Lady of Lyons: CANCELED EVENT

Event Information

Venue(s):
Lyceum Theatre

Price: $1.50 orchestra sofas, stalls, and balcony fauteuil; $1 dress circle; $.75 second balcony; $.50 family circle; $12, $15 private boxes

Event Type:
Play With Music

Record Information

Status:
Published

Last Updated:
16 April 2025

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

22 Dec 1873, Evening
23 Dec 1873, Evening
24 Dec 1873, Evening
25 Dec 1873, Evening
26 Dec 1873, Evening
27 Dec 1873, Matinee
27 Dec 1873, Evening

Program Details

The week’s performances were canceled owing to a “disagreeable tangle.” See New York Tribune announcement.

Performers and/or Works Performed

1)
Lady of Lyons, The; or, Love and pride
Text Author: Bulwer-Lytton
Participants:  Charles [actor] Fechter (role: Claude Melnotte)

Citations

1)
Advertisement: New-York Times, 21 December 1873, 7.
2)
Advertisement: New York Herald, 21 December 1873, 4.
3)
Announcement: New York Post, 22 December 1873, 4.

“The management of the Lyceum regret to announce the postponement of ‘The Roadside Inn’ [sic]…Mr. Fechter has terminated his engagement, and has left the city, although the theatre was ready for the drama intended…” No mention of music.

4)
Announcement: New-York Daily Tribune, 23 December 1873, 2.

“The Lyceum Theater is again closed. The affairs of this house, it is understood, have been for some time in a disagreeable tangle. Mr. Fechter’s engagement is prematurely terminated…” Remainder difficult to read.

5)
Review: New York Clipper, 27 December 1873, 310.

The page number at the upper left reads 810, but that is clearly a typo and should read 310. “The Lyceum Theatre will remain closed a portion of the present week. Charles Fetcher closed his engagement abruptly on Saturday evening last, and left the city.”