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CLEVELAND NEWSPAPER DIGEST JAN. 1 TO DEC. 31, 1856<br />
Abstracts 3582 - 3590<br />
THEATERS (Cont'd)<br />
3582 - L Jan. 21:1/1 - Mrs. Effie Ellsler's benefit will take place<br />
this evening at the Cleveland theater.<br />
THE WRITING ON THE WALL and THE NEW FOOTMAN will be produced. (2)<br />
3583 - L Jan. 25:2/2 - Mrs. G. J. Arnold's benefit takes place tonight<br />
at the Cleveland theater. A valuable testimonial is to be given her<br />
by Bushell White, Esq.<br />
THE HONEYMOON and THE QUEENSBURY FETE will be presented. (2)<br />
3584 - L Jan. 26:3/2 - RIP VAN WINKLE and THE LITTLE TREASURE are the<br />
plays at the Cleveland theater this evening.<br />
After tonight this theater will be closed for several weeks. (2)<br />
3585 - L Feb. 1: 1/4 - Charles S. Reese of the Cleveland theater was<br />
fined $10.36 yesterday on a charge of exhibiting without a license,<br />
under the new ordinance which has created so much talk and indignation<br />
among all classes of people, at home and abroad. (1)<br />
3586 - L Feb. 4; ed: 1/4 - According to the Toledo BLADE, Ellsler and<br />
Reese of the Cleveland theater are successfully pleasing the people 10<br />
that vicinity. The paper speaks highly of Mrs. Ellsler, Mrs. Mann,<br />
and Miss Hadden; also Messrs. Vincent and Arnold.<br />
"We are glad to see that this deserving company have been, as we<br />
expected, well received." (2)<br />
3587 - L Feb. 8: 3/2 - Mrs. Webb of Phi ladelphia wi 11 give a reading at<br />
Chapen's hall this evening. She will read the new drama of the Christian<br />
slave, as dramatized by Mrs. Stowe, from her celebrated story of UNCLE<br />
TOMS CABIN. From the excellency of her reading Mrs. Webb has been<br />
named "Colored SIDDONS." (1)<br />
3588 - L Feb. 22:1/4 - Jenkins and Case were each fined $10 yesterday<br />
for exhibiting theatrical performances without a license. They refused<br />
to pay and were, consequently, again put under lock and key. (1)<br />
3589 - L Apr. 1:3/1 - Signor Salvini, a Sicilian, made his second appearance<br />
last night in THE OUTLAW. He takes the part of a man who, for the<br />
accidental killing of the brother of his wife, is sentenced to life imprisonment.<br />
After ten years in prison, he escapes. He is now in broken<br />
health, but seeks his wife and daughter and finds them. After telling<br />
his story to his daughter, he desires to indentify himself, but is prevented<br />
from doing so by the minister who adopted his daughter. He dies<br />
in her arms after hearing her call him "father." (5)<br />
3590 - L Apr. 7: 1/4 - The Cleveland theater will open this evening with<br />
Mr. Jamison appearing as RICHARD III. A large audience is expected.<br />
The new play, THE FUGITIVE SLAVE, will be presented during this<br />
engagement. (2)
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