George Guy Complimentary Benefit Concert

Event Information

Venue(s):
House of Commons

Proprietor / Lessee:
Robert Smith [House of Commons]

Price: $.25

Event Type:
Variety / Vaudeville

Record Information

Status:
Published

Last Updated:
14 August 2014

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

25 Jun 1863, Evening

Program Details



Price for House of Commons is usually free but they are charging for this benefit.

Performers and/or Works Performed

2)
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Composer(s): Russell
Text Author: Mackay
3)
aka Operatic selection, unidentified
4)
Composer(s): Verdi

Citations

1)
Advertisement: New York Herald, 22 June 1863, 7.

2)
Advertisement: New York Herald, 24 June 1863, 7.
“Guy, the great buffo, gives his first grand concert of the season.”
3)
Advertisement: New York Herald, 25 June 1863, 7.
“Guy, the celebrated baritone and actor . . . Friends of ‘Hectate’ and ‘Old Sir Laurence Paragon’ must be early to secure a seat.  Do you wish to hear . . . the Macbeth music – as well as those sweet operatic selections on the cornet by Mr. Robert Smith.”

COMMENT: “Hectate” is one of the witches in Macbeth.  “Sir Laurence Paragon” was a character in the farce Perfection; or, The Lady of Munster by Thomas Haynes Bayly (1797-1839).  Information on Paragon from http://www.emich.edu/public/english/adelphi_calendar/m60s.htm.  Bayly’s full name and dates from WorldCat.