Our American Cousin at Home

Event Information

Venue(s):
Broadway Theatre [485 Broadway; 1864-69]

Event Type:
Play With Music

Record Information

Status:
Published

Last Updated:
6 June 2016

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

06 Jun 1864, 8:00 PM
07 Jun 1864, 8:00 PM
08 Jun 1864, 8:00 PM
09 Jun 1864, 8:00 PM
10 Jun 1864, 8:00 PM
11 Jun 1864, 8:00 PM

Program Details

Our American cousins at home (comedy) includes: “Happy land of Canaan” (song) and two Unidentified songs.


Performers and/or Works Performed

1)
Our American cousin at home; or, Lord Dundreary abroad
aka Our American Cousin at Home!; Lord Dundreary Abroad; Our American cousins at home
Text Author: Gayler
Participants:  Francis Chanfrau;  T. J. Herndon;  James [Niblo's Garden] Seymour;  Marie Boniface
2)
"Happy land of Canaan"
Composer(s): Wray
Participants:  James [Niblo's Garden] Seymour
3)
Song, unidentified
aka New song
Composer(s): Unknown composer
Participants:  Marie Boniface
4)
Song, unidentified
aka New song
Composer(s): Unknown composer
Participants:  Marie Boniface

Citations

1)
Advertisement: New York Herald, 06 June 1864, 7.

2)
Announcement: New York Post, 06 June 1864, 2.

3)
Advertisement: New-York Times, 07 June 1864, 7.

4)
Review: New York Post, 08 June 1864, 2.
“Chanfrau is meeting with hearty applause from large audiences at Mr. Wood’s Broadway Theatre every night.  Theatre-goers should remember that ‘the American Cousin at Home,’ now played at this establishment, is an entirely different play from the well-known piece, ‘Our American Cousin,’ although Lord Dundreary is introduced in both.”
5)
Announcement: New York Clipper, 11 June 1864, 70.

6)
Advertisement: New York Clipper, 11 June 1864, 72.
“[S]cenes nightly encored . . . audience kept in a state of hilarity during the entire evening.”
7)
Review: New York Clipper, 18 June 1864, 78.
Brief review; no mention of music.