The daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1848-1851, 1848-11-09

AMERICAN THEATRE.-This establishment will
be opened to its patrons on Saturday next During
the recess the theatre has been rendered in every
respect an elegant and comfortable place of enter
tainment The company engaged have been Sc
lected with much care The list we subjoin. fol
which we are indebted to the stage-manager, MIR.
H. p Grattan precludes the necessity Of pointing
out the excellence of the ladies and gentlemen who
win be with us for the season Messrs. George
Jamison, A. Brough, Manyers, J. Green, Spear, j.
Charles, Foster, Kingsley, Keller, GrosvenOr, Ry-
mar, Grierson, Thompson, Wheatley, Davis and
Garsford Mr. Rowe resumes his situation as
prompter, as does also Mr.. Messing leader. Mr..
George Stanley, the late stage-manager, is the
present treasurer Mr.. Shubert is the machinist,
and Signor Mondelli the scenic artist. Among the
ladies' we are sure all lovers of the drama will be
glad TO welcome Mrs. Coleman Pope, Miss E.
Petrie, Mrs. J. Green, Mrs Bowen, and last, not
least, Miss Eliza BRENT, the talented ard Lovely
a,rina donna of the American. In the ballet
which will be under the direction Of Mr.. Thomp-
son. from the Broadway Theatre, the following
ladies will be found valuable acquisitions Miss
King, Miss Williams, Miss Moran, Miss Fitziames,
Miss E. La Forrest and Miss Josephine La Forrest.
With the above performers, we think we may
predict the production Of tragedies, comedies and
operas, in a way which will command the support
Of the patrons of this popular theatre.
DAN RIcE's CIRcUs-The great clown has GER
tainly consulted our convenience in the selection
of a site for his new circus. The note of prepa-
ration" opening new entrances, introducing gas
pipes, and the various steps preparatory to opening
on next Monday evening, audible from our
sanctum window. The location, at the corner of
St. Charles and Poydas streets, entrance on st.
Charles street, is the best in the city for purposes
of exhibition and in this selection Dan is as lucky
as in all the other projects which have recently
marked his career. Our first knowledge of him
was through the medium of his jokes, which, Of
press, and laughed over as did everybody else
Next, the munifcent offers of DR.. Spalding induced
him to come South and I" starr it with us with
success that was signal Soon after, in the early
part of the summer, we hear Of his purchasing
steamboat and organizing a new circus company,
which, from the noise it made, must have gone by
steam, as well as the boat upon which it was car
ried. In short time we hear of his joining forces
with the veteran DIR. Spalding, and the COM
bined companies, carrying everything before them,
and reaping pecuniary success, of which no better
evidence can be given than that with the numerous
profits Capt Dan Rice bought out the interest of
Or. Spalding and became sole owner-so that
the I" King of Clowns is now the king Of show
managers, witt, no small reputation as captain.
Distinguished artises in the equestrian profession,
identified his success, as one of them, with their
own, rallied around his standard, and a kind
of esprit du corps imbuing all their efforts, eminent
success was an inevitable consequence. Truly, in
good fortune, unexampled success, and the blind
confidence of his train, Dan Rice is the Napoleon
of Showmen''