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, Evening06 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)
Composer(s): Tyte
Participants: Louisa Browne (role: dancer); Jackson Haines (role: skater); 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)
Citations
1)
“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)
“[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.”