Parisian Folly

Event Information

Venue(s):
Lyceum Theatre

Proprietor / Lessee:
Charles Chamberlain, Jr.

Manager / Director:
Charles Chamberlain, Jr.

Event Type:
Variety / Vaudeville

Record Information

Status:
Published

Last Updated:
1 May 2025

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

06 Apr 1874, Evening
07 Apr 1874, Evening
08 Apr 1874, Evening
09 Apr 1874, Evening
10 Apr 1874, Evening
11 Apr 1874, Matinee
11 Apr 1874, Evening

Performers and/or Works Performed

1)
Parisian folly, A
Participants:  Almonte Troupe of Pantomimists;  Brown Velocipede Combination;  Maria Bonfanti;  J. B. [swimmer] Johnson
2)
Shadow dance
Participants:  Maria Bonfanti

Citations

1)
Advertisement: New-York Times, 05 April 1874, 11.
2)
Review: New York Post, 07 April 1874, 2.

“…The orchestra was inconceivably bad…”

3)
Review: New York Herald, 07 April 1874, 9.
“…Slight changes will suggest themselves to the management in the duration of some of the performances, and something will have to be done to make the orchestra work more harmoniously with the people on stage…”
4)
Review: New-York Daily Tribune, 09 April 1874, 4.

Brief; no mention of music.

5)
Review: New York Clipper, 18 April 1874, 22.