Blue Beard

Event Information

Venue(s):
Wallack's Theatre

Proprietor / Lessee:
Lester Wallack

Manager / Director:
Lester Wallack

Event Type:
Play With Music

Record Information

Status:
Published

Last Updated:
18 December 2023

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

12 Aug 1872, Evening
13 Aug 1872, Evening
14 Aug 1872, Evening
15 Aug 1872, Evening
16 Aug 1872, Evening
17 Aug 1872, Evening
17 Aug 1872, 1:30 PM

Performers and/or Works Performed

1)
Blue Beard; or, The Mormon, the maid, and the little militaire
Composer(s): Connolly
Text Author: Farnie
Participants:  Lydia Thompson Burlesque Troupe;  Camille [vocalist] Dubois (role: Fatima);  Fanny Leslie
2)
"Strike a light, Dick"
Composer(s): Unknown composer
Participants:  Fanny Leslie

Citations

1)
Advertisement: New-York Times, 11 August 1872, 7.
2)
Review: New York Herald, 13 August 1872, 10.

“Miss Camille Dubois, who takes Fatima, sings several songs and duets very prettily, and plays her part with an easy grace that certainly pleases the house.” “Among the new features, Miss Fanny Leslie’s song, ‘Strike a Light, Dick,’ illustrated with a dance, was received with decided applause.”

3)
Review: New-York Times, 13 August 1872, 5.

“Miss Camille Dubois, an actress who has beauty, vivacity, and a well-trained voice in her favor, pictured the lovely and much-coveted Fatima, and by her song in act the second secured an enthusiastic demand for a repeat.”

4)
Review: New-York Daily Tribune, 14 August 1872, 8.

“The vocalism of the latter [Miss Dubois] seems particularly to please the public.”

5)
Review: New York Sun, 15 August 1872, 2.

No mention of music.

6)
Review: New York Clipper, 24 August 1872, 166.

“Miss Fannie Leslie won favor by her dancing, and also singing a song called ‘Strike a Light, Dick.”