Jack and the Beanstalk

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:
25 October 2016

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

05 Jan 1863, Evening
06 Jan 1863, Evening
07 Jan 1863, Evening
08 Jan 1863, Evening
09 Jan 1863, Evening
10 Jan 1863, Evening

Program Details

Each evening commences with a drama and concludes with an “Afterpiece.”

Performers and/or Works Performed

1)
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 (role: dancer);  Jackson Haines (role: skater)
2)
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

Citations

1)
Advertisement: New York Herald, 04 January 1863, 7.
“Monsieur Bihim, The celebrated Belgian Giant, Eight Feet High, who has been engaged expressly for this piece . . . New and Original Music by Alexander Tyte.”
2)
Advertisement: New York Herald, 06 January 1863, 7.
“[N]ew and brilliant comic holiday Pantomime, interspersed with tricks and transformations, which has been for months in preparation, invented, arranged and perfected by G.L. Fox, regardless of expense.”
3)
Advertisement: New York Herald, 10 January 1863, 7.
4)
Review: New York Herald, 12 January 1863, 3.
“Fox’s new pantomime, ‘Jack and the Beanstalk,’ has drawn crowded houses during the past week.”