Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1869-12-04
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MEMPHIS THEATER.-Last right thi:
elegant place of amusement presented
spectacle brilliant and beauteous in the
extreme. Such an assemblage of ladies
in handsome and tasteful attire Is not
often seen, and VIC were proud to see q
lady so worthy of the compliment a re-
cipient OF it, at the hands of our citizens,
and especially the ladies. Mrs. Bowers
talents, as an actress, we rave published
in our columns with persistent integrity.
What we said of her at first has only
been confirmed and strengthenedb by every
succeeding effort, and we are proud tina
a Memphis public has appreciated the
great artistic genius of this lady, and in
spite Of el~ectioneering meetings and the
tightness of the money market, proved
they are not behindhand in paving hOm-
age to genius of the highest order. We
sincerely hope before long to have another
opportunity of witnessing this lady in
other CT her wonderful portraitures. Her
repertoire seems quite inexhaustible.
Tragedy, comedy and drama are in each
character Mrs. Bowers assumes; there is
an individuality, a delicaey and refine
ment that is perfectly charming; then her
elocutiOn is so good and true
That when she speaks
the air, a chartered lberiine. is still.
Ana the mute wonder lurketh in mems ears,
10 steal her sweet and honied sentences"
"Age should not wither her.
Nor custom stale her infinite variety"
We sieken lest we never see her more
Mr.. J. G. McCollom is worthy-and that
IS saying a great deal-of assisting in her
grand efforts, such an artistic as Mrs. Bow
ers. He is daily, or rather nightly, i'm
proving, and he viii always be warmly
welcomed by a Memphis audience. And
that they are warm in their recognition of
old faUnrffaa ~ auf1anaa1 49,. -
ceptiOn of the popular comedian, Mr. Rob
ert MeWade. We are sure he must have
been gratided to find himself among old
friends and stauncha admirers. His appear
ance was the signal for a welcoming
round, and he fairly convuIsed his audi
ence when upon the stage. We have not
time to speak of the performance at
length; yet this much we must say
lit was a delightful evenings enter
tainment, the stock company ably sec
ending the stars. Tomorrow, at the
matinee, Snare" will be presented.
At night-when Mrs. Bowers and Mr..
McCOllOm take leave of us-the " Lady of
Lyons;" while Mr.. MeWade appears in
bis Dutch burlesque, of Richard the
Third" All who can should 90.
BRooM's OPERA Unconstitutional the
Memphis Theater was damned from par
quette to the highest tier, and it looked
like all the people in Memphis were there,
his cosy little place or amusement was
as full as il could hold, and everybody
was kept In a good humor from the begin
ming of the show to the end of it. Miss
Eva Buckner has made a great hit, and
will surely be the favorite.
THE PARLoR Music HALL.-Manager
Thompson has secured the accomplished
and beautiful stars Misses Lula Wharf.
Maggie Clarke and Maude C. Moore. and
HE naHanunw rusFh chi .IIsr.-- = 49, A.
number one"-not excelled by any in this
city. He has some new attractions every
night.
GRIsI.-The greatest t~ragedienne that
ever walked the lyric stage, Giulia Grisi.
died at Berlin, Prussia, on the 18th ult..
while en- route from Naples to London.
She died in her 9th year, in the presence
OF her protector, Mario, with whom tor
many years h has achieved some of her
grandest successes. During the reign Of
Louis Philippe, she enchanted the public
OF Paris n London, as S~enirdmis, Nor
ma, LUcretiG BOTgiG, DesdemonG, EgUi..n
in "Puritani, " Maria di R0hGn and Donna
Anna in Don Giovanni" Since the
days of Malibran no other singer has cleo
tritied musical audiences as Madame Grisi
has done. She was not only gifted with
an admirable voice, but was one of the
best tragic actresses that ever lived, and a
woman Of incompatible beauty. She was
married TO az Englishman, by whom she
had a son, who was in lS47 about fourteen
years old. She remained separated from
her husband from 1885 to 1870, and attached
herself to Mario, who, in company with
Grisi, the Persiani and the old Lablache,
formed the most admirable quartette of
singers ever heard on the italian stage.
Madame Grisi sang in London every sum
mer for many years. The moist atmOs-
phere of the English capital seemed in
MIGRATING to hsr voice. Her last great
performance was in Rossini's Sta6at Md-
ter, in which she and Mario won immortal
laurels. When she came to New York
about eight or ten years ago, she had al
ready lost most of her voice. Mario and
Grisi became very rich. They lived in
summer in a magnificent villa in the
vicinity of Naples, and adjourned in win
ter to one of the great capitals of the
North,