Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-10-16
Stage Whispers.


cic'' cast. The Pitou Stock Company is scat
tered to the four winds. HEPBURN JOHNS.
Stage Whispers.
HARRY DAVIS Eden Musee opens at 10
O'Clock each day.
JOE JEFFERSON has once more started out
with Grip Van Winkle"
LILLIAN LEWIS in her new play, LADY
ILL.," is booked for an early date at the
Grand.
The Gypsies remain al Harry Davis Eden
Musee for another week and will tell ladies'
fortunes free.
An extra matinee will be given at the
Grand Opera House next Friday afternoon
columbus Day).
"MARousI," the beautiful long tailed and
long named stallion, will be at Harry Davis
Eden Musee next week.
JOHN HARMS, JR, has been appointed by
Manager Harry Davis to aid in the manage.
mens OF the curio hall of his Eden Musee.
1.-TWO OLD CRoNIEs' an always popular
farce-comedy, will follow "The Shadow De-
tective" atHarris' Theater, opening October
THE Boston Howard AthenBum Star Spe-
cialty Company is the attraction at the
Grand Opera House, following ga Railroad
Ticket."'
"lLuE JEANS is a play intermingling so
successfully comedy ana drama that not a
period is HOMOGENEOUS. "Blue Jeans" comes
to tho Alvin shortly.
WIZARDS only poor house in Montreal
last week was on Monday, his first appear
ance. He made such an imnression at once
that the theater was packed all the week.
PERHAPS some people may not know that
Harry Davis has now a real live operatic or.
ganization. It will go over the popular
managers circuit of theaters early next
month.
SADIE ScANLAN. '.Erin's Sweet Singer" and
sister OF William Scanlan, is scoring
triumphs, it is said, in her new play. Mora
McChree.' She is very young. has a beanti-
full rich voice, added to rare grace and in
telligence, so they say.
PRETTY little Jane Stuart OF the late
Pitou Stock Company. has made the largest
kind of individual hit in Carleton's new
play. aye Earle Trouble" produced in New
York last week. She is fulfilling all the pre-
dictions The DISPATCH has made about
her.
MANAGER DAVID HENDERSON wires that he
has been fortunate enough to secure the
new English comedy drama success "Dart-
moor" for his theaters. 1t will receive one
of Its earliest productions in America at the
DuQuesne Theater, and will be given with
one of the strongest dramatic companies as
has vet been organized with j. II. Gilmour
at the head.
THE new Rosenfcld comedy "Imagina-
tion," will begin an engagement of one week
at the Alvin Monday, October q. Among
the current writers of comedy for the stage
Mr.. RosenfeId may be c;assed among the
best. His lines are always original. seldom
pointless. Imagination" is said to be Il
first rate example of him at his best. As
may be inferred from the title, "Imagina-
ton" is not play Of the serious order.
THE Manola.Mason Company is meeting
with success throughout the East. John
Mason ana Marion Manola seem to have
made hits in the parts written for them.
They are producing q new three-act comedy
entitled "If 1 Were You" written bv Will
lam Young, and a dramatic ana operutic
production named "Diana," P" written by sgd
ney Rosenfeld and compose by Julian Ed
wards. The supporting company includes
such well-known people as Robert New ade,
Junius B. Booth. Annie NJ. Clarke and Hat
tie E. Sche!. 1t comes to the Duquesne
Theater, following the Dixey engagement.
THE Press Club benefit which will take
place at the Duquesne Theater November Is
is something the theater-goer with a large
appetite should wait for. The performance
is eet down to begin at P. NJ, and will end
in time for the REGULAR evening performance
to be held. j. W. Willard, "Gloriana," "Un-
der the Lions Paw" with seven lions, "a
German Soldier" and contributions from
not omitting Harris Thoater, will be on the
programme The details will be given in
sections, SO as not to daZe an expectant pub
lie.
LANerRY is to have a new play and be seen
in totally new role Edward Rose, the
author of the play, says that agatha, the
character in question, was not uncommon
in novels, but qnite new to the stage. She is
a Girton girl seriously intellectual. not o
buster king. yet with affections and weak
nesses OF women. Mrs. Langtry will have
ample opportunity in her part to display
beautiful gowns. Mr.. Rose said he wrote
the play long time ago. 1t was not writ
ten to Mrs. Langtry's order but be had her
in his mind for the It'll. role when he wrote
it.
MUCH has been written concerning the
care that Henry Irving bestows upon any
play that he thinks worthy of production at
his theater, but it is not generally known
that he often personally rehearses an actor
in the part allotted to him until the actor
becomes perfect in his lines. Mr.. Irving
has several times expended between So, 00O
and $4,000 on a MAY before the curtain was
raised on the first night. Hc carries his
ideas OF realism to such an extent that he will
have the stage covered with powdered salt
to show footprints in snow. He has even
had expensive hothouse grapes placed on
the stage so that nothing should be wanting
in the picture. 1t is as much enc man can
armor and other accoutrements required at
the Lyceum Theatre.
A. G. DUNLAP writes from New York: At
the Garden Nine. Helena Modjeska en-
ploycd q role new to Ter and one which had
not been acted in New York by anybody
since 1874. This was Kdfhar7ne Of -Arrogon in
Shakespeare's very dull play, king Henry
v1II," part associated in theatrical his
tory with materially powerful actresses,
lil le-FanNy Kcmb!e and Charlotte Cushman H.
There was special curiosity to see whether
Modjeskn's lack of physical force would
prevent her achieving an artistic success,
but she did: The subtIety and sureneSs OF
her acting suff1ced. Of course, her other
wise lauItless elocution Was greatly marred
by her. foreign accent and listeners had to
be intent in order TO get the full meanings
of her utterances. She gave complete ex-
preston, however, to the sorrows of the
wronged Queen, and her performance was
one more triumph in her career OF triumphs.
In around the Town." the London EN-.
pire seem to have struck out new line in
ballets. They have glorifed LoudoI life rs
Cheyalier has glorified the coster: DR.. Burch
and his pupis-a body of young mon in even.
ing dress. not the ordinary supers, visit Co
vent Garden Market, early in the morning.
The porters-presty girls in idealized yet
still distinguishnble dress-are busy, the
carts are arriving, al is hustle. A wagon
arrives, opens and discovers Devy of
animated flowers and vegetables whicn
forthwith dance. Then tho pupils at
tack the polio. and the scene changes to
the Royal Exchange at midday. Here are
flower girls, who seem to be the real arti-
cles: bootbiacks, messenger boys, postmen
and young ladies shopping, who doa dance
in ordinary attire to the tune OF gongs
played by the bootbIacks on their boxes.
Next is shown realistic set of the Thames
Embankment. soldiers parade and the ex-
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