Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1872-10-25
ADJUSTMENTS.

MEMPHIS THEATER.-The Black Crook
drew fine house to the Memphis Thea
ter last night, such as to remind one OF
the palmy days when benefits were pop
ular. Tonight being Friday night, is
the fashionable evening, and it is ex-
pected all the elite will be out as well
as everybody else. There will be but
three more representations of the Crook,
this evening, tomorrow afternoon and
tomorrow evening. Next Monday even
ing Miss Jane Coombs commences an
engagement Of one week, supported by
Mr.. Chas. Pope aad the st. Louis COM
pany.
GRAND OPERA HoUsE.-There.vas q
very select and fashionable audience at
the Grand Opera House last night, and
the performance passed off very agrees-
bly,. Joseph Murphy, the great dialect
artist, kept his audience in complete
uproar during the greater part OF the
evening. appearing to excellent advan-
tage as Larry" in More Blunders than
One, Andy" in Handy Andy, and in
his character sketches in the scene from
Help. In the latter play, Miss Annie
Lawrence appeared as "0unah," and
rendered good support, Tonight, Help
will be presented to large and fashion
able audience, and tomorrow night the
curtain will drop on it for the last time
this season. Tomorrow afternoon there
will be a grand Murphy matinee.
LAWRENCE P. BARRETT.-0n Monday
night Lawrence P. Barrett, the cele-
brated tragedian, and great favorite
with the lovers of the drama in Mem
phis, will commence an engagement at
the Grand Opera House, opening in
Hamlet. Mr.. Barrett is considered by
many critics the best Hamlet on the
American stage, except, perhaps, Fech-
ter and Booth, aud by some he is con-
sidered their equal. Our Memphis
theater-goers never failed to extend Mr..
Barrett warm welcome, and it is quite
certain that on the occasion Of his ap-
pearance next Monday night he will be
received by host of admirers. Ham
let has not been played in Memphis in
a long while,
BRooN's OPERA HOUSE. - Manager
Broom has recently made a thorough
change in his Opera House, substituting
an entire new company for the old one.
Fernando Fleury aud Mile Albertine
being the only remaining members of the
old company. Among the new appear
ances are Miss Emily fremont, star in
the profession, whose operate selections
are beyond question superior TO those of
any other vocalist Of the variety stage.
sprague and Mack, the finest song and
dance men and statue cloggists in the
bring down the house with
round after round of deafsning applause.
The double trapeze performance of Mons.
Reveni and Mile Zoe Zeonetti is some
hing unusually fine, and such per-
ormance as Memphis rarely has an op- |
,ortunity of seeing. Then there Is any
amount Of vooalisatiOn, embracing serio-
,omic songs by Miss Kitty Whitland, one
# the most pleasing vocalists on the
,ariety stage; songs Of sentiment and
.omicality by Misses NJ. Seamon and
DELLA Smith. banjo solo by Miss Mollie
lacey that is very good indeed. OF
ariety performance there is no lack.
danager Marsh Adams IS, as every fire.
uenter of Broom Opera House knows,
fine Ethiopian and general comedian.
nd he has fine support in the persons
( Charley Seamon. one OF the best and
nnniest dancers in the country, Sprague
nd Mack and the remainder Of the
ompany. Altogether Manager Broom
resents to the amusementlovers of
[emphis such bill as should attract
,eir support, and we know it will.
circumstances Buchanan has a
olendid company at his Washington
rect theater, composed almost exelu-
yely of new people. Manager White
making every effort to please the
atrons Of that establishment and in his
forts has succeeded as all visitors will
vtify. Tonight big bill is offered.