French Theatre: Eliza Newton Benefit

Event Information

Venue(s):
French Theatre

Event Type:
Variety / Vaudeville

Record Information

Status:
Published

Last Updated:
21 August 2019

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

15 May 1869, 8:00 PM

Program Details

Program included farewell remarks from Eliza Newton.

Performers and/or Works Performed

1)

LIST OF PERFORMER(S)/ORGANIZATION(S)

Participants: Rigl Sisters; Mr. Buck; Eliza Newton; Henrietta Irving; D. H. Harkins

2)

Asmodeus; or, The little devil's share

Text Author: Archer

Participants: Eliza Newton (role: Asmodeus)

3)

aka Lightening Zouave drill

Participants: Mr. Buck

4)

Dance, unidentified

aka Extravaganza dance

Participants: Rigl Sisters

5)

Taming of the shrew; or, Katharine and Petruchio

aka Bezähmte Widerspänstige; Katherine and Petruchio; Catherine and Petruchio; Catharine and Petruchio

Text Author: Shakespeare

Participants: Henrietta Irving (role: Katharine); D. H. Harkins (role: Petruchio)

Citations

1)

Announcement: New York Clipper, 01 May 1869, 30.

2)

Advertisement: New-York Times, 14 May 1869, 7.

3)

Advertisement: New York Clipper, 15 May 1869, 47.

4)

Announcement: New-York Daily Tribune, 15 May 1869, 7.

“Miss Eliza Newton will be the recipient of a complimentary benefit at the French Theatre to-night. A very various programme is announced. Miss Newton will appear in Asmodeus and in Katharine. Mr. Arthur Matthison will recite an original poem. The Rigl sisters will dance. Mr. Buck wil perform his famous Lightning Zouave Drill. Mr. Harkins is stage manager, and will enact Petrucio. Miss Newton is one of the brightest and merriest of her craft, and her admiring friends should make her benefit real.”

5)

Advertisement: New York Herald, 15 May 1869, 12.

6)

Review: New York Clipper, 22 May 1869, 54.