Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1882-11-19

Park, John Owens az Haverly's Theater, anG
Neil Burgess at the Grand Operahouse.
There is no truth in the report that Miss
6ara Jewett, OF the Union Square Theater, i;
engaged to be married TO the New York
agent OF the College of Electrical Engineer,
ing.
The drama Almost a Life, by Mrs. William
j. Henderson, was successfully produced last
week at the Court Thester, Liverpool, En-
gland. Eben Plympton and Marie Gordon
were in the cast.
Miss Kate Fletcher, in consequence Of the
death of her brother, Thomas B. Glessing,
to resig gn from the Chispa Company, and las
returned TO her home in Boston,
Gilbert & Sulliyan's new opera, the title
OF which has been changed from PeroJa to
IoLdnthe, or the Peer and the Peri, will be pro-
duced at the Standard Theater on the even
ing Of Saturday, November 18th.
Sig. A. Tomasi, late musical director of
the Kellogg Brignoli Concert Company, has
resigned to accept a similar position with
the Gilbert & Sullivan Opera Company,
opening in Philadelphia December 4th.
Kate Claxtcn and John Stetson have Joined
partnership to produce the Iioo Orphans at
the Academy of Music, Philadelphia, begin
ming November 9th, for one week. Mr..
entire new stage setting for the piece.
Miss Flor zee Gerald, a Southern lady
who has been studying for the stage in New
York City foS some time past, made her
-deout last week at the Turf Club Theater
She appeared as "Ophelia" 10 the "Hamlet"
of Mr.. Marlapd Clarke, an English actor.
Messrs. Goodwin & Thorne will dissolve
partnernip at the end of the present season.
Mr.. Thorne will take the Black Flag alone
awrfa AL ha e.
playing the piece by any other company.
There are several other companies on the
road.
Andrau, the composer of Oliuette and Mas
cote, has composed an opera entitled Gillette
de Ndrbonne, which was produced for the first
time at the Bouffes Parisiennes Saturday
night last. The libretto was found TO be far
from excellent, and the critics say the opera
does not come up 10 the standard of Andrau's
previous work.
The London Figaro has it that Emma Alb
bott caunot endure the smallest ray of light
in her apartments after che has gone through
performance. Consequently she closes all
the blinds and shutters, aud hangs blankets
over the keyholes and mirrors. 1t is really
too bad of the light 10 so persecute such a
sensitive little thing Miss Abbott is.
Concerning Mrs. Langtry, the Dramatic
Netcs says: "One other time they applauded
her roundly, but this second demonstration
was due entirely to the vision of loveliness
she presented as she appearediin male attire.
Her exquisite form and delicately nodded
legs might have served as sculptor's model
Mrs. Lapgtry wore no boots last night, and
her beautiful legs showed from two inches
above the knee 10 her well-turned snkles.
They were encssed in brown tights, sur
mounted by a gray skirt that clung grace
fully to her form. To say that she was The
cynosure of all eyes as she appeared in this
but faulty expresses the effect upon
the audience. Every opera-glass in the house
was instantly focused upon her, and it
seemed to us that for an instant she was un-
Determined whether 10 turn and fly or not.
But she regained her courage sufficiently TO
go through the part after her automatic
fashion,"