Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-10-30
A. W. SMITH, Chairman.
LYRIC AND DRAMATIC,

"NK $1,000
Cinderella is to be performed at a
matinee on election day.
Carlotta Patti is on her way to
havine been singing in concert
through the leading cities of India.
Edwin Booth is to appear as Ham
let at the Princess theater, London,
tonight, his entire to the English
stage.
Mckee Rankin and wife sail from
Europe to this country the middle Of
next month. They have made money.
John Mccullough plays "Yirginius''
on the first of May next at the Drury
Lane theater, London, his first appear
ance on the foreign stage.
Thos. w. Keene, to be here Mon
day next, closes to might at Nashville
in Hamlet havingacted "Shylock,
Orchard" and "Richelieu" during
his engagement there.
Frank Mayo acted "Da,y Crockett
last night at Nashville, and the night
before he appeared there in Van, the
Virgiuian." The latter is.a drama
after the order of "Enoch Arden"
Dudley Buck new and successful
opera OF "Deseret" is to be produced
at Pixies opera house, Cincinnati, a
week from Monday next under tn
personal supervision Of the author.
One of the largest audiences ever in
McYickers theater collected there
last Saturday to witness Mary Ander-
son play Ion aud yet there are peo-
pie who stick to it that Mary can
play.
The gloomy aud unpleasant weather
Of the past week had a very Oppressive
effect upon amusements. The Miles
Juveniles have played to the poorest
houses Of the season during their en-
gagement.
The present manager Of the Janau.
schek troupe is Mr.. Nathaniel Childs
an ex- Boston journalist, and also an
actor, who was a member of thu
Sothern "Dundreary' troupe, wher
it appeared here several years ago.
A budget Of badly written French
verses and sentences were sent in let
ters to Sara Bernhardt upon her ar
rival at New York. When she get,
through reading the lot, a number
will be sent TO the French conf,
papers.
John Mccullough was generou
enough to send a highly compliments
ry note to Thomas w. Keene, on thu
morning after the latter made a hit il
Richard Ill" at Chicago, though
Mccullough was playing against hin
at another tbeater.
Henrietta Chanfrau will play in tn,
comedy Of Parted" az GAINESVILLE
Tenn, to night. On last Thanksgiv
ing day, at a matinee aud night pc
Torrance in Philadelphia her receipt
were S3427, the largest single day
receipts ever drawn at the Arch stree
theater in hal city.
For his personal services Salvini
during his tour through this country
is to receive more than one-third. o
the gross receipts of all the perform
ances. His travelling expenses to ant
from this country, and also Will
here, together with that of three per
sons in his company, are also to b.
paid by Stetson, his American man
ager.
While singing in "Mignon," durin
her Vienna engagement, Miss Clar
Louise kellogg, as a part Of the &C
ton, opens several billets. One o
the missiyes on the occasion referre,
to, proved to be an eight-page Low
letter from an eloquent and love
struck marquis. Now it goes forlI
that the billet hit the mark, and tina
Clara is, in due time, to become a mar
ehioness.
The first night of Adrienne. the &C
tress, with Sara Bernhardt as the her
oine, will be in New York week fror
Monday next. The gifted Sara al
rived the other day, badly tagged gu
by sea sickness. She is aecompanie
by her son, her maid, a valet, and
lady companion. Her sister Jenni
comes over in about three weeks, hay
ing been held back by illness. A re
eeption is to be given to the talente
lazy at the New York art CALLER
where her paintings and statuary al
to be exhibited.
Many years ago a man named Kellel
a Prusslan, Travelled through this cour
try with a troupe of children. VIII
represented various tableaux want
a very attractive manner. Anon
other features he portrayed Christ o
the cross while at the New Orlean
Gaiety theater, thea managed by III
dramatic author Boucicault. TIL
latter wrote from The New Testamer
a very fair dialogue to Gil in betwee
scenes, and the last Of our Savior
career on earth was very cleyerly de
lineated. The man Keller bore
close personal resemblance to the gel
orally accepted illustration of Chris
aud when the curtain rose, to roye;
him nailed TO the cross, the pictul
was a wonderful one indeed, Il di
not take, however. The solemnity f,
the picture and its apparent accurac,
caused a thrill to run through I'll
frame Of every spectator, and as $40
as they could recover from this. III
scene was invariably Kissed. After
few repetitions the tableaux WI
Withdrawn, the public sentiment b,
ing against it,as it will be again wher
ever the Passion Play" is attempte
in this country. II recently failed
California, and an effort TO introduc
it in London also met with a simil,
fate. Abiding to the proposed rel
~rosentation in New York, the HeraI
says: The mystery Of the Chrislia
religion, the tender, sacred, thrillir
story of Christ's life and death, al
themes too solemn for the playhous
The Passion Play in New Yoi
would have around it the sanction