Matinee and Charity Dramatic Festival in Aid of the Foundling Asylum
Event Information
Venue(s):
Academy of Music
Manager / Director:
Augustin Daly
Event Type:
Band, Minstrel
Record Information
Status:
Published
Last Updated:
4 August 2025
Performance Date(s) and Time(s)
20 Oct 1874, 1:00 PMPerformers and/or Works Performed
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Citations
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“…‘St. Patrick’s Day Parade,’ by Harrigan and Hart, was especially enjoyed for the richness and absurdity of its humor. It was something new for the audience, and was, therefore, all the more heartily welcomed. Although a broad caricature it is wholly free from coarseness, and can be enjoyed by those against whom it is levelled as much as by the outside world…Dodworth’s Band and Dowling’s Ninth Regiment Band played a series of brilliant operatic selections, which were much admired…”