Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1878-02-08
AMUSEMEETS.


NE JASAUsCHEK.-Despite the very
disagreeable weather last night, for it
rained almost necessarily, there was a
fair audience at the Memphis Theater to
witness Nine Jauauschek as LADY
Macbeth in Macbeth. Whatever may
be said as to the relative merits of the
two roles, nothing as to the interest in.
vesting the character of LADY Mac.
beth" can be properly urged, especially
when its features are artisticslly por.
trayed and its elements powerfully delin.
Gated. In these respects Janauschek
last night manifested unusual dramatic
ability, whether we consider her
10 the conception Of the great
character itself or in the portrayal of the
role. Lady Macbeth is one of the
most difficult of ShaEespsrsan charse.
ters to be properly expressed. In it
there is not only vast sentiment and
deep emotion, but great purpose of
mind and strong passion. The absence
OF n deteriorates from the effect Of the
other, and she who assays this role must
come TO it with a precise and intelligent
comprehension of the subtlest and most
delicate acumen in the discern
ment and use Of IFS psychological ele.
ments. But few have earned fame
in the role, for to give Lady Macbeth"
as Shakespeare intended it, is a task Of
no ordinary work. II is a great creation,
at times distinct, and again almost ap-
parently unworthy OF individuality.
Nine %Janauschek as Lady Macbeth +"
evidences a mastery Of the character,
and throughout the play sustains the role
with marvellous ease, beauty and strength.
We are glad to have seer her as Lady
Macbeth, and are confident that her in.
depreciation Of this character is another
objectionable evidence of her claims to
the recognition of the critical aud to the
appreciation OF an admiring public. The
support last night was acceptable, Mr..
Tilton giving a fair MacduH." Tonight
Mary Stuart will be the attraction, and
We are confident that Nine Ja1auschek
will appear to good advantage in a role
which the great Ristori aud Others of
less, though brilliant, talent have won
renown. At the matinee tomorrow
afternoon Deborah will be presented.
John 7. Raymond is playing in the
cities of New Jersey this week.
The Pappenheim : Adams Company
commence a season of opera at the
Academy of Music, New York, next
Monday night.
The grand Italian and English opera,
of which Max Strskosch is director, and
Miss Kellogg, Tine Marie Rose and Miss
A. L. Cary are prime dome, will open a
brief season at Booths Theater, New
York, on Monday, March 18Th.
The Philadelphia critics, who had
made up their minds to receive M me
Modjeska cold ia contradistinction to
the New York press, were completely
won owe by her performances, and are
more enthusiastic than the New Yorksrs.
Brignoli, Galimbsrti, Tagliapietra,
Susini, Ciccone, and Tomassi are now
on a regularly organized concert tour.
The company sing 10 Baltimore on the
9Th, in Washington on the 9th, Rich.
mond OF the 18th, aud then go to Nor
folk, Wilmington, Raleigh, Columbus,
Charleston, and other Southern cities.
Gilmore's band will sail for Europe
the third week in April, and make its
first appearance at St. Georges Hall,
Liverpool, afterward proceeding to Dub
lin and Cork. Arrangements are in
progress for two graad fete days at the
Crystal Palace during the third week
in May, at the second of which Gilmore
will conduct a choir of 1000 voices in
conjunction with his band. After play.
ing in London the band will 60 to Paris
and Berlin.
c. a. Byrne, editor Of the New York
Dramatic News, has been arrested on a
criminal charge of libel, preferred by
Charles R. Adams, Of the Pappenheim
Adams German Opera Company. The
libelous paragraph was as follows: The
Freyer = Pappsrheim Adams German
Opera Company disbauded finally at
Columbus, Ohio, Saturday. and returned
to this city on Monday. The season was
q most disastrous one, aud bills were left
in almost every town they visited. Their
baggage was attached sixty.two times
Since they started.
Nine 6o2e, TIE French prima donna,
appears to capture critics and audiences
wherever she sings. A great tbrong at
tended her presentation of Faust in Bal
limore, Notwithstanding a drenching
rain, and the journals describe and de.
tails thu incidents CT the performance in
the most enthusiastic terms. 1t is said
that she deecends to no tricks Of vocal
expression, but rests her chances of sue.