The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-10-19

| ipulator Dixey has also few equals. Ills
mimicry OF public men Is famous the
country over. His old manager Ed
ward Il. Rice, Is wonderfully clever in
improvisation at the piano. The two
together would make a very entertain
ing team. II the suggestion which they
now have In mutual contemplation Is
carried out they will personate two col
lege students, one of whom has just
returned from Witnessing a perform
ance by Henry Irving. or course that
Is Dixey. He will then propose that he
endeavor to portray Irving as he saw
him, and In full view of the audience,
TO the accompaniment of Rice's music,
he VIII make up as the famous Eng
lish actor and then give limitations of
his many parts. This will be followed
by an exhibition OF his card tricks. his
mind reading and his prestidigitation,
all accompanied by Rice on the piano,
and the whole furnishing q very novel
entertainment. consuming about one
and one-half hours OF time. II is not
proposed to give this In theaters, but in
lecture halls as part of lyceum enter
tainments II will be a radical move
Tor Dixey. but there Is no reason why
1t should not prove big winner"
H.
In Local Thcatcrs.
Zero" a beautiful new spectacular
production. will be seen at the Acad-
emy of Music this evening. This pro-
duction carries a carload of scener-
and has fifty people In the cast. Y
happily combines comedy. vaudeville
and spectacular, and should please all
classes. In the first act the reception
room Of the Manhattan Athletic club Is
shown. and II Is there that the plot
Zero" Is unfolded. 1t hinges upon ad-
ventures made by one James E,ndicot,.
who endeavors 10 reach the north polar
regions. The comedy Is plentiful in lhe
production. and Is furnished by Endi-
cott's body guards. The Trans tlan-
tic Inspection" is led by Miss NJ. Flor
ence Edwards. The spectacular effects
are said to be very handsome. ai.. In
the electrical ballet IN the third act
some novel electrical displays are made.
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At the rockingham tonight Fort
Bliss" an American drama by an
American actor, will be produced The
author has shown the possibility OF Gre
ating a play intensely interesting and
dramatic, combining all the essential
features OF a frst-class comedy drama,
without the usual accompaniment of
exploding firearms and bombastic pa
trlotism generally found In so-called
military plays II is announced that
AT Fort Bl.ss" will be presented by a
capital company and that In all ways
the performance will be above the aver
age.
Ill
The Clifton and Middleton company
will be at the Academy OF Music the
fistr four nights OF next week with q big
double company at popular prices. 10.
20, 30 and 80 cent?. Mr.. Clifton Is one
Of a few actual front!ersmen who have
the ability to both write and act their
own plays. Born In New York city he
received a frst-class education. and
when graduated from school, started
fer the wild west. with all the enthusi-
asm OF youth, and for years passed his
life among the scenes he so graphically
por.rays upon the stage. He has been
an acknowledged actor for years, and
as a stage director is considered one OF
the best In America.
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At Davis theater next week, on Mon
Cay, Tuesday and Wednesday a grand
scenic production OF 1.-THE Midnight
Special" will be given by an excep-
tionally strong company. It Is entirely
different from any o.her railroad play
ever produced, and a car. load OF gcenery
Is required to properly stage 1t.
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DRAMATIC NOTES:
Stuart Robson Is 20 revive Dion Bouci-
cauit's Forbidden Fruit" In II he made
his first notable success as star.
Clyde Fitch, author OF Beau Brum-
nell" "His Grace de Grammont," ''Mis.
tress Betty" etc, is expected back In
The new twentieth Century Girl" in
which M0llie Fuller essays the title role
is owned this season by Fred HalIcn, late
Of Hallen q Hart The comedy has been
mMaGsriaiiy Ms l elnaneea f9r the peter: 60
met In Canada last wcek, and as q conRe.
duence neg0uAtiona are under way by
which the con5urer will appear ct Irv.
ing's Lyesum theAter. Ia London, In June.