Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1875-07-11
MUSICAL AND DRAMATIC.

San Francisco is enjoying "The
Shaughraun."
Miss Lydia Thompson viii revisit
America next April.
Stuart Robson is playing at the
Howard Athen8um, Boston.
Miss Charlotte Cushman is in good
health, in spite Of contrary reports.
DAILY has hurried off to San Fran
cisco, where he succeeds Janauschek.
Frank Mayo is playing "Davy Crock
ett'' in the towns os Northern New
York.
Mrs. -Siddons has been giving
readings from Shakespeare and Tenny-
son IN Paris.
Mrs. Oates has engaged rooms at
Long Branch for the summer. She
denies that she has had a reconciliation
with her husband, and writes that he
will not accompany her.
Lawrence Barrett, now resting at his
summer home, In COhasset, Mass, viii
appear at the California Theater, San
francisco, on the 23d Of August, and
will act there for six weeks.
San Francisco has an Infantile opera
boufe company, the prima donna Of
which is called Signorita Carmen New
da Y Moran, and she has Just turned
her eighth year. She carries her doll
to help her along.
Messrs. Jarrett and Palmer intend
to produce "Julius Caesar" at Booths
Theater, on the 9th Of December. Mr..
Barrett will ay Cassius, Mr.. Dayen-
port, Brutus, and Mr.. Rignold, Mark
Antony.
There will be few novelties in New
York next season. Booth opens with
Barry Sullivan. There viii be a deluge
of Rose Michels, then a grand rush
for something to fill in, with nothing
good at present In view.
The late Mortimer Thomson (''DOe-
sticks'') travelled with a theatrical
company when he was a youth, and
once described himself as the most
numerous" man of the troupe. There
were only FIVE in the company, and one
night when "PizarrO" was acted he as
sumed seven different roles.
Mrs. Laura Joyce, the English &C
tress who used to sing the Beautiful
Blue Danube" 80 charmingly at
Niblo's, turns out to be, says the BOs-
ton Transcript, "the wife of a well
known architect Of this city" The
Transcript heartlessly adds in parody,
"Where art thou now, my young
Orchestra.seat purchaser! p"
The recent performance of Madame
Judic in st. Petersburg, was particu-
larry remunerative to the great boutfe
artist. She received one hundred thou
sand francs for a six weeks engage
ment; her benefit Melted her about 90
900 francs; she received presents val
ued at over one hundred thousand
francs, and made considerable by pri-
vate sOireas.
Miss Genevieve Ward, who intends
to revisit New York-her native city
next season, appears to have made an
exceptionally brilliant impression at
the Gaiety Theater, Dublin, where she
acted Medea and POrtia, upon the &C.
casion when the American Rifle Team
was formally entertained at that the
alter. The Dublin Mail states that, as
Medea, Miss Ward proved herself
without peer on the British stage.
a Partisan opera manager desiring
to make a monogram Of the initials OF
the Gar of Russia, Napoleon III. and
the Empress Eugene, naturally enough
took the first letters of the names by
which they are best known. Brilliant
gas Jets formed the letters, A. n. +.
The project Of police spent two hours
in pulling them down, and the luckless
manager was fined a hundred francs
for making a monogram that spelled
out the French word for Donkey.