The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1868-10-09
MUSICAL AND DRAMA ITO
what ENTERTAINMENTS Pay Rest,

pohtou on 1Ouf evenings In May, 1857. Mr.. j.
W. Wallack commenced an engagement OF six
nights on the 9th, and he was followed by Mr.
Dan Bryant on the 18th. Mr. Bryant played for
twelve nights in Irish dramas and on the 9th
he was succeeded by Mrs. Emma Waller who
gave four performances In that month. The
whole number OF performances during May was
twenty.seven. The receipts were ll,OO5. AMI
the average for each performance about S40T50.
Mrs. Waller played one night Is June. and on
the Sd OF that month Mr. q l.. sox brought out
his pantomime OF Ltute Boy Blue. This piece
ran for the balance Of the month, and the per-
formances including matinees, numbered
twenty seven. The amount received was s6j2S,
or nearly s2i2 for each performance.
The Arch was open for minstrel performances
portions of the months of June aud July, aud
II was closed during August. The regular sea.
son was opened on the 7th OF September, 1867,
and Miss Julia Dean commenced an engage.
ment on September 8, appearing In the
Woman IN White, the Hnnch6ack, and other
pieces, and gave twelve performances. Mr.. E
Eddy opened with Jean Rem'y; or, the Idiot Of
Normandy, on September %, and appeared
seven nights during that month. The number
OF performances was twenty; the receipts
amounted TO $685. and the average for each
performance was about 1884 so.
Mr.. Eddy appeared five times in October. On
the 7th Mr.. Edmund Falconer produced hi I,
Irish drama of Innt tyaAen. Mr.. Falconer's en-
gagement extended over IL nights, and on the
2lst Miss Kate Reynolds appeared In Nobody'S
Daughter and other sensational pieces Twenty
seven performances were given In October, and
the receipts were S9i4l, making an average OF
about s3i9 so for each performance.
Miss Reynolds played for two nights in Mo-
vember. and on the 4th OF that month Miss
Olive Logan's comedy OF Surf was produced.
This piece was given every evening during the
balance of the month, and the number of per-
formances, including matinees, was twenty.
nine. The amount received was sl4, ,S25 or about
SSH for each performance.
On the LIST of December Rosedale was revived
and was performed for six nights. On the I'd
of December Mr.. Edwin Adams commenced an
engagement, and played twelve nights. On the
23d Ours was revived, and ran until the 2Sth.
Colonel Fltzgerald's drama OF Light at Last was
produced on the 30th. The number of per-
formances during December was twenty-six
The receipts were $l2,249, making the average
for each performance about s47l.
In January, 1868. Light at Last was given ten
times, and Lady Don appeared twelve times in
the burlesques of Kenit,0orth. LalIa Rookh. and
other pieces Dalys sensational drama of
Under the Gasii0M was produced on the 20th
and was performed eleven times in January.
The number of performances during January
sSS22, and the average about S32675 for each
performance.
During the month OF February twenty-five
representations of Under the GasligM were
given. On the Oath Lotta commenced an en-
gagement, appearing in John Brougham's dra-
matization of The Old Curiosity Shop. The whole
number Of performances In February, including
matinees. was twenty-nine. The sum of $7S46
was received, making the average for each per-
formance about $270 so.
Lotta played six nights In March, and on the
9th of that month the drama OF Mauds Peril was
produced, This piece ran for six nights, and
then Light at Last was brought out again for
six nights. The balance of the mouth was
principally devoted to benefits. Twenty-six
performances were given in March and Sl4,S5
was received. The average for each perform
ance was about S57l.
During the month of April members OF the
stock company took their annual benefits on
the. first four nights. On the 9th Robertson's
comedy of Play was produced. This piece was
given for twelve nights, and 1t was followed by
Edmund Falconer's play Of Does He Loue Me?
which was performed six times.
Miss Fanny b. Price commenced an engage
ment ON the 9th, and appeared four times
during April in Leah the F0rsaken. The number
of performances in April was twenty-six The
receipts were SS3S8, and the average for each
performance was nearly S322.
Az the Chestnut Street Theatre, during May
1867, Mr.. b. e. Woolf's drama of after Many Days
was represented thirteen times.
On the 18th Miss Julia DAILY commenced an
engagement of six nights, and on the 2O!h a
German Opera Troupe began a series of per-
formances. The number of performances dur
ing this month, including matinees, ives
thirty.one. The receipts were $40, and the
average for each performance was about
S33l75. 1t was the custom at the Chestnut to
give matiuees every Saturday, and they will be
included in our estimates. $685..
. One German opera performance was given in
June, and on the Sd of that month the spectacle
OF Cendrfsion was brought out This piece was
represented fourteen times. and the season
closed on the 18th. The number of perform.
ances in June was sixteen, and the amount re-
ceived was siI22 The average for each per-
5ormance was about $257 75.
During July Kelly & Icons Minstrels an
peared, and during August the theatre was
closed.
On the 9th OF September Mr.. and Mrs. w. j.
Florence began an engagement, and produced
Robertson's comedy of Caste. which was given
twenty lone times On the 3Oth Mr.. ]. e. Muir
doch appeared. The performances in Septem.
ber numbered thirty, and the receipts amounted
to S5592, giving average of about SlS6 for each
performance.
Mr.. J.. e. Murdochs engagement extended tc
the 10th of October, and included nineteen
performances in that month. Mr.. Murdoch
was succeeded by Mrs. d. p. Bowers, who com
menced au engagement on the 2lst and CON
tinued for the balance of the month. appearing
in Mary Stuart, Marie Antoinete, Hunted DoDn
D0a, etc. Thirty-one performances were give q
in October, and the receipts amounted tC
sl2,O47, making an average of about $3.50 so 70
each performance.