The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1881-05-24
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CINCINNATI Gazette
The salaries Of actors vary accord
ing to experience and talent. The
pay If leading performers outside al
New York rangers from $50 " $3.50 q
week. while minor actors receive from
SIS to $50. In New York small
"u:ifiy people get from s25 to $40.
A good Dutch comedian, like William
or George knight. averages 500.
Ballet girls are paid from 81 10 81 q
night. and. Of Course. have thei,
dresses from the theatrical WARDROBE.
They are the poorest paid Of all thea
lrical attaches. and yet there is . con.
slant pressure tor such employ ment.
Scene painters are for short time
among the best-psid theatrical people.
Ishcrwoo,i. formerly at Wa;lacki.. LA.
SIS week, while Roberts aud Wiiham.
Of the Fifth Avenue. get 500 a week.
Nat. Morgan, Voegtlia aud Lsary are
paid by contract, averaging about
500 q complete Get OF scenes.
OTHER MEN.
Stage managers average from $40
to SIS q week, and business managers,
outside of New York, are paid little
better. Prompters are rated Mt S25
The business managers Of the New
York theatens are we'll paid. To,ker,
formerly If Booths, got while there
500 week. and percentage On the
sale Of tickets Stephen Fiske. former
" of the Fifth Avenue Theater. had
considerable more. Theodore Mos.
of Wsllsckis. is said To he a partner,
and A. NJ. Palmer, Of the Union
Square, il also a partner. Auyus.in
DAILY Is said to have made large sum
by writing plsy,. but his failure as -
manager shows how easily money can
be lost. The history Of theatrical
management, indeed. is a strange re-.
cord Of failure, occasionally set If hy
brilliant success. and the risks If the
darma are considered greater than al
most any business.
METROPOLITAN STARS.
The salaries paid in New York actors
and actresses are estimated ~ follows:
Clara Morris. when ut the Union
Square, had 5000 week. furnishing
her own dresses. Fanny Davenport l.
said to have received $50 week las,
year mt the Fifth Avenue Theatre.
but it is more probable that her nav
was 81 900; Rose E'ynge got $3.50 u
week at the Union Square Ada Dyas
bad $3.50: Kate CIaxton had sl75.
ETC., etc. These salaries seem large,
but when one considers how many
ambitious girl. are broken down ,o
make one good performer, and how
brief the range OF popularity may I've.
and also the expense If such u liie, I:
is not so very large after all.
MALE PERFORMERS.
Saleries are paid for seasons Of eight
monthe. and leading men who Can
command large houses have an annual
benefit m addition. John Brouyhan
"ettesi 81. 100 BY one benef; at the
Fifth Avenue. Thorne made $1,000
by a benefit at the Uuion Square
Some other princely benefits CAL he
mentioned. but common benefit is
poor affair. George Ringoli. during
his last engagement. was paid
$3.50 per week. Southern had che
half the house, after expenses. anil
Lawrence Barrett b. - ---'.'" Terms
:rsgedian who had halt Of the entire
receipts. but Fanny Davenport. as
has claimed in = few in
at least the same enorm fee.
Booth. while i,inera:ing through the
cities in America. received
$500 pr night. which was the Iarses,
fee ever paid under such circumstances.
He will not, however. repeat that i,in-
sracy. The late +. l.. Davenport had
rom $500 to 1000. His place has
never.been filled. and managers often
Ugh when they recall the less nf this
,nce admirable performer. Joe Jef!er.
on has been paid as high as $500 a
veek, and his managers were said to
rave made money by his engagement
Charlotte Cushman was allowed half!
he whole house. Such is the power Of
he eiar performers to force both man.
l2ers and performers TO bow to their
|ictates. "Stara," however, are very
are. and even this so-called fortunate
lass Is not to he envied. The glare
md glitter Of the performances is one
hing. but the reality Of the stage il
cry different. The difficulties under
Which this class often 60 through their
are peculiarly distressing.
physician is always in attendance to
D assist in sustaining exhausted nature
nd the applause Of an admireing audi
nee may be followed by the agony
'hich such efforts have cost the per.
,rmer.
DEAD PLAYE's.
Davenport was buried in Woodland
cemetery, instead Of Greenwood.
here 40 many Of the profession have
'und graves. Such a death a. this
'ggests the Ost-qnoted word. Of Shmks-
care in reference tn .'alI the world a. :
stage" where all men nave "their
Kits anil entrances. During the last
n years there has been an unusual
sgree Of mortality among PLAY actors.
" of whom were Of note. Previous
that time l can recall such names a. :
ackett (once known "a Fal,taffl, =
ankee Hill, Forrest. Placid, old :,
Doth. Charles Kean. Tom Hsmhiiu.
acready. Miss Cushman, Mary Ia s.
:. Ellen Tree, and other performers "
the New York boards. Also. such a
anagers a. Simpton. Of the Park !. .
itchsll. Of the Olympic; Burton. q
allack. and Others, who once welded y