Event Information

Venue(s):
Grand Opera House

Proprietor / Lessee:
Augustin Daly

Manager / Director:
Augustin Daly

Price: Matinee pricing: $1 all parts; $.50 family circle

Event Type:
Play With Music

Record Information

Status:
Published

Last Updated:
14 December 2024

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

01 Sep 1873, Evening
02 Sep 1873, Evening
03 Sep 1873, Evening
04 Sep 1873, Evening
05 Sep 1873, Evening
06 Sep 1873, 1:30 PM

Performers and/or Works Performed

1)
LIST OF PERFORMER(S)/ORGANIZATION(S)
Participants:  George Washington Lafayette Fox;  Annie Kemp;  D. H. Harkins;  Frank Hardenberg;  Charles Leclercq, Jr.
2)
Midsummer night’s dream, A
Text Author: Shakespeare
Participants:  George Washington Lafayette Fox (role: Bottom)
3)
Thrice married
Text Author: Paul

Citations

1)
Advertisement: New-York Times, 01 September 1873, 7.
2)
Advertisement: New York Herald, 03 September 1873, 7.
3)
Review: New York Clipper, 13 September 1873, 190.

“…only a fair business was done during the past week, which may, possibly, be accounted for by the fact that the local audiences in that section of the city do not take kindly to Shakespearean plays and the uneven acting seen in the spectacle…”