Laura Keene's Theatre - Benefit for Matilda Heron

Event Information

Venue(s):
Laura Keene's Theatre (1862-63)

Event Type:
Play With Music

Performance Forces:
Instrumental, Vocal

Record Information

Status:
Published

Last Updated:
24 October 2010

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

09 May 1863, Evening

Program Details



Performers and/or Works Performed

2)
aka Kaufmann von Venedig
Text Author: Shakespeare
3)
aka Extravaganza dance
Participants:  Isabel Cubas
4)
aka Phaedra; Phedra; Phedre
Text Author: Racine

Citations

1)
Advertisement: New York Herald, 06 May 1863, 12.
“MR. GOTTSCHALK, the First Pianist in the World, and MR. THEODORE THOMAS, The First Classic Musician of America.”
2)
Advertisement: New York Herald, 08 May 1863, 7.
“[T]he beautiful CUBAS has offered her services in compliment to the occasion and will appear in one of her most brilliant dances.”
3)
Advertisement: New-York Times, 09 May 1863, 7.
“[A] grand dance by THE BEAUTIFUL CUBAS.”