Masonic Temple Cornerstone Ceremony: Evening Entertainment
Event Information
Venue(s):
Academy of Music
Performance Forces:
Instrumental
Record Information
Status:
Published
Last Updated:
12 September 2022
Performance Date(s) and Time(s)
08 Jun 1870, EveningProgram Details
Performers and/or Works Performed
Citations
“…In the evening the lodges above named will entertain their brethren from abroad…Raymond Lodge will give a grand theatrical and musical entertainment at the Academy of Music at night, at which several of the first ladies and gentlemen of the profession will assist. Little James Speight, the infant violinist, not yet three years old, will appear at this entertainment, the entire proceeds of which will go to the Hall and Asylum Fund.”
Full cast list; quite long. Partial program. Speight “will perform ‘The Last Rose of Summer’ on a single string, besides other popular airs, in which he will be accompanied by Mr. Louis Fromme with the guitar.”
“At the Academy of Music last evening a benefit in aid of the Masonic Hall and Asylum Fund was given under the auspices of Raymond Lodge, No. 664. The entertainment was well attended, and included in its programme the pantomime of Robert Macaire, in which Mr. G. L. Fox appeared in the character of Jaques Strop. The second part of the programme was devoted to vocal and instrumental music, which was a pleasant variation, and the evening performance concluded with the comedietta of Sketches in India.”