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:  Tony Denier;  George Washington Lafayette Fox;  Charles Kemble Fox;  Fanny Herring;  Rachel Denvil;  John B. Studley;  Harry Chapman;  Mrs. Harry Chapman;  Ella Chapman;  Mlle. [dancer] Martinetti
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 Piper Pepper Podge
Composer(s): Unidentified
Participants:  Harry Chapman;  Mrs. Harry Chapman

Citations

1)
Advertisement: New York Herald, 27 May 1864.
“During the evening Little Ella Chapman will sing.”