Academy of Music
Event Information
Venue(s):
Academy of Music
Proprietor / Lessee:
[Lessee] Herold
[Lessee] Sheldon
Price: $.50 parquette, balcony, box; .25 children under 10 and family circle; $10 premium box
Event Type:
Play With Music, Variety / Vaudeville
Record Information
Status:
Published
Last Updated:
22 October 2010
Performance Date(s) and Time(s)
19 Feb 1863, 8:00 PM20 Feb 1863, 8:00 PM
21 Feb 1863, 3:00 PM
21 Feb 1863, 8:00 PM
Program Details
With 200 children and a Corps de Ballet of 25 ladies.
Performers and/or Works Performed
1)
3)
aka Cendrillon;
Cinderella; or, The good fairy and the little glass slipper
6)
aka Weeping, sad and lonely;
When the cruel war is over;
This cruel war
Composer(s): Tucker [comp.-cond.-voc.]
Participants: Miss Allinson
Citations
1)
“For a short season only . . . Commencing THURSDAY . . . TWO HUNDRED BEAUTIFUL LITTLE CHILDREN Will appear in the gorgeous spectacle entitled, THE VISION OF FAIRY-LAND, Or, Festival of Spirits. For particulars, see Herald.â€
2)
Full casts, prices. Allinson is a “young English prima donna.†Two of the five “Trained Shetland Ponies†are named Little Mac and Burnside, which are names of Union generals.
5)
Prices, performers. “Second Night of the Fairy Troupe, Cinderella. Grand March of the Fairy Guard.â€