A LUCRATIVE ENGAGEMENT.

Oamaru Mail, Volume IV, Issue 1319, 20 August 1880, Page 2

A LUCRATIVE ENGAGEMENT.

It is now definitely settled that Sarn Bernhardt goes to the Unitod States. She has D'gned an engagement with an entorprising American, who, no doubt, seos his way to making money,, although he has given the great the most astounding ' terms. The salary commences with a clear sum of LIOO a night for the sis, regular performances of the week, and the same for _ any special matinee; after that Sara is to receive, a third of the nightly receipts. All the expenses out and home are to be paid by the impresario, who further guarantees a weekly sum of L6O to pay hotel bills for Sara and suite. She is to* havo a benefit in all the large towns

.. . tilats and will share the profits rfi s ive / u^ r °! S in FrenA and English, and which be decorated with a design from ?J versatile artist's own penal.. These * truly « prima donna B prices, 5 «®p™-TrS* •r naltrr Lo AiJv a wreN " Hltn & e JZr/nted actors and actresses were ***> w ith not half a century ago. The 03 !!Ln enaastement is for a hundred refutations, at the end of which Sara Pr\Z. to London to reappear at Gaiety. There is little present «nect therefore, of her paying a to' the Antipodes, nor probably M the same pecuniary inducements 1 forthcoming from Australia. It is after n wurioe rather dear for ones whistle. *"' P ja no doubt the greatest living S 31 ® „ n( j ft jg a real intellectual treat 'jjgj. gut imperfect acquaintance t0 f t ij e language in which she plays 1. mh the performance of a great deal "fL charm, and this will be felt by a 1 Je proportion of her audiences in the Tried States. It would- be the same in » Talia, and practical people out there ■u "therefore hear with resignation that not see this strange erratic £3» jttafc yet, if at all.—Home News.