Fox's Old Bowery Theatre

Event Information

Venue(s):
Fox's Old Bowery Theatre (until 1/67)

Proprietor / Lessee:
George Washington Lafayette Fox

Event Type:
Variety / Vaudeville

Record Information

Status:
Published

Last Updated:
15 October 2010

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

31 Jan 1863, Evening

Program Details

G.L. Fox’s Troupe of Pantominists.

Performers and/or Works Performed

1)
LIST OF PERFORMER(S)/ORGANIZATION(S)
Participants:  George Washington Lafayette Fox;  Jean Antoine Joseph Bihin;  George C. Davenport;  Charles Kemble Fox;  Louisa Browne;  Jackson Haines;  Fanny Herring
2)
Jack and the beanstalk
Composer(s): Tyte
Text Author: Fox
Participants:  George Washington Lafayette Fox (role: Happy Go Lucky, the Clown);  Jean Antoine Joseph Bihin (role: Swallowallup, the giant);  George C. Davenport (role: Jack - afterwards Harlequin);  Charles Kemble Fox (role: Ancient Uppercrust, the pantaloon);  Louisa Browne;  Jackson Haines
3)
Wept of the Wish-ton-wish, The
aka Wept of the Wish-ton wish, The; Wept of the Wishton wish; Naramattah, the child of the forest; Narramattah
Text Author: Bernard
4)
Old oak chest, The

Citations

1)
Advertisement: New York Herald, 31 January 1863, 7.
2)
Review: New York Herald, 02 February 1863, 2.
Jack and the Beanstalk is “a magnificent pantomime. . . . The Old bowery is now so well conducted and the performances so attractive that persons blasé with Broadway theatricals find themselves surprised and pleased at the manner in which the theatres are managed on the east side of town.”