numerous. no doubt.
Easter week at Harry Williams Academy
will be made merry by the Irwin Brothers
Comedy and Vaudeville Company. Frank
La Mondue is one of their chief fun-rnakers.
Sheridan and Flynn. of "McGinty' fame, and
the National Trio are IN this organization. |
So are Binns and Burns and the little dane
ing wonder, Chattanooga. The character
singers, Phil and Hattie Mills, are capital in
their German speciality, and Ida Lillian
Abrams is a talented singer. The Cuban
wonder, Luciano, the two Lilies in song and
lance and Emmerson and Cook, are also in
he company.
The Gray and Stephens Company will ap-
pear at Harris Theater this week. Man.
Igers Harris, Britton & Dean have been in |
luced to effect return engagement They
viii present their romantic Alpine drama, |
'Vesper Bells" Miss Minnie Oscar GRAY |