Kit, the Arkansas Traveler

Event Information

Venue(s):
Niblo's Garden

Proprietor / Lessee:
Henry C. Jarrett
Henry Palmer

Manager / Director:
Henry C. Jarrett
Henry Palmer

Price: $.75

Event Type:
Play With Music

Record Information

Status:
Published

Last Updated:
19 September 2023

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

29 May 1871, 8:00 PM
30 May 1871, 8:00 PM
31 May 1871, 8:00 PM
01 Jun 1871, 8:00 PM
02 Jun 1871, 8:00 PM
03 Jun 1871, 2:00 PM
03 Jun 1871, 8:00 PM

Performers and/or Works Performed

1)
Kit, the Arkansas traveler
Text Author: Spencer
Participants:  Francis Chanfrau (role: Kit);  Rose Evans (role: Alice Reading)

Citations

1)
Announcement: New-York Times, 28 May 1871, 5.
2)
: Strong, George Templeton. New-York Historical Society. The Diaries of George Templeton Strong, 1863-1869: Musical Excerpts from the MSs, transcribed by Mary Simonson. ed. by Christopher Bruhn., 29 May 1871.

“I’m just from Niblo’s with Ellie & Jem [Ruggles]. We saw ‘Kit,’ a most melodramatic melodrama, the principal character wherein (a generous good-hearted reckless rough Southwesterner) is played by Chanfrau, who made a memorable hit twenty-five years ago as ‘Mose,’ the rowdy fireman & b’hoy of the Bowery. This part has been studied with equal care, & the result is a photograph of the fire-eater ‘high-toned gentleman’ who would be an utter ruffian but for his affections & good impulses. The piece is got up regardless of expense, & many of its scenes are most elaborate in machinery & appointments…”

3)
Review: New York Clipper, 10 June 1871, 78.

Brief; no mention of music.