The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1868-10-08
MUSICAL AND DRAMATIC.
what Entertainments Pay Best

Of enterta,nmants vhish should be set before
the public ecritics preach nigh art doctrines,
while the managers, looking at the matter
more from q business than an art point OF view,
are solioitous about the condition OF their
treasuries. AS q matter OF public interest In
connection with this subj oct, we have prepared
the following statement of the amounts re-
ceived at the Academy of Music and the city
theatres during the past season from May l,
1857, to April 80, 1868, thus covering an entire
year. We have not considered concerts, min
strel performances, and other miscellaneous
entertainments, but merely give the regular
round of operatic and dramatic amusements
In preparing this statement IL is not our inten-
tion TO moralize on the questions of art or good
taste, but we leave our readers to draw their
own conclusions from the facts. The amounts
we give are the gross receipts, or what was
actually paid by the public: o course the ex-
penses varied, and the actual profits OF ths
managers can only be guessed at. We give
first theperformances at the Academy of Music.
In May, 1867, Mrs. +. w Lander and her com.
pany gave six performances of Elizabeth, AMI
realized S56lS, or 1896 for each performance.
on the 18th of September, 1867, Mr.. j. E
McDonough produced the Black Crook which
ran until october 49, or 40 performances In all
The amount taken in at the ticket Off, was
S33, ,S56, or S779 for each performance.
Ristori made her first appearance on OJtobe
81 1867, and gave six of her leading presentations
10 see which the public paid S6ii6, or Sl074 f.
each performance.
The Richings English Opera Troupe com
menced a season on the 2Sth of October, aud
remained for five weeks, until November .28
giving 30 performances, for which was received
S23,9E, or nearly $3.50 for each performance.
Mrs. Lander appeared on December 2, and
remained two weeks appearing in elizabeth,
"Mary Stuart" "Medea," and "Lady Macbeth"
The amount realized from twelve performances
was s329l, or S257 for each performance.
The La Grange-Brignoli Italian Opera Com.
binaton opened on December 10, and gave six
performances. for which S7l95 was taken in, or
S1l97 for each performance.
On the 9Th of January, 1868, the Grover, Har-
rison, and Maretzek Combination, with
Madame Parepa Rosa as prima donna, COM
menced q season and gave fifteen performances,
the receipts for which amounted to SIS, ,4S2, or
$l032 for each performance.
Bateman's Opera Bouffe Troupe opened with
La Grande DucteSSe de GeroLtetI on February
10. Twelve performances were given, and the
sum of Sl2, 1879 was realized, or Sl0l6 for each
performance.
The La Grange Troupe gave six performances
of Italian opera, commencing March q for which
the public paid S49l6, or an average of sSl9 for
each performance.
The Parepa- Rosa Troupe appeared March IL,
and gave six performances, the gross receipts
VI WuiCh Wcio Y1Vlf, VI Vooo lOA 0aCh poilOflh-
ance.
On the lst Of April Jsnauschek commenced
a series OF six performances of German drama.
The amount rea iized was S3400, or nearly S567
for each performance.
The Richings English Opera Troupe com.
menced season on April 20, and until the
end of the month they gave ten performances,
the receipts for which were 1880, or $ll50 for
each performance.
At the Walnut Street Theatre Mrs. f. w. |
Lander commenced an engagement In April, |
1885, and played until May IL, 81 wing ten per- |
formances In May. During the second week of
this engagement Mrs. Lander appeared as
"Queen Elizabeth" for the first time in this |
city. On the 18th of May Miss Susan Denim
commenced an engagement and produced Bou'
cicault's drama of The Heart Of Midlothian. Miss
Denim played seventeen nights in May. The
receipts for this month were S96S9, or nearly |
$3.50 for each performance Miss Denim con-
cIuded her engagement on the 1st OF June
having brought out The Sea Of Ice during her
last week. Miss Denim then remained at the
Walnut. as the leading lady, during the balance
of the season. On the 5th of June Mr.. Joseph |
Jefferson opened with Rip Yam WinkIe. and
played until the 29th. Mr.. Jefferson gave
twenty four performances, and during the last
week of his engagement Rip Van Wilk.e was
Withdrawn, and he appeared in a number of
other roles. The receipts for June were Sl23l5
or S5l3 for each performance. During the month
of July and q portion of August the theatre was
closed.
On thel2th of August A lNids un,mer Nights
Dream was produced, and 1t ran for seven
weeks, or until September 2S FOrty-six per
formances were glven-one OF Caste on the 30 n
of September-and the receipts for August and
September were S2S 754, or about s625 for eaon
performance.
Caste was brought out on the 30th Of Septem
ber, and continued until October 5. IL was
represented six times. Miss Charlotte Tnomp-
son appeared on the 7th OF October and played
"Fanchon," "Lttle Barefoot" "Camille," and
other characters, until October 49, giving twelve
performances. Mr.. j. B Roberts and the stock
company gave six performances during the
week ending October 26, and on the 2Sth Mr.
and Mrs. Gomersal appeared in an English
version of La Gronde Duchesse de GeroLstetn
Twenty seven performances we're given in 0c-
tober and the receipts were SSOi5, nearly S29S
for each performance.
On the 4th of November Mr.. Edwin Forrest
commenced an engagement which continued
until the 23d. MIR. Forrest gave elghJesn
performances On the 18th Mr.. John
Brougham's Lottery of Life was produced, and
it was represented six times IN November. The
whole number of performances during Novem
Der was twenty.six, for which was received
S24, ,4S9, or nearly S942 for each performance
In December the Lottery Of Life was played
for eighteen nights On the 231 of that month
Miss Lucille Western appeared in East Lynne
During December she appeared eight times
making the total number of performances
The recaintq were Sl6 0Q3 or