French Theatre

Event Information

Venue(s):
French Theatre

Price: $1; $.50 family circle; $5 private box; $8 proscenium box

Event Type:
Variety / Vaudeville

Record Information

Status:
Published

Last Updated:
23 February 2016

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

24 Jun 1867, 8:00 PM
25 Jun 1867, 8:00 PM
26 Jun 1867, 8:00 PM
27 Jun 1867, 8:00 PM
29 Jun 1867, Matinee
29 Jun 1867, 8:00 PM
28 Jun 1868, 8:00 PM

Program Details

Opening night.

Performers and/or Works Performed

1)

LIST OF PERFORMER(S)/ORGANIZATION(S)

Participants: Grand Arab Company; William Gomersal; Mrs. William Gomersal

2)

Native prayer

3)

Challenge in the desert

aka Challenge of the desert

4)

Great gun exercise, The

5)

Whirlwind, The

6)

Wedding festival in the desert

7)

Challenge dance

8)

9)

Moresque arcades, The

10)

Mr. and Mrs. Peter White

aka Mr. and Mrs. White

Text Author: Raymond

Citations

1)

Announcement: New York Sun, 19 June 1867, 4.

2)

Advertisement: New York Herald, 24 June 1867, 7.

3)

Advertisement: New-York Times, 24 June 1867, 7.

4)

Review: New York Sun, 26 June 1867, 4.

“…Something is needed to lengthen the juggleries, for they scarcely outlast an hour, but so threadbare a trifle as ‘Mr. and Mrs. Peter White,’ and such mild entertainers as Mr. and Mrs. Gomersal are hardly sufficient.”