Good-natured man
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:
9 July 2022
Performance Date(s) and Time(s)
24 May 1870, Evening25 May 1870, Evening
26 May 1870, Evening
27 May 1870, Evening
28 May 1870, Evening
28 May 1870, 1:00 PM
Program Details
From New York Herald: “The comedy…will be preceded by the delivery of Dr. Johnson’s original prologue by Mr. Harkins, and will terminate with the delivery of an original poetic epilogue, written by Mr. William Winter, and participated in by the whole company.”
Performers and/or Works Performed
1)
aka Life, love and habits
Citations
2)
“‘The Good Natured Man,’ which is to succeed ‘Frou-Frou’ at the Fifth Avenue, is one of the most charming of the old comedies. It is being cast and mounted with the utmost care.”
9)
Compares the pace of the performance to an “old English minuet…the whole thing, though very fine and showy and elegant, was very slow.”
11)
The play “will conclude with an epilogue by William Winter.”
12)
Very long review. Unclearly suggests that “old minuets” may have been performed in the course of the play.