Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1882-06-23

the Kssrsayse and Alabama. On the 10Th
the theater opened under Magnire-Onas.
Tibbetts, acting manager-with Emily Jor-
dan (the graceful aud beautifully, Belle
L1nd, Frank Lawlor, Harry Brown
Mrs. Woodward, MIR. Stewart, Mrs.
Fred Franks. The season was EXTENDED 10
the 9th, and brought out Tommy Feel aud
Johnny Mason in $1,000 champion. clog
dance, and exposed the beautiful Emily as
Mazepps, in costume the Union described,
when speaking of Menken, as the dim1ty eno
of nothing fastened at the waist. OcsoDer
4th, Tibbetts brought out in a second season
Virginia Howard, with house prices lowered
to 80 and % cents. October 7th, cams
Charles Wheatleigh as Old Probity, in the
Chimney Corner" This season was priei
and unremuneratiye.
THE YEAR 1865.
January 9TH and 9th the great English
tragedian, Charles Kean, and his wife
ELLEN Tree) gave two evenings of readings.
February 18th Griswold and Yanke concerts.
March 22i Mcguire, with Matilda Heron
latter ten-years' absence), supported by
Frank Mayo and J. II. Warwick, for four
nights. March 9th to April 2i, Lee Il BY
land used the theater for circus amphithe-
ster. and saR.dust superseded the oaizs.
April 10th began week OF variety and pam
Drama, with r. G.. Bachelor, Caleb b. Plum
tion of President Lincoln broke the season.
and it closed sadly. April 2lst the minstrels
again. May 2d.4th, the Blaisdelis; May
l0th-24th, Sophie, Irene and Jennie Worreil
and Charles Wheatleigh, in those days the
special pets of California theater-goers. July
25th-29th, Mcguire brought on the Italian
Opera Troupe, with Sconcia soprano. Ade-
laids Phillips ccntralto, Morley tenor, Or
laudini baritone, sad Fossati basso. 1t
proved G successful venture. August 2t-l2eh.
Dan Setchell, the witty, under Mcguire. On
the 7th, Warwick took his farewell bsneht;
2lst. Mcguire put on the stage the California
pride and rpscial favorits Sophie Edwin
twhcse womsnly 7istlfss aud social standing
were no less exalted than her dramatic abiii-
ties1, George Psuncefort, Thorne, Leman aud
Barry. September 19th-23d, he presented
J. B. Studley, the Worrells and Sallie
Hinckley. October 11th-15th, Miss Bran
billa took the Metropolitan for her italian
Opera Troupe-Elvira Brambilla soprano,
Cameron contralto, Morley tenor. old and
popular John Gregg baritone and Roncovieri
bssso. October 13th-14th, at the Cengrega-
tional Church, Madam Anna Bishop. in a
concert ran Brambilia a lively opposition.
October 25th, the Sacramento Library had
two evenings of "Tableaux" at the theater.
and November 22d, benefit with amateur
performers in light drama. December Sth.
Mcguire took the house snd held on
to the end of the year with Dan
Setchell and Emily Jordan to the fore. We
have now completed the first sixteen years of
theatrical review for Sacramento, period SO
full of incidents Of theatrical interest that the
full record would make a very large volume.
To these scarcs any reference las been made.
1t must suffice by giving name and date to
awaken the recollection OF all old Califor-
mans. For another paper the remaining six
teen years will furnish equally as interesting
data.
RESUME.
It may be of interest at this point to make
summary Of some of the names of those
wto appeared from time to tina in Sacta-
mento from 1S49 to 1866, who were then,
or become distinguished in their profession
and achieved success in their various lines.
The array presents list of professionals
whose stage lives would make a history OF the
drama in America for wide period.
Men in Drams-The senior Booth, Chas.
Keau, Edwin Booth, J, 3. Booth, Jr, F. 5.
Chanfrau, McKean Buchanan, Jas. Stark,
Barney Williams, w. M. Leman, Geo. Chap
Thorne, Geo. Pauncefort, G. r. Thorne, Jr..
A. R. Phelps. j. II. Warwick. Henry Sed-
ley, Chas. Pope, VIM. Barry, J. Fl. Hsckett.
Lewis Baker, Chas. Wheatleigh, Charles
Dillon, John Wood, II. A. Perry, Dan.
Setchell. Frank Lawlor, J. H. Taylor, Lewis
Mestayer, Jas. Murray, Fred. franks.
Women in Drama-Mrs. Charles Kean,
Julia Dean Hayne, Mrs. James Stark,
Fanny MoraDt. Matilda Heron, Jean Daven-
port, Sophie Edwin, Mrs. Judah. Mrs. Elz-
abeth Saunders, Mrs. Thoman. Mrs. Charles
Pope, Sue Robinson. Mrs. Sinclair, Agnes
Perry, Mrs. w. G. Forbes, Mrs. Chanfrau,
Avonia Jones, Mrs. John Wood, Mrs. Win
gard, Mrs. Lewis Baker, Mrs. e. S. Conners,
Mrs. Barney Williams, the Webb Sisters.
the Gougenheim Sisters, the Vaudeville Sis
ters, Mrs. Leighton, Annette Ince, Mrs.
Woodward, Mrs. Stewart, Sallie Goodrich.
Harriet Gordon. Emily Jordan, Virginia
Howard, Mary Provost Jennie Arnot, Mad
anne Celeste, Adah Issacs Menken.
In Music-Madam Anna Bishop, Ole Bull.
Mrs. Simonsen. NJ Strakosch, Rosalie Du-
rand, Georgia Hodson, ScoDcia, Brambills.
Biscaccianti. Cameron, Adelaide Phillip,
the Bianchis, Grossi, Orlandini, Gregg, Eos.
sati, Morley. .Roncoveri. Yanke. the Howsons,
Julia Gonld. George I. Evans, s. w. Leach
and wife, Henry squires, Martin Simon
sln.
Ia Minstrelsy and other branches Yankee
Sanders, Joe Murphy, Ben Cotton. Otto
Burbank, @. B. Plummer. Artemus Ward.
Lola Montez, Tommy Peel. Billy Birch.
George Goes, Sam Wells. Charley Backus.
Frank Hussey, Max Zorer Ned Deaves, the
Worrell sisters, G.. w. Marsh, Professor An
derson, Rosa Bingham, VIM. O'NeiI, Lew
Ra.tler. Hermann the wizard, 4. s. Shat
tuck, Wambold, Johnny Mason.