Event Information
Venue(s):
Winter Garden
Event Type:
Play With Music
Record Information
Status:
Published
Last Updated:
15 December 2010
Performance Date(s) and Time(s)
23 Nov 1863, Evening
24 Nov 1863, Evening
25 Nov 1863, Evening
Program Details
The Young Actress includes: Unidentified Scotch song, Unidentified “French songâ€, Unidentified “Yankee airsâ€, Unidentified “Scotch reelâ€, and Unidentified Irish jig.
Keyword Ethnic Music because of French Music and Scottish Music.
Performers and/or Works Performed
2)
aka Saint Patrick's eve
Citations
1)
Advertisement: New York Herald, 22 November 1863, 7.
Kathleen Mavourneen evokes “that beautiful blending of THE SMILE AND THE TEAR, so emblematic of the Irish character.”
2)
Advertisement: New-York Times, 23 November 1863, 7.
“Third week of Kathleen Mavoureen. . . . Kathleen Mavoureen will be followed by, for the first time [at] this engagement, that most pleasant of protean plays, The Young Actress, in which Mrs. W.J. Florence will appear in five difference characters, including the Yankee Girl, Jerusha Joyful Lobb. Will sing a French, Scotch, and two celebrated Yankee airs, and dance a Scotch reel and Irish jig.”
3)
Review: New York Clipper, 05 December 1863, 267.
“The Florences are doing a middling business at the Winter Garden.”