Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1883-03-18
STAGE CUES


THE new operahouse at Frankfort, KY,
has been completed.
"EsMERALDA" will PLAYED for the 9O0th
time at Pittsburg, Pa, next week.
CLARA BAKER has been engaged as lead
ing lady for The C0rsie IN Brothers.
NINE. BoEMA will sing at The Triennial
festival of the Handel and Hayden Society
in Boston.
]. OGDEN, manager of buffalo Bill" had
an accident last week, by which he lost one
of his fingers.
AN endesvor will be made to secure the
Meininsen Dramatic Company for America
for next season.
CHARLES WINDHAM has arranged to play
his company for six weeks at the Bijou Thea
ter, Boston, next season.
"ARMlSIUs" by Max Bruch, is 10 prepare
ton ey tee Handel aud Haydn Society for
the May festival, Boston.
eRSssD musical convention was held al
Loudon+s.le, o, March 10Th, over 200 voices
participating. 1t was a success.
The German critics out West entertain
the opinion that Miss Ellmenreich is the
beat "Marie Stuart" on the stage.
GEORGE OLMI and Enie Westhersby have
bsen engaged for the summer season of
comic opera at the Boston Museum.
THURSDAY EVENING, March Sth, the Choral
Society Of St. Louis gave their third concert,
when Shermsn's Paradise and the Peri were
produced.
THURSDAY evening, March 18Th, Mines
AIbani, S;alchi, Signori MieIz winski, Cor
SIM and Monti appeared in concert in Phila.
delphia for the "star" course.
WHEN Salvini was asked if ne was going
to study English in order to ploy with
Clara Morris, be replied: mo; Clara Nor
ris is studying Italian to play with me.o
Mrs. A. Z. CORNELL, professionally known
as Topey Venn, her maiden name being
Annie Eliz abeth Reynolds, is thirty -four
years old. Her husband is but twenty one.
FRANK VEsALIUs and his wife have &C.
cepted six months engagement to sing in
opera IN Natal, South Africa. At the close
OF the engagement they will return TO
America
LlszT has put a stop to all American
hopes of his professional appearance in this
country by publicly acknowledging that his
finger. joints are SO stiff that he can no longer
play at all.
THE auditorium of the Boston Theater.
Boston, last week, was perfumed by fouu-
tain of cologne, and every lady attending
was presented with souvenir programme Of
embossed satin card.
THE coming sensation at The Boston the.
ater, Boston, will be Henry Pettitt and
Augustus Harris's drama, Fifty Thousand
Pounds, A Story of Puck, which will be
brought out Monday evening, March 26th.
THE startling telegram that the King of
Bavaria spent an hour alone at Wagner's
grave, has given rise TO various conjectures
But people forget that this was the fret op.
portunity he had ever had TO enjoy Veg
ner's genius in absolute quiet
IT Is not at all impossible that Mr. james
O'Neill may support Mary Anderson during
her English engagement. Propositions have
been made to him to this effect. He has as
yet accepted nothing. Mrs Anderson will
open in London in "Parthenia"
SALvINI's clear" disappointed the New
York critics. Will somebody mention a
Shskesperean perform ance that did not dis
appoint them? With the single exception
Of George Fox's Bottom there has not been a
character of Shaktspeare's represented in
this city for twenty-five years that has not
been pronounced false 10 conception and
wrong in execution.-DrdnaticI Times.
EMARGAREr MATTER, who was so ill in
Boston last week that her mansger was COM
PEELED to cancel the remainder OF her en-
gagement there, was better yesterday. She
has pneumonis, and consultation of phv-
sicians decided that she was 10 serious dam
ger on Saturday. But there appears every
probability now that che will get over it.
A PARAGRAPH is going the rounds that
Modjeska intends retiring from the stage at
the end of this year. There is no truth in
the story, for she has just signed a three
years. engagement with Fred S.insou. This
is the contract against which The party to
whom Mr.. St.tson sold the old Sargent agree
ment will proceed, or make Modjeska pay up.