Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1869-09-19
ADJUSTMENTS.
Our Theaters-- Concerts PhIIhar-
monte Society Foreign.

Now that summer is ended and sour
best families -" have returned home from
the springs, the seaside and the noun
tains, they naturally look around 10 see
what kin1of a programme OF amusement
the are to AVE for the coming season.
which is about to he inaugurated. and "A
promises to he equal ifnOt superior TO anv
ofits predecessors. The "New Memphis
Iheater" will throw open its doors on
the 18th inst, with 1.-The Long Strike. y
with entire new faces to our public. They
have passed the fiery ordeal of the ST.
Louis critics, IA we have little doubt
but they will NIL the bill. For the arst
time since Memphis has been a town we
have managers that ara liberal, enterpris-
ing, and at the same time possessed Of
capital sufficient to carry out their views.
If they are not properly encouraged. then
our thsater-lOxlng people don't deserve
intellectual and moral entertainments. II
can be safely said of ~Spaulding, Bidwen &
Marlborough that, if thew do not meet
with proper patronage on the part of our
people, they will at least try 20 deserve it.
The Opera louise begins its season on
the sd. The exterior and interior have
been rehtted n painted, and an entire
new company Will appear on the opening
night. Charlie White will be the stage
manager.
"FOrmosa" has been produced at Nib
los TO a great businesS-it met with great
success at London, filling the empty peck
cts of the manager, who nearly ruined
himself for six years with the legitimate
drama. The play is Rubbish, the plot
improbable. the dialogue common-place.
and the situation impossible, but then the
piece is so nicely tmmordLthe news
papers have denounced it, and the
the pulpit Illuminated against il, bat the
people will go tosee ii. 1.-THE public will
go to see Camille" the {" Black Crook
the White Fawn,r the Robbers" the
-" Stranger" and other plays OF immoral
tendencies, and they won't go to see
Shakespeare, Milton, Byron, Messenger,
Otway, Addison or Goldsmith. why give
them Il beer-jerker for u heroine, and a
prize fighter for Il hero, and conclude the
drama with the "Can-Can" in all its
primitive purity. Garrick once said, and
said truly that 1.-THE dramas laws the
dramas votaries give; and they that
please to act must please To live" We
Will give the card OF the London
manage who produced it tomorrow.
Charlie Broom is working hard at the
Varieties, and with results only achiev-
able by himself and wife. The pair are
admirably matched, and who, as the turf
men would say, trot better in harness?
The old Varieties Iheater il crowded
every night. and the new Jefferson street
Opera House will be as o o As it is
opened.
Charlotte Cushmah lies dangerously
i'll at London.
The Philharmonic Society is prepar-
ing for something that will be acceptable
10 lovers of good music.
Our amateur musicians promise us a
series Of concerts, and the professionals
will doubtless lead of early in the season.
Mr.. fletcher, the French-German ac-
tor and Southern Lord Dundreary, is en-
gagged to play al Booths New York the
present season.
Nelson kneese, the author of Ben
Bolt" is dead. He was a fine vocalist,
violinist, and a good arranger of music.
The writer knew bin well. He was II
of those men that worked hard, lived
poor and died miserably. He was a ge-