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)

17 Jan 1863, Evening

Program Details



Performers and/or Works Performed

2)
Composer(s): Tyte
Text Author: Fox
Participants:  Louisa Browne (role: Rosina the Columbine);  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)
3)
aka Shandy McGuire; Bould boy of the mountain
Text Author: Pilgrim
4)
aka Jonathan Bradford; Jonathan Bradford!; Murder at the road-side inn
Text Author: Fitzball

Citations

1)
Advertisement: New York Herald, 17 January 1863, 7.

2)
Review: New York Herald, 19 January 1863, 2.
“Fox’s pantomime, ‘Jack and the Beanstalk,’ is having a great run and deserves it.”