Fox's Old Bowery Theatre: Mrs. H. Chapman Benefit

Event Information

Venue(s):
Fox's Old Bowery Theatre (until 1/67)

Event Type:
Play With Music, Variety / Vaudeville

Record Information

Status:
Published

Last Updated:
25 October 2016

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

27 May 1864, Evening

Program Details

[Townsend]: Old Adam drama G. Fox, Studley, Denvil
Includes: “Ghost, The” [optical illusion]

Performers and/or Works Performed

1)

LIST OF PERFORMER(S)/ORGANIZATION(S)

Participants: Mrs. Harry Chapman; Ella Chapman; Mlle. [dancer] Martinetti; Tony Denier; George Washington Lafayette Fox; Charles Kemble Fox; Fanny Herring; Rachel Denvil; John B. Studley; Harry Chapman

2)

Old Adam; or, A father's dream

aka Father's dream; Father's curse

Text Author: Townsend

Participants: George Washington Lafayette Fox; Rachel Denvil; John B. Studley

3)

Ghost, The, "[optical illusion]"

aka That ghost

4)

Camille, [pantomime]

Participants: George Washington Lafayette Fox; Fanny Herring

5)

Poor soldier, The

Composer(s): Shield

Text Author: O'Keeffe

Participants: Harry Chapman; Mrs. Harry Chapman

6)

Golden axe, The; or, The fairy of the seas

Text Author: Fox

7)

Peter Pepper Piper Podge

Participants: Harry Chapman; Mrs. Harry Chapman

Citations

1)

Advertisement: New York Herald, 27 May 1864.

“During the evening Little Ella Chapman will sing.”