Frou-Frou

Event Information

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

Proprietor / Lessee:
Augustin Daly

Manager / Director:
Augustin Daly

Conductor(s):
Robert August Stoepel

Event Type:
Play With Music

Record Information

Status:
Published

Last Updated:
14 May 2022

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

09 May 1870, 8:00 PM
10 May 1870, 8:00 PM
11 May 1870, 1:00 PM
11 May 1870, 8:00 PM
12 May 1870, 8:00 PM
13 May 1870, 8:00 PM
14 May 1870, 1:00 PM
14 May 1870, 8:00 PM

Program Details

Monday’s performance (05/09/70) to benefit actor James Lewis.

Performers and/or Works Performed

1)
Frou frou, [Daly]
Text Author: Daly
Participants:  George H. [actor] Clarke;  Anne Hartley Gilbert [actress];  James [actor, dancer] Lewis;  G. S. Parkes;  William Davidge, unidentifiable;  Agnes [actress] Ethel;  Amy [actress] Ames;  G. F. [actor] DeVere

Citations

1)
Announcement: New-York Daily Tribune, 04 May 1870, 4.
2)
Announcement: New-York Times, 08 May 1870, 5.
3)
Advertisement: New York Herald, 08 May 1870, 8.
4)
Announcement: New York Sun, 09 May 1870, 2.
5)
Announcement: New York Post, 09 May 1870, 2.

Lewis, “one of the most popular comedians in the city,” takes his benefit on 05/09/70.

6)
Announcement: New-York Daily Tribune, 09 May 1870, 5.
7)
Announcement: New York Herald, 09 May 1870, 7.

“…Rarely has such an unqualified success been known on the American stage as this dainty bit of French drama at this dainty little theatre.”

8)
Advertisement: New-York Times, 10 May 1870, 7.
9)
Article: New-York Times, 15 May 1870, 4.

Article on a copyright issue regarding Frou-Frou at the St. James Theatre, London.

10)
Review: New York Herald, 15 May 1870, 3.

Brief. “The last nights of ‘Frou-Frou’…are well attended, and its close will be even more brilliant than its commencement.”