Fox’s Old Bowery Theatre: Christmas Matinee

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:
3 May 2016

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

25 Dec 1863, 2:00 PM

Program Details



Performers and/or Works Performed

1)
aka Jack Sheppard's dog
Text Author: Fox
2)
aka Young Lovel's Bride; Bride and the ghost, The
Text Author: Somerset
3)
aka Vamp; or, The fireman’s dog; Fireman’s dog
Text Author: Fox
4)
aka Irish immigrant; Tim O'Brien; or, The Irish emigrant
Text Author: Brougham

Citations

1)
Advertisement: New York Herald, 25 December 1863.
“Two Grand Performances.  Afternoon at 2.  Evening at 7 . Dramas, Pantomimes, Farces, Singing and Dancing.”
2)
Review: New York Clipper, 02 January 1864, 302.
“Christmas was a grand gala day at our various theatres, minstrel and music halls, all being crowded to repletion, the east side theatres fairly boiling over afternoon and evening, the dogs and melo drama of the Old Bowery attracting the masses.”