Fox's Old Bowery Theatre: Matilda Heron Benefit

Event Information

Venue(s):
Fox's Old Bowery Theatre (until 1/67)

Proprietor / Lessee:
George Washington Lafayette Fox

Event Type:
Play With Music

Record Information

Status:
Published

Last Updated:
25 October 2016

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

21 Nov 1863, Evening

Program Details

Thunder and Lafayette are canine actors.

The Forest of Bondy includes A Tyte: Overture.

Performers and/or Works Performed

1)

LIST OF PERFORMER(S)/ORGANIZATION(S)

Participants: George Washington Lafayette Fox; Louisa Browne; Fanny Herring; George W. Thompson; [canine actor] Thunder; [canine actor] Lafayette

2)

Forest of Bondy, The; or, The dog of Montargis

aka Dog of Montargis

Text Author: Pixérécourt

Participants: [canine actor] Lafayette; George Washington Lafayette Fox; Fanny Herring; George W. Thompson; [canine actor] Thunder

3)

Overture, unidentified

Composer(s): Tyte

4)

Frisky cobbler, The

Text Author: Unidentified

Participants: Louisa Browne

5)

Mary Price; or, The adventures of a servant girl

aka Adventures of a servant girl; Mary Price; or, The memoirs of a servant-maid

Text Author: Reynolds

Citations

1)

Advertisement: New York Herald, 21 November 1863.

“[I]ntroducing the celebrated DOGS-DOGS-DOGS LAFAYETTE AND THUNDER, two splendid specimens of The Newfoundland Breed, The most sagacious, Man’s Constant and Faithful Friend.”