Charity Matin�e for the Benefit of the Poor of New York

Event Information

Venue(s):
Grand Opera House

Manager / Director:
Augustin Daly

Price: $1; $1 extra, reserved seat; $2.50 parlor chairs; $20 boxes

Event Type:
Variety / Vaudeville

Record Information

Status:
Published

Last Updated:
22 March 2025

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

19 Feb 1874, 1:30 PM

Performers and/or Works Performed

1)
LIST OF PERFORMER(S)/ORGANIZATION(S)
Participants:  Rigl Sisters;  Martens Family;  Vokes Family;  George Washington Lafayette Fox
2)
London assurance, acts 2-3
Text Author: Boucicault
3)
Belles of the kitchen, The
Participants:  Vokes Family
4)
Pas de deux
aka Grand pas de deux
Participants:  Rigl Sisters
5)
King Richard III, act 5
aka Richard III
Text Author: Shakespeare

Citations

1)
Advertisement: New-York Times, 15 February 1874, 7.

Cast listings. 

2)
Announcement: New York Herald, 19 February 1874, 6.
3)
Review: New York Herald, 20 February 1874, 7.

No mention of music. 

4)
Announcement: New York Clipper, 21 February 1874, 374.
5)
Announcement: New-York Daily Tribune, 21 February 1874, 2.

Financial proceeds of the benefit.

6)
Review: New York Clipper, 28 February 1874, 382.

No mention of music.