Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1882-02-09
ADJUSTMENTS.


Tonight Miss Annie Pixley begins an ell
| gageInent at the Memphis Theater in he
| well-known play, Miss. the Child Of The Sie7
ras. She does not need an Introduction t,
| Memphis.
Emma Abbott.
This morning the sale of seats for III,
Abbott engagement will begin, and there il
no doubt that rush will be instituted. Fo
two nights number of darkies have beer
| sitting out in front Of the theater in order t.
| be on hand when the first seats are sold. A!
it has been raining for the last two night
they have had pretty rough time
of it. They certainly present Gu
rious appearance, all being provided
with chairs and umbrellas. A few
of them have secured a ceal-oil stove, which
they warm themselves by. They are proba
| bly, there in the interest of spectators. II
should be remembered by those purchasing
that the repertoire is as follows: Tuesday
Martha, Wednesday matinee OIiuette
Wednesday night Chimes Of Normandy
Thursday Patience, Friday Fra DiaroIo, Sat,
urday matinee IfOgdtoTe, and Saturday night
| not yet determined.
Hiss Davenporf's Double Bill.
Last night Miss Davenport presented Du-
mass latest play, The Princess Of Ba9dad, and
W. c. Gilbert's Ruth, the Tramp. The pre-.
sentation OF both the plays was finished by
currence, when one considers the number OF
times the curtain goes down. The audience
was very good one, and both plays seemed
to meet with the approval OF those present.
''rHE PRINCES OF BAGDAD"
is very French play. In nutshell, the
plot is this: "Victor de Mars" marries
"Lionette," nicknamed "The Princess of
Bagdad." She being a very extravagant
woman, nearly ruins her husband financially,
and '.Monsier Nourvady," a millionaire, who
loves her, pays her debts, thus throwing a
suspicion upon her honor. Her husband be-
comes jealous, and charges her with barter
ing herself. She leaves him and goes to
the house of "Nourvady" to make him
repair the wrongs he has done.
There she is found by her husband who,
takes this as the strongest confirmation of his
suspicion. She, becoming desperate, ac-
knowledges her own shame. She is then
about to fly with "Nourvady," when her love
for her child detains her, and she and her
husband are reconciled, her innocence beng
established by servant, who over
hears her conversation with "Nourvady."
This play as presented last night was GER
tainly not a very powerful one, and the
actors seemed 10 be in hurry to get through
with it. The one redeeming feature to it
was the second act, where "Lionette" is in the
house of monsieur Nourvady." There her
wealthy ,suitor offers her q box of gold If she
will become his. She refuses to do 30, but
when her husband discovers her she
opens this box and throws handfuls
OF gold at him, all the time
proclaiming that as the price of her honor.
The last act was merely slapped up by the
like n half cooked meal. Miss
Davenport acted with more fire az ''Lionette"
than she did in any other play during her
engagement. Mr.. George Clarke and Mr..
Edmund Tearle were acceptable as Victor
de Mars" aud an. Nourvady," respectively.
The rest of the cast call for no especial
Unless the Princess Of Baedad is
presented more completely elsewhere than
it was here, its success will not be over
RUTH, THE TRAMP"
the latter half OF the double bill, was char
acterized by the same hurry the Princess,
and while there were several excellent bits of
character acting in it, the explanations did
not explain, and it was little difficult to
ascertain the cause of the trouble. The AP-
PEAL scribe felt somehow az if he had acct
dentally stumbled into one of BARLEY Camp
BELLS plays. Mas Davenport was,
of course, excellent as Ruth,
the Tramp" Mr.. George Clarke did cap
italy as "Jones Smailey," infusing a fine
humor into the part. Mr.. Charles Fisher, as
'Dr Athelney," was delightful. Mr.. Searle,
as "Ted Athelna," seemed to have caught the
spirit of hurry, and did not do himself JUS
tice. The APPEAL hopes they all caught the
train.