New Lyceum Theatre: CANCELLED
Event Information
Venue(s):
Lyceum Theatre
Manager / Director:
W. L. Mansell
Event Type:
Play With Music
Record Information
Status:
Published
Last Updated:
24 March 2025
Performance Date(s) and Time(s)
28 Oct 1873, Evening30 Oct 1873, Evening
01 Nov 1873, Evening
Program Details
Performers and/or Works Performed
Citations
“We hear with regret that the New Lyceum Theatre has prematurely closed its doors. It opened but a few weeks ago under a new management, backed by ample means, and with an entirely new dramatic troupe. The house had been thoroughly rebuilt, and was declared to be the most comfortable and sumptuous in the city. A fastidious taste might possibly take exception to the redundance of interior decoration, but nobody could find fault with the seating accommodations, which were unusually comfortable and roomy.” Provides an account of the goings on at the theater throughout the fall of 1873 and predicts what might happen to it next.
Announces that “the management was unable to produce” Ignomar. “The season since the opening of the theatre was a losing one, and we suppose the house will not be reopened by the present management.”
“The Lyceum Theater is closed. The last performance there was that of ‘Othello,’ on Monday evening, when Mr. T. C. King enacted the Moor[.] Mr. Manrell’s season has lasted from Sept. 11 to Oct. 28. The work that was done was done well, but it was not greatly worth doing. Rumors as to the cause of the suspension may be summed up in two words—bad business. Rumors as to the reopening of the house are not worth printing.”