Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1882-03-12

! to take charge Of the New \ ork Metropoli-
| tan OPerahouse upon its completion Mr.. z.
| Uliman as his acting manager.
That sensational dramas are the popular
! fancy is shown by the TACT that Oliver Doud
| Byron Is more successful this year than ever
before, the first year of Aeross The Coatineat not
| excepted
| Frank 5. Sargent, who succeeded George
I Riddle as instructor OF elocution at Harvard,
will il u rumored be connected with the
management of the Madison Square Theater
| next season.
Hoey and Hardie, in addition to The CIild
! 1.-THE State and Diplomacy, have added an
/ other new play 10 their repertory for next
! season. 1t Is a powerful melodramatic
/ drama BY George Hoey, entitled i Priests
! VoR.
Frank \. Small, treasurer OF the VI. 3.
| Curtis Company, l. a brother of sold 81, of
the Atlanta Constitution. The wit of the lat
! ter i proportionste to the responsibility OF
I the former. Even By their acts are they
! known.
| The happiest man in Berlin is the ticket
| seller in the theater where STRAUSS opera Of
the Merry VA Is performed, and where it is
! not necessary 10 open the box office after
! O'Clock in the evening, because the seats are
| all gone by that time.
| Samuel Colville says that in his judgment
| the days Of burlesque are over for a few
years. One time be made $4,000 in one
year with burlesque. Two years ago it was
harder to make $1,000, and with better at
fractions, better-or less-clothing, and bet
ter pieces.
Osmond Tearl='s English agent, Edmund
| Tesrle, has closed contracts with the prin-
| cipal provincial managers for next season on
most desirable terms Mr. Tesrle is The
! only young trsgedian in England, and he
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| legitimate, in time. He will return to this
country, however, in a couple of years.
Hartz, the magician, recently charged $50
for entertainment given at the house of
! a Mr.. Ferrion; 500 was named as
! fair figure. No. Suit. Expert witness in
person of John Goldbsrg-"Your business?"
Magic" Are you eminent@ Every"
Who is the greatest magicIan?" I am"
"On your oath:' yes" Court goes off in
ecstasy over this candor.
1t is only necessary to remember that
there are now travelling 173 companies,
and the vast amount of money they expend
ed in railroad fares is suggested to the mind
at once; 81 ,250, 900 is the estimate made by
one manager As the groes amount OF expendi-
ture for this year. Printing and posting,
81 SOC, 900; salaries (of travelling companies
of COURSE, $1,000 00-in all nearly 81, 000,-
000-Mirror.
Dion Boucicsult's American tour next sea-
son will be made under the direction OF r.
NJ Field, the manager of the Boston Museum,
contracts to that effect having been signed
lsst week. The tour will commence early in
October, and will last till May, 1888. Mr..
Field will engage complete company, and
will have special scenery constructed. The
contract calls for two new plays, which have
never been produced.
Edwin F. Thorne has bought out the iu-
terest in The Black Flag held by his brother
Charley, and A. NJ. Palmer, and has sold
half interest to Nat Goodwin, in which they
will form company for next season. under
the title of The GoOdwin-Thorne Combine
ton. The comedy part Of a Hebrew is
strong one, and will be played by Nat Good
win, while the leading part in the play will
be taken by Ned Thorne.
Advice from Chicago says that the new
comic opera, TIE WidOc, produced by the
Hess Opera Company, is a decided success.
The music and Orchestration are by Calixa
Lavalle, well-known Boston musician, and
is his frat operate effort. The E6rthO is by
Frank II. Nelson, an experienced comedian
and writer for the stage, for several years
with Colonel Sim, at Brooklyn, and the
present season stage manager OF the Bos ton
Boylston Museum.
The following two old verses have been re-
yived in the interest Of a9theticism:
O. soda and B.,
Soda and b.
For breakfast, Tor dinner, for supper and tea:
Soda and g.,
Soda and h.,
There's nothing scrumpGous as soda and b.
The afternoon crawl.
The afternoon crawl:
With the ladies, the daisies the babies and all
Oh, there's nothing for style like the afternoon
crawl"
There is," SAYS the New York Mirror,
probably no bitterer man in this vicinity
today Than Colonel ]. II. Mapleson,
manager OF Her Msjesty's Opera. In justice,
it must be admitted, he has good reason to
wall and gnash his teeth, for has not
despised brother impressaTio, the incense
quential, the contemplate MaI-of ye ilk
Strakosch-produced Italian opera under
the 'colonePs' very nose at extremely popu-
lar prices, snd in a manner infinitely supe-
rior to anything the director OF Her Msjesty's
Opera ever dreamed of approaching?"
Edwin Booths tour is a succession of
packed houses, and both Mr.. Abbey and the
great actor are coming grand profits. With
out single exception this trip through the
country for enthusiasm has never been
equaled by any trsgedian. Everywhere the
tickets are all sold in advance, and the
actors reception partakes of the nature of
triumph. The love and admiration of
mammoth public was never manifested in a
more demonstrative fashion. Mr.. Booths
appearance is signSled as the great event of
the season, and people travel long journeys
and pay fabulous prices TO see him."-Mirror.