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)

25 Dec 1863, 7:00 PM
26 Dec 1863, 7:00 PM

Program Details



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:  [canine actor] Lafayette (role: Vamp)
3)
Frisky cobbler, The
Text Author: Unidentified
4)
How to avoid drafting
aka How to avoid the draft
5)
Temptation; or, The Irish emigrant
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)
Advertisement: New York Herald, 26 December 1863.

Friday evening program is repeated “in consequence of the many thousands who were unable to gain admission Christmas night.”