Bowery Theatre; Charles Foster Annual Benefit

Event Information

Venue(s):
Bowery Theatre (after 1/67)

Manager / Director:
William B. Freligh

Event Type:
Play With Music

Record Information

Status:
Published

Last Updated:
18 August 2024

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

22 May 1872, Evening

Performers and/or Works Performed

1)
LIST OF PERFORMER(S)/ORGANIZATION(S)
Participants:  Fanny Herring;  Harry [actor] Cunningham
2)
Bertha, the sewing machine girl
Text Author: Foster
3)
Jenny Lind, [farce]
4)
Old straw man of New York; or, Scenes in England and America
Text Author: Foster

Citations

1)
Announcement: New York Clipper, 18 May 1872, 54.

“Bertha Foster, the little daughter of Charles Foster, the stage manager of the Bowery Theatre, died Sunday, May 12th.”

2)
Advertisement: New York Herald, 22 May 1872, 9.