Fox’s Old Bowery Theatre

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:
14 August 2014

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

28 Nov 1863, Evening

Program Details

The Four Lovers includes a dance by Browne.

Performers and/or Works Performed

1)

LIST OF PERFORMER(S)/ORGANIZATION(S)

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

2)

Cabin boy, The

Text Author: Unknown playwright

Participants: George Washington Lafayette Fox; Fanny Herring

3)

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

aka Dog of Montargis

Text Author: Pixérécourt

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

4)

Four lovers, The, [pantomime]

Composer(s): Fox

Participants: George Washington Lafayette Fox; Louisa Browne

5)

Dance, unidentified

aka Extravaganza dance

Participants: Louisa Browne

6)

Paddy the piper, [comic drama]

Text Author: Pilgrim

Citations

1)

Advertisement: New York Herald, 28 November 1863.

2)

Review: New York Clipper, 05 December 1863, 267.

“Such crowds as besieged the old Bowery last week . . . surpassed the old time gatherings at that house, when Hamblin was in his glory. Fanny Herring is as fresh and attractive as ever.”