The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1881-08-31

THEATRICAL SEASON OF 1SS1.'S2. The
pros poets for the coming season are quite
brilliant. II may be safely said that Rich
mond Will be favored by more and better
companies than st any period since the
combination system began. September
I'd and Sd, Fay TempletOn Opera Com.
pany will appear in "The Mascot -
the 7th, Barlow, Wilson, Primrose &
West Minstrels; the 12th and 18Th, Hsv-
erley's Mastodon Minstrels-40 strong (;
the 18th, 10Th, l7tb. John Il. Owens. The
regular season will open September 2Sh
with the Hoey a. Harde Combination,
with the beautiful play 10y the author OF
" The Two Orphans" entitled "a Child
OF the State" The company embraces such
artists as Nine. MaferoDi tRistorps niecel,
Miss Emma Pierce, Mrs. j. j. Prior, MARX
Price, Il. ]. Dillon, II. Rees Davis, aud
Mes.rs. HOey and Hardie. They will also
play Diplomacy" We will then have
The following attractions-Viz.: Week of
October Sd, Leavtts Gigontean Ministries
and "Coney Island; or, EfbePs Prayer"
now running at the Union Square Theatre.
New York; week Of October 10th, Fords
Opera Company; week OF October 17th,
Gilbert e. Suliyan's new opera OF
" Patience and the Chanfraus; week
OF October 24,b, "The Tourist" on
New Line Of Travel, With New Pas
sengers, 10 a New Pullman, and Good'
win Weathersby in the new play, A
Member from SlOeum, now running 10
London; week Of October 3l.t, Callender's
Georgia Minslrels and Hearn's great piolo-
rial play, Hearts OF Oak; week OF November
7th, Thomas W. Keene, and Sol Smith Rus
sell in his pastoral play, Edgewood Folks
week OF November l4ib, Frederick Paul
ding, and Mr.. and Mrs. w. J. Floreuce IL
their new plays, The Captain and The Mi
caws (hey will play the Mighty Dollar one
night; week OF November 10th, the eos'
medians, Baker and FauoD, and the Hes'
Ooera Troupe; week OF November 2S'h,
MichelPs Pleasure Party; week OF Deeem
ber 5tb, The World Combination and Nine
Gerster aud the StrakOseh Italian Opsr'
COMPANY; week Il December l2tb, Dsly',
Needles aud Pins, Tony Deniers Hump,y'
Dumpty Troupe. aud COurley Blrton's
Onera Troupe; week Of December 1911
Miss Fanny. Davenport and Den Thompson
as Josh Wbitcom0e; week Of December
l6th, Hooey's Comedy Company; week Of
January I'd, the Vokes Family la The Bellies
OF the Kitchen; week OF January 9th, the
NLiss Combination, the comedy Of Fur
nisbed Rooms, and Lawrence Barrett ;
week Of JInuary 10th. Geneyieye Ward in
Forget Me Not, ard Jlrret * Rowe's new
play Of Sniff, 20 be produced at The Fifib'
Avenue Theatre, New York, next Monday
week OF January 23d. Oliver Doud Byron
in his new play, aud Robson Il Crane rbey
will ada the comedy OF Twelfth Night q
their repertoire the coming selson)j weea
OF January 30h, Adams Il ForepaugS''
Humpty.D .Dump,y Troupe, lbe Madison
Square Theatre Company In Hazel hirke
and John L. Raymond 10 Fresh the Ameft
can; week OF February 6.h, One-Hun
dred.Wiyes Combination, Rice's Billee Tay
lor Opera Company tirom the STANDARD
Theatre, New York, and Frank Mayo II
the legitimate; week Of February lS d
Collin's Bankers Daughter Combination
February Goth and 2lsi, Pars,oe aad Al
drich in Bartley CsmpbelPs great play, ~
Partner. This combination will bring o:
up 10 the Lenten and close the regular Wiu
| ter season.
The attractions for the spring season. 81
far engaged, are Steele Mackey's New
York Company, Kellogg, Brooks a Dicksol
World Combination from Wallacks Thea
ire (the great success OF last seasonl ~
Wilbur Opera Company, tbe uew comedy Q
/ Rooms to Rent, Hague's European hih
strels from London (nunbering tfty pee
plel, Corrinn's Opera Troupe, BsrsIe
Campbelps Matrimony Company, ana nsso
tIaiIons still pending.
The orchestra will eonsls, OF eight inssru