Morning journal and courier., 1883-08-28
News by Telegraph FROM ALL QUARTERS. IA CRUSHED AUTHOR. Oscar WiIde's Play A Flat
 Failure. WIT HDRAWN FROM THE BOARDS. Heavy Financial Losses To
 The Manager. A CONCERT IN MAMMOTH CAVE. The First Music Ever Ken.
 dered There.
A CONCERT IN MAMMOTH GAVE.
NEW YORK.

| ssVera" W1thdrRwn-OGcAr Wffde'S Ora. matfc EGoit a Failure.
 1 NEW YORK, Aug. 27.-Oscar Wilde's play
 of "Vera'' at the Union Square theater has 1 ingloriously fzzled out of existence at the | end of one weeks run. This fate was fore seen for it from the first, although Miss Prescott declared in print that the public were, 50 to speak, crying for it. The piece will not be played to night and MT. Perzel publishes the following card in explanation ! To the Public:
 The papers of New York city have con- demned Oscar Wilde's play ''Vera." They have made an impression on the theater-go- | ing public that '.Vera" is an unattractive
 play. It is not in my power to correct the impression. have neither time nor incli- nation to make any complaints against the critics I only wish to state that the atti- Gude of the press toward "Vera" keeps the public from She theater, and consequently am the principal sufferer. There is no doubt that sfSera" will be more popular in other cities. have that assurance from man. agers out of town who have seen the play, but for the present am obliged to withdraw
 ''Vera" in New York city and dismiss my
 company. My losses are very large so far and am unable to incur further risks. My
 dates out of town are cancelled up to Octo-
 ber, when I will reorganize 8 company for
 Miss Prescott. She will play 'FVera' togeth-
 CT with "Czeka," a drama by Alexander
 lyn and Philadelphia.
 (sigued) WI. PERzEL
 August 27, 1883.
 Messrs Sheridan Shook and A. R. Gag
 auran were met in the lobby of the Union
 Square theater musing over the uncertainty of worldly matters. "Just week ago, said Mr. Cazauran, ''at this hour people were
 fighting at the box office for tickets; to day even the chronic deadheads pass the place without looking in. MT. Wilde admits that the play does not suit the public. He says this is not the plays fault. I saw him yes terday at noon. He said that he could not understand the lack of interest shown
 by the public, but he does not blame
 the critics for saying what they be- ing all around. Mir. Wilde did not under stand the public, and the public and the critics did not understand MT. Wildes play.
 There was also misunderstanding as to the extent of MT. Perzeps financial resources. He was believed to have plenty of money enough to run the play at 8 loss until Vera could be taken on the road with the record of a New York season behind it. Now the pros poets of the piece, even on the road, have not been improved by this fiasco. It turns l out that MT. Perzel cannot or will not fur nish necessary money to continue playing at loss. Mr. PerZel, added MT. Shook, l 'srented the theater for three weeks and paid us the usual forfeit amount. He is unable I to go on. We are sorry for him, but we have nothing to do with 'Vera."'
 Among the habitues of the Union Square | Theater it was said that the total expense incurred by MT. Perxsl from the time he purchased tsVera" has been about SIC, 1000. It was said by actors who have had noth- | ing to do during the week but study the for | tunes of 'sVera" that the loss during the last \ week has been about $1, 200 on the seven per ! formances. Even on the first night the house was not paying one according to ex- perts in such matters, for tickets had been | lavishly distributed among the crowd of l actors who make their headquarters in Union Square during the summer. On Saturday 1 afternoon the receipts were less than 1 $40, and at the evening less than $100 were received. The total receipts for the week ! were not 5000 and the expenses, including rent, were at least $1, ,500. Amongthe Union ! Square philosophers the collapse of "Vera ! coming so soon after the failure of the l George Edgar company last week ir | Chicago, and of ''Zenobia" at the ! Twenty-third street theater on Satur- day night, was considered as special | ly unfortunate, and likely to deter managers
 with any money to lose from sending out companies on ''the road" The hundreds oi I actors who depend upon such engagements | for a living looked blue this morning ln con- sequence.
 The rumor that Oscar Wilde would appear | in 'FVera" himself was pronounced to be z
 hoax.