Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1869-09-29
Amusensents.

| MEMPHIS THEATER.--A fair and fash
ionable audience greeted Dominick MUIR
ray last evening. He appeared in the
drama of Oonaghs Engagement, which
presents Irish life in somewhat fairer
light than the pieces dramatised from
Lovers works. His impersonations are
perfect, and bis Irishman is more like the
rollicking, loving, honest-hearted creature
that Charles Lever or Gerold Griffin draws
than any we have yet seen on the stage.
We can say, without fear of contradict
ton, that he is an artist superior to Col
Inns, and comes closer to the beautifully
rendered delineations of Tyrone Powers
than any comedian now on the stage.
What Barry Sullivan is in tragedy,
Murray is in cemedy-a great artist;
and we don't know that we could
say much more in his favor. He
was well supported by Miss Josephine
Fiddss as "Oonagh O'Halloran and
Miss Laura Don as Katy Beamisb,"
We were particularly we'll pleased with
the manner in which Frank Bosworth
performed the part of "Mathew Flsna-
gan" and J. j. Wallace that of "Daniel
MeQuoid." The truth is, Wallace is one
of the finest actors in his line ON the
American stage. and we are sure our
discriminating play-goers will soon fall in
love with him. Frank Bosworth is an
old Memphian, having played here TWEEN
ty years ago with Sol Smith, Jim Charles,
Dave Ash, and the rest Of the old boys"
When the "old folks at home" get ac-
quainted with him, they will be reminded
of many incidents connected with
the early history of the Bluff, as
Frank is full of anecdotes, and has stored
in his memory many good stories about
the great men who fourished in our midst.
We would be doing injustice to Harvey
Merry not to say that his new scenery is
all that can be desired and it gives US
great pleasure to find an artist that un-
derstands perspective, and can correctly
draw, color and foreshorten. Tonight
OonagRs Engagement will be repeated.
MOVES CIRoUs.-Ths old-established
show will be here on the 7th of next
month, and exhibit on the bluff opposite
Madison street. Among the performers
to delight US we note Mrs. Emma Stokes,
Ella Stokes, Emma Stokes, Katy Stokes,
Little Belle and Miss Nettie Seyton, as
well as Wooda Cook, the champion
somersault rider and pupil of Mr.. Noyes
the only living artist who has accom-
plshed, on swift-running, thoroughbred
! racer, twenty-five consecutive somer-
saults; Frank Robinson, great leaping
clown Clark Gibbs, Mississppi's favor.
lite son; Lewis Wilson, Luke Wilson,
and Arthur Wilson, the unrivalled gym
nasts; Charles McCarty, the famous
athlete; Sig. Monteverde, the Peruvian
contortionist; Fred. Barclay, the accom-
plished scenic bareback rider. Notwith-
standing all that has been said or sung
about the classic games of antiquity, the
horses that won prizes at chariot races,
or the nude wrestlers and muscular ath-
letes who distinguished themselves at the
solemnities, in oar opinion the regular
legitimate circus of the nineteenth CEN
fury goes far ahead of all the epic
| wonders ever recitsd. Whatever mar
wells may have been achieved in
the ancient arena, whether the
exploits of the riders in the
time-honored hippodrome, or the
daring splendors exhibited in the Grecian
arena, nothing in practical shape was
ever perpetrated of old that will compare
with the bold, manly, agile feats of horse
manship given by Master Wooda Cook,
the great hoy rider of the present day.
The centaur is no longer o fable; it is
more than realized in Wooda's perform
ances No power of description can con-
vey an idea of the brillisncy of his in:
comparable horsemanship--it must be
witnessed. Had he lived in the times of
the Thunderer, Wooda would have had
Immortality conferred upon him. Mer-
curry would have been mustered out of
service and Woods Cook invested with
his csducens and winged extremities.
Talk of the heroic past Bring out your
Mlos and Simpsons, yet at Mr.. Noyes'
circus this wonder appears every day to
the great delight of thousands. There
will be o grand tournament every eve
ming, exhibiting the splendors of the field |
of the cloth of gold.
BRooN's OPERA HoUsE. A large
crowd of fnn.lovers were assembled at
this favorite temple of Apollo and Terp |
sichore last evening. The bill prepared
byCharley White, the excellent stage
manager, was replete with variety of
entertainments that pleased the audience
hugely. If any man knows how to run
an opera house well it is Charley White,
and his friends may be counted by the
hundreds. Miss Fanny May is an artist
of great ability, and the warm rounds of
applause she receives every night show
how we'll the patrons of the house appre-
ciate her efforts to please. A new bill
tonight.
Wall ,La attant;on of all wboiasala |