Articles on alterations to the French Theatre and Grau’s fall there
Event Information
Venue(s):
French Theatre
Manager / Director:
Jacob Grau
Record Information
Status:
Published
Last Updated:
22 March 2018
Performance Date(s) and Time(s)
Citations
Description of Grau’s alterations (in progress) to the theatre.
“Mr. Grau intends introducing a new style of opera bouffe and spectacle at the French Theatre in the coming Fall. His arrangements with the Parisian artists are nearly completed. They enter in October. Meantime the French Theatre, which has been re-leased for five years, is undergoing material alterations. The entrance is to be brought on a level with the street, the family and dress circle are to be lowered considerably, the stage is to be enlarged, and the building will hereafter be heated with steam instead of with furnaces. The alterations will be completed by the 1st of September, and the expenses will be voluntarily born by Mr. Grau.”
Description of alterations underway at the French Theatre.
Brief. “Mr. Grau is rapidly recovering from a painful fall he had last week in overlooking the repairs at the French Theatre.”