Fox’s Old Bowery Theatre

Event Information

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

Manager / Director:
George Washington Lafayette Fox

Event Type:
Variety / Vaudeville

Record Information

Status:
Published

Last Updated:
6 August 2014

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

23 Dec 1863, Evening
24 Dec 1863, Evening

Program Details

"Vamp; or, The Fireman’s Dog" includes the dance by Browne and the overture by the orchestra.

Performers and/or Works Performed

1)
LIST OF PERFORMER(S)/ORGANIZATION(S)
Participants:  Fox's Old Bowery, orchestra;  George Washington Lafayette Fox;  Charles Kemble Fox;  Louisa Browne;  Fanny Herring;  [canine actor] Lafayette
2)
Vamp, the fireman’s dog
aka Vamp; or, The fireman’s dog; Fireman’s dog
Text Author: Fox
Participants:  George Washington Lafayette Fox (role: Alphonse Bunker Snooze);  Fanny Herring (role: Daft Dan, cripple of dry dock);  [canine actor] Lafayette (role: Vamp)
3)
Dance, unidentified
aka Extravaganza dance
Participants:  Louisa Browne
4)
Overture, unidentified [generic]
Participants:  Fox's Old Bowery, orchestra
5)
Ghost of Giles Scroggins
aka Giles Scroggin's ghost
Text Author: Taylor [dramatist]
6)
Mischief making
Text Author: Buckstone

Citations

1)
Advertisement: New York Herald, 24 December 1863.

2)
Advertisement: New York Clipper, 26 December 1863, 295.

3)
Announcement: New York Clipper, 26 December 1863, 291.
 “The new local drama, ‘Vamp, the Fireman’s Dog,’ the third original play from the pen of the versatile Mrs. C.K. Fox in less than three months.”  She is also the author of The Ghost of Altenburg and Jack Sheppard and His Dog.