Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-10-09
Stage Whispers.

+. MISS MARLowE and Miss Gale are In tho
field as Rosa'i,ad and as JaRiet.
MIR. MANSFIELD intends to perform Shytock.
Miss Cameron will appear as Po'tia.
Mr.. MANrELL intimates that he will shortly
perform both "Othello' and Hamlet"
Mr.. WILLARD has arrived in Montreal and
he will begin his season there on October 10.
LorrrE COLLINS has certainly caught New
York much as Carmencita did year or two o
ago.
Mr. DAILY will open the season at his thea
ter in New York next Monday evening with
. new play.
Mn JEFFERSON will appear at the Star
Theater next Monday night, October 10, as
Rip Van Winkle.
Mr.. WILSON BARnErr is coming to America
again, and he will present Hamlet"
''Othello" and "Claudian."
NINE. MopJEskA will appear at the Garden
Theater on October 10, as Queen Klthsrt'e,
in Shakespeare's play Of Henry Will"
TIE Boston-Howard Athenaum Star Spe-
cialty Company will shortly be seen at the
Grand Opera House. It will be remembered
as making decided hit here last season.
FROM every source words of praise are
heralded relative to Sadie Scanlan, now
star of the dramatic armament, who Is said
to possess all the talent of her brother Will.
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singer, lovely girl and clever actress.
THE one thing very noticeable the Lang.
try's gowns in her last Londo production
was that the sleeves did not predominate,
indeed, in two of her evening dresses she
had no sleeves, only straps. This looks as
il the collapse of the leY-of-mutton sleeves
was not far distant.
The Mason Mano ola Comedy Company con-
tinues to repeat its triumphs throughout the
East. Both Mr.. John Mason and Miss Marion
new plays, and they have had the wisdom to
surround themselves with an exceptionally
strong supporting company.
AT the "Tar and Tartar" matinee yester-
day, Miss Myra Mireila took the part of
Fd,ind. 1t is the young lady's first season
in comic opera, she having formerly played
with the late Emma Abbott. the role OF
Circassian beauty fits her to I, and her
fresh soprano voice was heard to good
effect.
THE new comedy, "Imagination," by ST d.
ney Rosenfeld comes to the Alvin shortly.
In strict comedy lines Mr.. Rosenfeld has
long been considered strongest, and in
"Imagina ton" he has given full play to his
vivid fancy, it is said and has brought forth
a comedy worth seeing, according to New
York criticisms.
A NEW farce comedy entitled GA Railroad
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Opera House following bulls and Bears"
1t is said to be vastly amusing, a ticket
scalper being the central figure. Something
startling in the way of stage effects Is
promised, among them being q street car
run by electricity.
CALI BABI" reached its one hundred and
performance at the Chicago
Opera House on Monday, and the gorgeous
tablealx ballets drew forth the usual
amount OF applause. This eclipses Mr.. Hen.
derson's own record for summer extrava-
ganza. The latest acquisition by this Sam
son OF Chicago managers is Biancifori, the
famous Italian male dancer
FOR the presentation Of "The Family
Circle" which follows Joseph Murphy at the
Alvin, Mr.. Charles Frohman has gotten to-
gether one of the strongest comedy COM
panies that has been seen for some time, in
cluding such well-known and well-liKed
players as W. II. Thompson, Frank Burbeck,
Thomas Burns Adolph Bernard, Harry
Mills, Kate Meek, Nannette Comstock, Lena
Kate Maynew and Grace Stewart.
DIxEY and his comic opera company, pre-
senting a repertoire of the Gilbert and Sulli-
van operas, comes to the Duquesne Theater
"A Temperance Town." Mr..
Di1ey himself, of course, assumes the COM
edy roles, and he has a company of superior
quality with him. The principals have ma
tional regulations, the chorus is large, the
brilliant and the general ensemble
is such as to insure one OF the greatest weeks
M a arnusAment apQaOn