New Bowery Theatre

Event Information

Venue(s):
New Bowery Theatre

Event Type:
Variety / Vaudeville

Record Information

Status:
Published

Last Updated:
15 April 2011

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

18 Jan 1864, 8:00 PM
19 Jan 1864, 8:00 PM
20 Jan 1864, 8:00 PM

Program Details

The cast included others.

Unk: Cato; or, a slave’s revenge and the Dog of the Plantation (Blanchard, Carlo, Bruin)(pantomime)- This is the 1st performance in the US (T. A. Brown, p. 206)

Performers and/or Works Performed

1)
LIST OF PERFORMER(S)/ORGANIZATION(S)
Participants:  Kate Fisher;   Carlo [canine actor];   Bruin [canine actor];  Edwin [actor] Blanchard
2)
Cato; or, A slave’s revenge
aka Cato; or, A slave’s revenge and the dog of the plantation; Cato, the white slave
Text Author: Unknown playwright
Participants:  Edwin [actor] Blanchard;   Carlo [canine actor];   Bruin [canine actor]
3)
All the world’s a stage
aka All the world a stage
Text Author: Jackman
4)
Mazeppa; or, The wild horse of Tartary, [drama, 3 acts]
Text Author: Milner

Citations

1)
Advertisement: New York Herald, 19 January 1864, 9.

2)
Advertisement: New York Herald, 20 January 1864, 7.

3)
Announcement: New York Clipper, 23 January 1864, 323.

4)
Advertisement: New York Clipper, 23 January 1864, 326.
Blanchard’s ninth week.
5)
Review: New York Clipper, 30 January 1864, 331.
“Gracious, what big houses she attracted last week!”