Benefit of Mrs. Fran Chanfrau

Event Information

Venue(s):
Winter Garden

Event Type:
Variety / Vaudeville

Record Information

Status:
Published

Last Updated:
27 July 2011

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

16 May 1864, Evening

Program Details

Gayler: Our American cousin at home (Mr. Chanfrau as Lord Dundreary and Brother Sam; Mrs. Chanfrau as Susie Treachart)
Includes the songs: Arditti: “Il bacio” (Mrs. Chanfrau)
“I’ll follow thee” (Mrs. Chanfrau)
[Lemon]: “Round the corner waiting” (Mrs. Chanfrau)

Chanfrau’s “first and only appearance in his native city in three years.” SEE: AD: NYH 05/15/1864.

Performers and/or Works Performed

1)
LIST OF PERFORMER(S)/ORGANIZATION(S)
Participants:  Dan Bryant;  Frank Brower;  Nelse Seymour;  Mrs. Francis Chanfrau;  William S. Budworth;  Francis Chanfrau;  T. J. Herndon;  James [Niblo's Garden] Seymour
2)
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:  Mrs. Francis Chanfrau (role: Susie Treachart);  Francis Chanfrau (role: Lord Dundreary and Brother Sam)
3)
"Bacio, Il"
aka Kiss; Kuss, Der
Composer(s): Arditi
Participants:  Mrs. Francis Chanfrau
4)
"I'll follow thee"
Composer(s): Unidentified
Participants:  Mrs. Francis Chanfrau
5)
"Round the corner waiting"
Composer(s): Lemon
Participants:  Mrs. Francis Chanfrau
6)
"Lads who live in Ireland, The"
aka Lads that live in Ireland
Composer(s): Seymour
Participants:  James [Niblo's Garden] Seymour
7)
"Darling ould stick, The"
Composer(s): Unidentified
Participants:  James [Niblo's Garden] Seymour

Citations

1)
Advertisement: New York Herald, 15 May 1864.
F. S. Chanfrau’s “first and only appearance in his native city in three years.”
2)
Advertisement: New-York Times, 16 May 1864, 7.

3)
Announcement: New York Clipper, 21 May 1864, 46.
“The minstrels and the actor people are beginning to fraternize more than they did formerly; they not only drink together, but they are occasionally to be seen performing together, and that, too, on the boards of what used to be called the legitimate temples of the drama.  This evening, Mrs. Chanfrau has a benefit at the Winter Garden.”