Henry IV: John H. Jack Benefit

Event Information

Venue(s):
Broadway Theatre [485 Broadway; 1864-69]

Event Type:
Play With Music

Record Information

Status:
Published

Last Updated:
24 September 2019

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

27 Apr 1869, Evening

Program Details

“Splendid new dresses by Walker & Williams.”

Performers and/or Works Performed

1)
King Henry IV
aka Henry IV
Text Author: Shakespeare
Participants:  John H. [actor] Jack (role: Falstaff)

Citations

1)
Advertisement: New-York Daily Tribune, 26 April 1869, 7.
2)
Announcement: New-York Daily Tribune, 26 April 1869, 5.

“LAST NIGHTS OF THE BROADWAY. Mr. John H. Jack, a comedian whose zeal and faithful industry merit liberal recognition and reward, will be the recipient of a benefit, at the Braodway Theater, on Tuesday evening, when he will enact Falstaff, in ‘King Henry the Fourth.’”

3)
Advertisement: New-York Times, 26 April 1869, 7.
4)
Advertisement: New York Herald, 26 April 1869, 12.