Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1882-11-05
have a few dollars left over for The manager"

have few dollars left over for the msnsger."
What is called good house for an aver
age show"
"Well, we estimate a good opening. Sun
day night, here at the Grand Operahou-e
or Olympic, at $1,000 TO $500; good house
will foot ur about $500, fair house $3.50,
and VIXEN there is only $3.50 or $500 the
house is bad one. The receipts must go
up 10 $3.50 at least to make the show pay
expense" q,
"Some compsnies get as high ss 20 per
cent. of the receipts; others, but very few, as
low as 40 per cent; the average percentage
is about 624. Mapleson gets as high as 30
per cent. at the Olympic. An attraction
like John Mccullough or Joe Emmet gets
about 20 per cent"
What docs it cost to run thezter?"
ave figure it down at SEQ night. A
leader Of orchestra gets from $50 to $40 q
week. WaIdsuer was paid 500 a week at
the ODerahouse for several sessons. A stage
carpenter is paid as low as SIS week By
sOme mean managers and as high $50;
hrsi-class stage carpenters in Boston and
New York get from SIS 70 500; scenic art
ISIS, here and elsewhere, from S35 to SO, and
some are paid extraordinary prices for
special work. The individual musicians in
an orchestra get from SIP to $40; good
must be a Jsck-of-all-trsdes-a carpenter,
painter, sculptor, machinist, etc, and have a
good practical knowledge OF ehefoistry--
got $40
III THE OLDER TIMES,
but be now receives from SIS to SIS. Sage
mansgsts coli and from s35 to $50, treas
urer from $50 10 SIS, and his sssi-tznt from
SI2 so to $25 Doorkeepers are paid from
SO to $40; gas men the same. and night and
4
Mr.. BerIelI did not say whether tbs St..
LouiH Managers paid the large or small
figures here given. The chances are that they
lean ward the Gghtest salaries. Mr.. B.r-
tell ssid further concs rnipg the attaches and
their pay that ballet girls-who make The
awkward pages and ridiculous court ladies
in the play-get from IS to IS week; the
olympic and Grand Operahouse pay their
girls Sc; girls who are employed for extra
occasions get 81 for each performance. The
KTalfys pay their extra ballet girls so cents
Il performance; "supes," as the male super
numsraries are called for short, get 25 CENTS
You must recollect," said Mr.. Berrell,
shat actors and actresses are Obliged not
only TO pay their expenses out OF their sala-
ries, but must have complete wardrobss. In
the case of leading lady like Mrs. Forsyth
in legitimate company, her wardrobe will
cost from $500 all the way up to $l500j the
leading mans Wardrobs is almost as costly.
He must have one dress at least for every
PLAY, and sometimes he must have several.
An actor like Collier, playing opposite parts
TO John Mccullough, must dress wei, and
his wardrobe cannot have cost less than
$1,000. Common cotton iightscc from s. 70
to So a pair; silk stockings SIS; silk tights
S22 ami $23; sandals 50 and IS pair; bus
kins IS to IS; russell boots 50 TO $751; wigs,
from the inferior kind at 81 up to $50, $50,
SIS and 500; good blonde wig for a
leading lady costs STA to 500; the
average run of wigs is SIS, and a
common stock actor must have diff
ferent wig for every part. Then there
is aImor; for the legitimate roe, il must
often be made 10 ord r. and one suit will cost
$500. Symmetrics that are used TO IN AXE thin
men stour, by padding the arms, bre .st, back
and thighs viii cost $40 10 csss the whole
body and from Sl5 to soto fix up the legs
and thighs. There must be large assyrt-
menf of feathers, ranging in price from 81 to
So; swords of different periods that cost from
So to SIS each, and cloaks, cap, hats, cts,
that are correspondingly costly. Stage jswels.
too, must not be overlooked. They are all
glass and Fome composite metal, and an &C
tor or actress with plethoric purse can pay
as much as $50 for a set; Crowd, tiara, brace
leia, necklaces and Unveiled belt and cesfus
can be had, however, for $40 to $50. For
society dramas the actor must s-metimes
have suit of clothes for each ac', and his
wardrobe can cost him from $500 upward.
according 10 the kind of tailor he pa
tron'H ."