Combination Matinee for the Relief of the Chicago Sufferers
Event Information
Venue(s):
Grand Opera House
Proprietor / Lessee:
Lewis Baker [mgr-actor]
James, Jr. Fisk
John F. [manager] Cole
Conductor(s):
Henry Tissington
Event Type:
Variety / Vaudeville
Record Information
Status:
Published
Last Updated:
12 October 2023
Performance Date(s) and Time(s)
20 Oct 1871, 2:30 PMProgram Details
See also separate event entry of 10/13/71: Articles on benefit entertainments for victims of the Chicago fire.
Performers and/or Works Performed
1)
2)
aka Bezähmte Widerspänstige;
Katherine and Petruchio;
Catherine and Petruchio;
Catharine and Petruchio
Participants: Lucille Western; Edwin Thomas Booth
Citations
2)
“Mr. James M. Wehli reappeared at Niblo’s Theatre, yesterday afternoon, when an entertainment was given in aid of Chicago. Mr. Wehli recited his new fantasia on motives from ‘Maritana,’ and awakened the delighted applause to which his last season’s triumphs accustomed him. Like all Mr. Wehli’s compositions, his arrangement of ‘Maritana’ is extremely effective, but the work of adorning Wallace’s tunes has been done with unusual sobriety, the infinite variety of the pianist’s execution quite compensating for the lack of fireworks.”