French Theatre: John Brougham Benefit

Event Information

Venue(s):
French Theatre

Conductor(s):
G. [conductor] Withers

Event Type:
Play With Music

Record Information

Status:
Published

Last Updated:
4 September 2019

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

19 May 1869, 8:00 PM

Program Details

This is the second of two benefits given to Brougham on 05/19/69. For the first, see event entry of that date: School for Scandal: John Brougham Benefit.

Performers and/or Works Performed

1)
LIST OF PERFORMER(S)/ORGANIZATION(S)
Participants:  Maguire and Risley’s Imperial Japanese Troupe;  Dan Bryant;  Nelse Seymour;  Tony Pastor;  John Brougham;  Maria [Mrs. Barney] Williams;  Barney Williams;  George [comedian] Holland;  Lydia [actress] Thompson
2)
Secret, The; or, The hole in the wall
aka Hole in the wall
Text Author: Moncrieff
3)
Gendarmes, The
aka Two gendarmes, The; Ebony blondes; Britain’s blondes by Africa’s Blacks; Gens d'armes
Participants:  Dan Bryant;  Nelse Seymour
4)
Little rebel, The
Text Author: Coyne
Participants:  Lydia [actress] Thompson (role: Laura)
5)
Song, unidentified
aka New song
Composer(s): Unknown composer
Participants:  Tony Pastor
6)
Irish lion, The
Text Author: Buckstone
Participants:  Maria [Mrs. Barney] Williams;  Barney Williams
7)
Gentleman from Ireland
Text Author: O'Brien
Participants:  John Brougham (role: Maurice Fitzgerald)

Citations

1)
Advertisement: New-York Times, 17 May 1869, 7.

Complete cast list.

2)
Advertisement: New York Herald, 18 May 1869, 9.

Complete cast list.

3)
Announcement: New-York Times, 18 May 1869, 5.

Praises Brougham; no mention of music.

4)
Review: New York Clipper, 29 May 1869, 62.

No mention of music.