Old Heads and Young Hearts

Event Information

Venue(s):
New Fifth Avenue Theatre (1873-1939)

Proprietor / Lessee:
Augustin Daly

Manager / Director:
Augustin Daly

Event Type:
Play With Music

Record Information

Status:
Published

Last Updated:
7 April 2025

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

08 Dec 1873, Evening

Performers and/or Works Performed

1)
Old heads and young hearts
Text Author: Boucicault
Participants:  Charles [actor] Fisher;  George H. [actor] Clarke;  Anne Hartley Gilbert [actress];  G. S. Parkes;  William Davidge, unidentifiable;  Fanny Lily Gipsey Davenport;  Owen S. [comedian] Fawcett;  G. F. [actor] DeVere;  Frank Hardenberg;  Sarah Jewett

Citations

1)
Advertisement: New-York Times, 07 December 1873, 7.
2)
Advertisement: New York Herald, 08 December 1873, 2.
3)
Review: New York Post, 09 December 1873, 3.

“…Several instrumental solos were given last night with pleasing effect.” No further mention of music.

4)
Review: New-York Times, 09 December 1873, 5.

No mention of music.

5)
Review: New York Herald, 09 December 1873, 3.

No mention of music.

6)
Review: New York Clipper, 20 December 1873, 302.

“At the Fifth-avenue [sic] Theatre, ‘Fortune,’ having failed to please, was withdrawn… Not having any new piece ready, the manager was compelled to fall back upon old plays and old comedies… He [Daly] has succeeded in the past; let us hope that he may do so in his present venture.”