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Newspaper
Pittsburgh Dispatch
Location
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Mar 29, 1891
Page
6
The article portrays Stuart Robson as a genial, unpretentious figure with a simple cigar habit and a courteous hotel demeanor. It notes his enduring friendships, dislike of arrogance, and preference for modest comforts, detailing his health, travel fatigue, and planned future season focusing on money-winning plays and selective engagements.
Manager Davis unveils a varied program at camo hall with Robert E. Dittrick performing spiritualistic cabinet feats while visible to spectators. The Madagascar Family violinist and artists from Mexico display birds plumage tricks. Signor Crispini the slide trombonist, Baby Venus, and a roster of other acts promise first class entertainment through Easter. A fat women convention and a first annual baby show are planned for upcoming weeks.
The Irwin Bros Speciality Company returns to Harry Williams' Barris' Theater for an Easter week program. The show features enhanced company strength with new international stars and the Irish actor Charlies Erin Varner in his professional debut. The repertoire includes Samus O'Brien on Mon Tue Wed Thu Sat and a Friday double bill The O Cal laghan and Seed Your Wife to Brighton.
Boston plans two new playhouses as W. J. Scallas schedules 25 weeks in New York next season and Senator William H. Crane appears at the Duquesne on April 19 for a week. Pacific Hawt opens Charlies L. Davis theater around September 16, with A Path of Jacks benefiting Bijou staff in May. Davis’s Fifth Avenue Museum offers a baby show prize, Joseph Arthur’s drama Blue Jeans is set locally, Still Alarm returns, Power of the Press tours New York, Stay Theater prospers, and Kidnapped by The Plunger author debuts April 5 at Haviland’s Theater Chicago.
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