Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-04-14
THEATRICAL t

Buffalo Bill is playing in Philadel-
phia.
John L, Owens new play is report
ed fiat failure.
Hermann, the magician, is playing
in New York City.
Lotta plays this week at the New
York Park theater.
Emmett goes to Europe next Thurs
day. He drew enormous houses in New
York City.
Boucicault will open at Niblo's,
New York, next Monday as Conn in
The Shaugraun."
The late John Broueham drama
tized Dickens "0ld Curiosity Shop
expressly for Lolita.
Sarah Bernhardt opens at Booths
New York theater next Monday for a
a stay of ten nights.
Edwin Booth and John S. Clarke,
the comedian, once played in a town
Of Maryland to 81 house.
Tho New Orleans French opera
company open at New York for two
weeks a week from Monday next.
Carl Rosa is soon. to bring out in
London a new opera entitled THE
Yelled Phrophet Of Khorrassan."
The MaplesonS contemplate travel.
ing a we'll equipped comique opera
company through this country next
season.
Modjeska is engaged in London
until next year, and she asks hundred
thousand dollars to come back to this
country.
The Hon. VIM. Cody, Buffalo Bill"
has built a fine block of houses in
Platte City, Nebraska, all from his
stage earnings.
Abbie Darlington, who sang Airline
so exquisitely here with the Strakosch-
Hess troupe, is forming a concert par
ty Of that company.
John T. O'Brien is the real name
of Raymond, who has immortalized
Mulberry Sellers" in this country,
but fattened it in Londor.
THE fun begins at eight, life 1rs-
servers may be ordered at nine and
stretchers at ten" is the way Billy
Birch advertises his minstrel party in
New York.
Perugini, actually Chatterton, the
tine tenor who sang here with the
Strakosch-H Hess party, is under way
for London, to take Capoul's place at
Concert Garden, London.
Miss Jarbeau has quit the Evan
gellne party because they cut her
down from a hundred to sixty dollars
a week, and tho company are out for o
tour of seven weeks at one night
Over a hundred thousand dollars
has been taken in at the doors of
Barnum's circus and menagerie since
opened a few weeks ago in New
York city, at the Madison Square
gardens.
Efie Ellsler. who acts "Hazel
kirke" so sweetly, was cast for Dolly
In tho early arrange ments, and dropped
into her true elem ent merely by ac-
cldent. She and Frank Western, Of
the same troupe, are likely to make a
match. 1t is also limited that Milton
MOBILES is about to marry Dolly Wool
wine of his own company.
Emma Abbott and her English
Opera company play at Plttsburg
Easter week, and give Lucia, ""Paul
and Virginia" Romeo and Juliet"
'~Trovatore, Fra Diavolo" and DO
hemian Girl" Brignoli, Castle, James,
Stoddard, Abbott, Rosewald and
Maurel are the stars. Annie Pixley
is there the present week.
Seven heavy tragedians will be
roaming through the country next
season. This includes VIM. Il. Sheri
dan, who took McCullough's place
after his company left here. Sheridan
was a soldier under Sherman, and
had an arm shattered at Resaca,
Ca, where Johnston defended the
crossing of the Estanaula river SO OBJ
6tlnately.
The closing week Of Lent is a gay
one in Philadelphia. Sarah Bern
hardt, whose tour through the ooun-
try has been q marvel for both CONT
nents because Of its great pecuniary
success, has played at the Chestnut
street theater; Salvini at the Chestnut
street operahouse, James Il. Muir
dock, who has gone to live there, gave
dramatic readings from Dickens; Buf-
falO Bill gave border life scenes; the
Boston Ideal company, with many fine
voices, including Tom Karl and AIDE.
laide Phillips, gave musical enter
tainments; Forepaugh's circus is there,
also Frank Frayne's MINISTRIES and De
Beauplan's grand French opera com
pany from New Orleans. This should
certainly be enough for one city, even
one of brotherly love renown.