Humpty Dumpty at Home

Event Information

Venue(s):
Broadway Theatre (728-30 Bdway.; Aug. 1873-)

Proprietor / Lessee:
S. A. Swalm

Manager / Director:
George Washington Lafayette Fox

Record Information

Status:
Published

Last Updated:
28 June 2025

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

27 Apr 1874, 8:00 PM
28 Apr 1874, 2:00 PM
28 Apr 1874, 8:00 PM
29 Apr 1874, 8:00 PM
30 Apr 1874, 2:00 PM
30 Apr 1874, 8:00 PM
01 May 1874, 8:00 PM
02 May 1874, 2:00 PM
02 May 1874, 8:00 PM

Performers and/or Works Performed

1)
Humpty Dumpty at home, [pantomime]
Participants:  Spaulding's Bellringers;  George Washington Lafayette Fox;  Charles Kemble Fox;  Prof. [glass tumbler player] O'Reardon
2)
"Hail, sailing moon"
Composer(s): Unknown composer
3)
Humpty Dumpty at home, [pantomime]
4)
Humpty Dumpty at home, [incidental music]
Composer(s): Strebinger
5)
Tumbleronicon music
Participants:  Prof. [glass tumbler player] O'Reardon

Citations

1)
Advertisement: New-York Times, 26 April 1874, 11.
2)
Review: New York Clipper, 09 May 1874, 46.

“…Georgie Dean Spaulding performed solos upon a staff of silver bells, which were lavishly applauded, and Spaulding’s Ladies’ Cornet Band performed…”