Fifth Avenue Theatre

Event Information

Venue(s):
Fifth Avenue Theatre (1867-73)

Manager / Director:
Augustin Daly

Event Type:
Play With Music

Record Information

Status:
Published

Last Updated:
17 May 2020

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

13 Dec 1869, 8:00 PM
14 Dec 1869, 8:00 PM
17 Dec 1869, 8:00 PM
18 Dec 1869, Matinee

Program Details

It is unclear if A poor goose was performed at the Saturday matinee.

Performers and/or Works Performed

1)
LIST OF PERFORMER(S)/ORGANIZATION(S)
Participants:  William Davidge, unidentifiable;  Fanny Lily Gipsey Davenport;  Emilie [actress] Kiehl;  G. F. [actor] DeVere;  Mrs. Francis Chanfrau;  Anne Hartley Gilbert [actress];  Edwin L. [actor] Davenport;  James [actor, dancer] Lewis;  F. E. Evans;  Marie Wilkins;  D. H. Harkins
2)
Don Cesar de Bazan, [comedie drama]
aka Don César de Bazan; Don Caesar de Bazan
Text Author: Dumanoir, Ennery
Participants:  Mrs. Francis Chanfrau (role: Maritana);  Edwin L. [actor] Davenport (role: Don Cæsar)
3)
Poor goose, A

Citations

1)
Advertisement: New York Herald, 12 December 1869, 12.
2)
Announcement: New-York Times, 12 December 1869, 5.
3)
Announcement: New York Herald, 13 December 1869, 6.
4)
Announcement: New York Post, 13 December 1869, 2.

“The present week is announced at the Fifth Avenue Theatre as ‘a week of famous plays.’” Lists programs for the week.

5)
Advertisement: New-York Daily Tribune, 13 December 1869, 3.
6)
Review: New-York Times, 14 December 1869, 5.

No mention of music.

7)
Advertisement: New-York Times, 14 December 1869, 7.
8)
Review: New York Post, 14 December 1869, 2.

No mention of music. Notes A poor goose is “said to be an adaptation of a London farce, ‘The Goose that laid the golden egg.’”

9)
Review: New-York Daily Tribune, 14 December 1869, 4.

No mention of music.

10)
Review: New York Sun, 14 December 1869, 2.

No mention of music.

11)
Review: New York Herald, 15 December 1869, 7.

Notes small audience on Monday night. No mention of music.

12)
Article: New York Post, 15 December 1869, 2.

The last programme provided by Mr. Daly for his patrons seems to be scarcely as attractive to the public as its predecessors, for the houses have been but poor for the last two nights. ‘Don Cæsar de Bazan’ is a play that is painfully lacking in novelty; for not only is it a standard work at the theatres, but it has been also familiarized through Wallace’s opera of ‘Maritana,’ which is simply this play, interspersed with ballads and concerted music.” No further mention of music. Describes the plot of A poor goose.

13)
Announcement: New York Clipper, 18 December 1869, 294.

Brief.

14)
Advertisement: New York Clipper, 18 December 1869, 295.