Event Information
Venue(s):
Lina Edwin's Theatre
Conductor(s):
John B. Donniker
Record Information
Status:
Published
Last Updated:
4 December 2022
Performance Date(s) and Time(s)
12 Sep 1870, Evening13 Sep 1870, Evening
14 Sep 1870, Evening
15 Sep 1870, Evening
16 Sep 1870, Evening
17 Sep 1870, Matinee
17 Sep 1870, Evening
Program Details
Performers and/or Works Performed
Citations
Formerly occupied by Kelly & Leon’s Minstrel Troupe; improvements to the theatre; artists engaged; J. B. Donniker, conductor; inauguratory entertainment.
Description of alterations to the theatre; names of personnel and company members; opening production. “A new feature will be introduced by the orchestra—whose personal services, by the way, have been entirely secured to this theatre, it being agreed that no substitutes shall be allowed to perform—consisting of their performing as a brass band as well as string. Thus the overture of the evening’s performance will be played by the brass band, and the music during the remainder of the evening by the string band.”