New York Theatre

"New Yorker Theater.  The Martinetti and Marzetti troupe continues its presentation at this theater with great success.  The ballets and pantomimes which this company presents are smooth and brilliantly costumed.  The execution of the three Brothers Martinetti on the tightrope is really worth seeing.  This week the ballet, 'The Smuggler' and 'The Green Monster and the White Knight' are in the repertoire."

“Mons. E. Fenelon, well known in the profession as a first-class musical director, died in this city on Wednesday forenoon, the 23d inst., very suddenly, being seized while engaged in rehearsing an overture he was conducting at the New York Theatre (old Wallack’s), where the Martinetti troupe are now performing. He burst a blood vessel. Mons. Fenelon came to this country with the Ravels, and for several seasons traveled all over this country, conducting the musical department of their entertainments. He finally engaged with John T. Ford, and was leader of the orchestra of Ford’s Washington Theatre at the time of its destruction by fire, and was a loser to a considerable extent. In consequence of his death the New York Theatre was closed on the evening of the 23d. His funeral took place on the 25th, from the Hotel d’Europe.”

     “[T]he Martinetti and Marzetti troupe . . . have been very successful in producing those pantomimes and ballets just suited to the tastes of the public.  ‘The Green Monster and White Knight’ has made quite a hit and is nightly received with loud applause and a good attendance.”