Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1883-05-05
Dramatic Matters.
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NEW YoRK, April 30.-With the Is
of May the theatrical season is substan
TALLY at an end. Already the actors
are returning to town, and 6nioI
Square will soon be thronged with
them. A we'll known manager said to-
day: "The failures of the season have
been numerous, fully one half of the
I ZIG combinations that started out in
September having joined the silent
majority. Some OF them possessed
merit, some did not. Miss Aims
Stuart Stanley, who played the young
man in Youth" went out with a play
called "Vic," which Was dismal
failure. The actress is out of pocket
about $1,000. Frank Bush. Of the
variety stage, went out with a play
called Likely Solomons," and returned
after a poor season. Even 1.-The
World" which started out early in
the season, met with poor success and
closed on February %, the managers
realizing only about $4,000 from the
venture. The remainder of the un.
successful combinations gave up the
ghost from time to time as their fnan>
eial resources became exhausted.
The most successful combination
this season was that playing the "Ro-
many Rye" The melo-drama was
played to larger business than any
other play ever produced. On May
IL, the close of the season, the "Ro
many Rye" will have been presented
for thirty-one weeks to audiences who
paid in the aggregate S20l ,297, an un-
precedented amount-about $500 a
week. Although the salary lists and
expenses OF the "Romany Rye" were
great, the managers, Messrs. Brooks &
Dickson, must have realized large
amount of money in return for their
enterprise. john I. Raymond as
I'Colonel Sellers" made a great deal of
money, and is an example that bad
beginning does not always make bad
ending. The Colonel started this sea
son with new play called For Com
gress." People thought it was trag
edy and kept away from the theater.
They knewRaymond's ability to make
them laugh. They did not want to
weep, and the Colonel, seeing there
were not millions in it." solved it
and blossomed out in the comedy in
Paradise, which has proved a success.
Mr.. Raymond will not close his season
until late in the summer.
The Wyndham company has also
been a success, especially in the large
cities, and Mr.. Wyndham is also
booked for next season at many thea
ters.
Joseph Jefferson closed bis season
some time ago, after playing to very
large audiences all over the country.
He closed the season, not because he
was not making money, but it is his
custom to take a brief rest in the
early spring. He is again on the road,
having made his temperance on the
23d of last month at Pittsburg.
Miss Mary Anderson met with
great success. and has added over
100000 to her already snug fortune.
She will appear in England in few
months.
BARLEY Campbell has increased his
bank account this season by nearly
500 900 with his plays of THE Gal.
ley Slave, THE White Slave" my
Geraldine" and siberia"
Samuel of POsen," with NJ. B.
Curtis in the title role, and "One Of
the Finest" with Gus Williams as
star, have coined money. Williams
recently paid his partner, Rickaby,
$4,000 for his share Of the play.
j. K. Emmett has been very success
full during his engagement in Brooklyn.
The receipts for three nights footed
up 81, 496, 81 ,44O and 81 400 respect
lively.
Mrs. LaBgtry has been quite a sue.
cess. For the twenty four weeks Of
her engagement the receipts aggregat
ed S229, 663, or over 81 300 for each
performance, including matinees.
John McCullough's season was the
best he has ever known. The same
may be said of Nine. Modjeska. Cal.
lenders Ministries, under the manage,
ment OF the Frohmans, have turned
in clear profit Of $4,000 thus far.
The Madison Square Theater manages
ment have not yet made up their books
for the season, but as there travelling
companies all did will, and
as there are twelve of them
now on the road, there is little or no
doubt but that the management are
worth many thousand dollars more
than they were at the commenceme emit.
There we're four "Esmeralda." four
Hazel Kirke," two Professor /" and
two Young Mrs. Winthrop" compa.
MES on the road under Madison Square
management, and not one of the com
Danies played to losing business during
any one week of the entire season
! The play Of Young Mrs. Winthrop
was sent out late in the season on ac-
count Of trial trip. So instant was
its success that second company was
placed on the road.
Hazel Kirke" has been greeted
everywhere with large audiences. Il
has been played in some localities nine
or ten times, and the same managers
desire its return. The company play,
ing this drama which has G w. Coul
dock for the leading man has played 4
for l35 consecutive weeks, except on
Sundays and Good Friday. The sea
son closes at the end OF the 140tl
week, when Mr.. Couldock goes to Eu
rope fer a resting spell.
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