Farewell Testimonial Benefit to G.C. Boniface and Kate Newton

Event Information

Venue(s):
New Bowery Theatre

Proprietor / Lessee:
James W. Lingard

Event Type:
Play With Music

Record Information

Status:
Published

Last Updated:
6 August 2011

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

21 Jun 1864, Evening

Program Details



Performers and/or Works Performed

2)
aka Laugh while you can
Text Author: Reynolds
3)
Text Author: Lover
4)
aka Broken heart; Farmer's daughter
Text Author: Raymond
Participants:  Marie Boniface
5)
aka Gisippus, the Roman father
6)
aka The French spy; Or, The storming of Algiers; The French spy; Or, The siege of Algiers; The French spy; Or, The fall of Algiers
Text Author: Haines
Participants:  Kate Newton
7)
aka Dumb lady cured
Text Author: Wood

Citations

1)
Announcement: New-York Times, 20 June 1864, 4.

2)
Advertisement: New York Herald, 21 June 1864.
“At the conclusion of the performance at Wood’s Minstrel Hall, on Broadway, FRANK BROWER AND COOL WHITE will appear in the extravaganza of the Roman Father, by permission of Henry Wood, Esq.”
3)
Review: New York Clipper, 09 July 1864, 102.
“Mr. Geo. Boniface has been one of the lucky ones in the matter of benefits.  We understand that his farewell benefit at the New Bowery on the 21st of June was attended by one of the largest audiences ever seen in that immense theatre.  The receipts, we are told, amounted to about eight hundred dollars!