East Lynne: Avondale Coal Mine Benefit

Event Information

Venue(s):
Grand Opera House

Proprietor / Lessee:
James, Jr. Fisk

Price: $.75 reserved; $.50

Event Type:
Play With Music

Record Information

Status:
Published

Last Updated:
16 August 2020

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

15 Sep 1869, Matinee

Program Details

Advertisements and announcements are initially in disagreement about whether the program will feature Leah or East Lynne. The confusion is corrected in the New York Herald announcement of 09/14/69.

Performers and/or Works Performed

1)
Text Author: Tayleure
Participants:  Lucille Western (role: Lady Isabel Vane; Madame Vine)

Citations

1)
Announcement: New York Herald, 10 September 1869, 6.

“An extra matinée will be given on Wednesday next at the Grand Opera House, tendered by Miss Lucille Western, James Fisk, Jr., and the entire company and orchestra of that establishment for the benefit of the widows and orphans of the victims of the late terrible disaster in the Avondale coal mines. ‘East Lynne’ is the piece selected for the occasion.”

2)
Advertisement: New York Herald, 11 September 1869, 12.
3)
Announcement: New York Herald, 12 September 1869, 7.

Announces that the piece will be Leah, not East Lynne.

4)
Advertisement: New York Herald, 12 September 1869, 12.

Advertises East Lynne. “The co-operation of the public is solicited.”

5)
Announcement: New York Herald, 13 September 1869, 5.

Announces Leah.

6)
Announcement: New York Herald, 14 September 1869, 3.

“It was incorrectly stated in this column yesterday that Miss Lucille Western would give a ‘Leah’ matinée in the Grand Opera House, on Wednesday afternoon, in aid of the Avondale mine sufferers. The piece to be given on that occasion is ‘East Lynne,’ in which Miss Western will appear as Lady Isabel Vane and Madame Vine.”

7)
Advertisement: New-York Times, 14 September 1869, 7.
8)
Review: New York Herald, 16 September 1869, 7.

No mention of music; notes the sum raised was $693.30.

9)
Announcement: New York Clipper, 18 September 1869, 190.
10)
Review: New York Clipper, 25 September 1869, 198.

“The Matinee Benefit at the Grand Opera House, on the 15th, for the Avondale Sufferers, was a success the sume realized being $693. ‘East Lynne’ was performed instead of ‘Leah,’ as previously announced.”