A PROFITABLE STAR.
j Mr Abbey, manager of Booth's Theatre,, has communicated to an interviewer] full p^rticulars/of the " results of the Bern-jhjjrdll-seasbi^f in Ne^iTork. From his point of" view, they have been highly satisfactory. Mdlle. Bernhardt played twenty-four nights, and the receipts';; amounted tp fj a^ total-yof $ £2p,rO|OT iThe^ nignest takings bnf any one njrgfit was" £1,127 on her first appearance in"A~merica, the lowest £580, when " The Sphinx" Was Lperfo^med-.^pr the.first time. Mr Abbey jUkys'he the company double what ! they got in France, but even at that price p&es*fcßtsWla¥ge>^ .©<B&nMfit alw.ays makes money even when she does the wb¥S^6Sftftss." In Boston the " advance sale " of tickets realised over £8000, and Ithe^ia^ings^fojitJi^ffQrj^oigß^al engagement !thei?e^are tobe higher per week than in New York, where 25,000 persons witnessed her performances. Clearly, although it may be dangerous, as Mr Abbey pointed .out, it is exceedingly profitable to be " the most advertised woman in the world."
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Thames Star, Volume XII, Issue 3820, 26 March 1881, Page 4
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151A PROFITABLE STAR. Thames Star, Volume XII, Issue 3820, 26 March 1881, Page 4
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