Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Florence

Event Information

Venue(s):
Broadway Theatre [485 Broadway; 1864-69]

Event Type:
Play With Music

Record Information

Status:
Published

Last Updated:
26 February 2016

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

28 Oct 1867, Evening
29 Oct 1867, Evening
30 Oct 1867, Evening
31 Oct 1867, Evening
01 Nov 1867, Evening
02 Nov 1867, Evening

Performers and/or Works Performed

2)
aka Wearing of the green; Outlaw of '98
Text Author: Horsman
Participants:  William Jermyn Florence (role: Brian Maguire)
3)
Text Author: Paul

Citations

1)
Article: New York Clipper, 26 October 1867, 230.

“Mr. and Mrs. Florence are to be the next stars at the Broadway.  Are they not a trifle too soon after their former engagement?”

2)
Advertisement: New York Herald, 28 October 1867.
3)
Advertisement: New-York Times, 28 October 1867, 7.

“Mrs. W. J. Florence in four characters, with songs and dances.”

4)
Review: New York Herald, 29 October 1867, 7.

No mention of music.

5)
Review: New-York Times, 29 October 1867, 5.

“The house was filled with an intelligent audience…  The entertainment consisted of one of Mrs. FLORENCE’S popular protean pieces, in which she assumed five parts of wonderfully diverse character, but sang as many songs in French, English, German and Spanish, and danced the Fandango.”