Blondette
Event Information
Venue(s):
Laura Keene's Theatre (1862-63)
Manager / Director:
Laura Keene
Conductor(s):
Thomas Baker
Event Type:
Play With Music
Record Information
Status:
Published
Last Updated:
24 October 2010
Performance Date(s) and Time(s)
08 Dec 1862, 7:45 PM09 Dec 1862, 7:45 PM
10 Dec 1862, 7:45 PM
11 Dec 1862, 7:45 PM
12 Dec 1862, 7:45 PM
13 Dec 1862, Afternoon
13 Dec 1862, 7:45 PM
Program Details
Performers and/or Works Performed
Citations
3)
Excerpts of reviews from various papers. Mention of matinee. “The whole production under the direction of Miss Lauara Keene, at a cost over TEN THOUSAND DOLLARS . . . From the Sunday Dispatch . . . We now unhesitatingly pronounce ‘Blondette’ to be the finest spectacular drama Miss Keene has ever yet placed upon her stage; and this is high praise. In our previous articles, we have done an injustice by not noticing in terms of eulogy the highly artistic manner in which Mr. Baker has arranged the music of this capital extravaganza. . . . From the Saturday Courier . . . It goes along very smoothly now, and a medley duet, sung with charming effect, in the second act, by Mrs. Sedley Brown and Miss Burke, is the best thing in the piece.”