Flash of Lightning

Event Information

Venue(s):
Broadway Theatre [485 Broadway; 1864-69]

Price: $.50

Event Type:
Play With Music

Record Information

Status:
Published

Last Updated:
23 August 2018

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

22 Jun 1868, Evening
23 Jun 1868, Evening
24 Jun 1868, Evening
25 Jun 1868, Evening
26 Jun 1868, Evening
27 Jun 1868, Evening
27 Jun 1868, 1:30 PM

Performers and/or Works Performed

2)
Composer(s): Withers, Jr.

Citations

1)
Advertisement: New-York Times, 22 May 1868, 7.
2)
Announcement: New York Herald, 22 June 1868, 5.
3)
Announcement: New-York Times, 22 June 1868, 5.
4)
Article: New-York Times, 22 June 1868, 5.

Letter from Barney Williams informing the public that no fires are used to produce visual effects and that the lights shown are identical to those used nightly in other theaters.