Benefit for the Family of the Late Dan Symons

Event Information

Venue(s):
Olympic Theatre

Proprietor / Lessee:
James E. [manager, proprietor] Hayes

Manager / Director:
John H. Selwyn

Conductor(s):
F. [conductor] Strebinger

Event Type:
Play With Music

Record Information

Status:
Published

Last Updated:
30 August 2023

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

29 Jun 1871, 2:00 PM

Performers and/or Works Performed

1)
LIST OF PERFORMER(S)/ORGANIZATION(S)
Participants:  Neil [actor] Warner;  Blanche [actress] De Bar;  Mrs. James A. Oates;  Jennie Yeamans;  George Washington Lafayette Fox;  Joseph, III Jefferson [actor]
2)
Delicate ground
Text Author: Dana
3)
Waltz, unidentified
Composer(s): Arditi
Participants:  Mrs. James A. Oates
4)
Lend me five shillings
Text Author: Morton
Participants:  Joseph, III Jefferson [actor]
5)
State secrets; or, The tailor of Tamworth
aka State secrets; Tailor of Tamworth
Text Author: Wilks
Participants:  George Washington Lafayette Fox

Citations

1)
Announcement: New-York Daily Tribune, 21 June 1871, 8.
2)
Announcement: New-York Times, 27 June 1871, 4.
3)
Announcement: New York Post, 28 June 1871, 2.
4)
Announcement: New-York Daily Tribune, 28 June 1871, 8.

List of volunteers who will participate.

5)
Announcement: New York Herald, 29 June 1871, 6.
6)
Advertisement: New-York Times, 29 June 1871, 7.

Complete casts.

7)
Announcement: New-York Times, 29 June 1871, 8.
8)
Announcement: New-York Daily Tribune, 29 June 1871, 5.
9)
Review: New York Herald, 01 July 1871, 4.

No mention of music. 

10)
Review: New York Clipper, 08 July 1871, 110.

No mention of music. 

11)
Announcement: New York Clipper, 22 July 1871, 126.

Death of James A. Oates at the Grand Central Hotel, July 14th; of consumption, age 29.