Banvard’s Opera House: Miss E. V. Proudfoot Benefit

Event Information

Venue(s):
Banvard's Opera House [JUNE 1867-]

Event Type:
Play With Music

Record Information

Status:
Published

Last Updated:
10 July 2017

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

12 Feb 1868, Evening

Program Details

London assurance began at the opening of the third act.

Performers and/or Works Performed

3)
Text Author: Boucicault
Participants:  E. V. Proudfoot (role: Lady Gay Spanker)

Citations

1)
Advertisement: New-York Times, 12 February 1868, 7.
2)
Review: New-York Times, 13 February 1868, 4.

Brief; No mention of music or the author of Medea. “…Selections only of London Assurance were given, the curtain first rising on the third act. Neither art nor the beneficiary were much assisted by the entertainment.”