Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1871-11-13
SPECIAL NOTICE.
THEATRICAL NOTES.
NEW YORK.

written by Mrs. Centlivre, but altered to
suit the present day by expunging so
much of the dialogue as would be pro-
nounced indicate, and somewhat
changing the order OF the scenes, was
produced at Wallacks Theater on the
seth of October. Ht
New York Lodge, No. 23O F. and A.
NJ, held lodge of sorrow at Irving
Hall, on October 3Oth, being the first in
three years, during which time forty-odd
members have died, of which fourteen
we're professionals. The decorations
we're magnificent and the services very
impressive. The hall was densely
crowded in every part.
John E. Owens commenced an en-
gagement at Booths theater, November
9th, as Caleb Plummer in Dot; or,
The Cricket on the Hearth. Miss
Charlotte Cushman closed her engage
ment with the performance Of Saturday,
November 4th, having played Meg Mer-
riles j" in Guy Mannering during the past
two weeks.
The Susan Gallon Comic Opera
Troupe is performing at the st. James
Theater. Miss Susan Cation prima
DONNA Miss Clarice Vernon, contralto;
Messrs. Alfred Kelleher, tenor; James
Arnold, baritone; o. p. Sweet, basso;
J. Surridge, comedian. j. D. Thompson
and Edward Evans have been seen to
excellent advantage in the Prima Donna
of Night.
At the Bowery theater a sensational
drama, entitled Crime, or The Secrets
of City Life, in which Miss Charlotte
Stanley acted Madge," the chief char
acter, attracted very large audiences
during the past week. 1t is in three acts,
and from the pen of Mr.. Stanley Nc
Kenna. 1t portrays life among the
criminal classes, and some local scenes,
produced with realistic effect, are among
its salient features.
Standing room only" greeted the
applicant for seats at Niblo's Garden,
nearly every evening during the past
week as early as eight o'clock. Mr.
Sotherns success as Lord Dundreary'
is fully as great as that achieved by him
in New York some ten years since. A
new generation of theatergoers has
sprung up during his absence from this
country, who are. anxious to judge for
themselves of the performances they
have heard their elders so highly extol.
Of course the majority, if not all Of Mr..
Sothern's former admirers, feel it their
bounden duty TO witness his acting at
least once, and upon these premises It is
eontended that Our American Cousin
will hold the boards during the entire
present engagement.
Master Percy Roselle, boy actor, made
his metropolitan debut at Woods Mu-
scum, October 23d, in dramatization of
a serial story published in the Fireside
Companion, entitled The Boy Detective,
Master Roselle, in his acting, displays a
knowledge Of dramatic art far beyond
his years, he being, it is said, but fifteen
years Of age, and upon the stage be
looks even much younger. His elocu-
ton is good, his enunciation being re-
markably clear and distinct, while hisi
gestures and bearing are graceful and
easy. In the various characters that he
impersonated-" Butts, the detective;
Jack Halyard," sailor, in which char
aeter be danced sailors hornpipe so
excellently that it was encored; Piggy |
Stubs" newsboy; Sir Lawrence
Belvidere, fop; and Old Battersea,"
a boatman, each was distintly character
lied, and his makeup of the face and
head was thoroughly artistic. Nothing
save his stature would enable one TO re-
cognize that the same person acted the
various characters. As a boy actor he
by far excels any that have hitherto ap-
peared here, and may be said to have
achieved a genuine success.
At the Grand Opera House, Eileen
Oge, with Mr.. and Mrs. W. j. Florence
in prominent characters, continued the
attraction during the past week. At the
concert on Friday evening, Mile Marie
Aimee, Therese CASTELAR,, Eliza De Try
and Mr.. J. Levy performed, in conjunc-
ton with James Fisk, jr.'s, Ninth Regi-
ment band, to crowded auditorium.
On November 18th Mr.. De Leon drama,
entitled Paris, or the Days Of the Com
mune, is announced 10 be acted for the
first time. The scenery, which has been
for sometime past in preparation under
skillful artists, and which will be a
marked feature of'the drama, will com
prise the following: In act first, the
Park of st. Cloud, with the fountain
called Les Cascades, with daylight, sun
set and moonlight effects. 10 the sec
ond act, an encampment on the ram
parts of Paris, with moonlight effect, and
view of the city, lighted by an electric
light; also, the prison Of La Roquette,
showing the courtyard where the host
ages were shot; the Hotel de Vile at the
time of proelaiming the Republic. In
act third, a bivouac in the quarries of
Montmartre; a barricade in the Rue
Royale. In act fourth, Place Yendome,
with the fallen column, and view OF the
burning Of the Tuileries and general
conhagration Of Paris.
MISCELLANEOUS.
The worrell sisters are in Georgia.
The Lingard-Dunning Troupe is in