Broadway Theater

Event Information

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

Manager / Director:
George A. F. Wood

Event Type:
Play With Music

Record Information

Status:
Published

Last Updated:
25 March 2012

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

05 Aug 1864, Evening
06 Aug 1864, Evening

Program Details

Benefit of Helen Western [FRI].

Performers and/or Works Performed

1)
LIST OF PERFORMER(S)/ORGANIZATION(S)
Participants:  Helen Western
2)
French spy, The; or, The siege of Constantina
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
3)
Lady of Lyons, The; or, Love and pride, acts 2 and 5
Text Author: Bulwer-Lytton

Citations

1)
Announcement: New York Post, 02 August 1864, 2.

Helen Western Benefit on Friday.

2)
Announcement: New York Post, 05 August 1864, 3.

“Helen Western takes a benefit at the Broadway Theatre to-night. . . . Each lady visitor to the theatre will be presented with a bouquet of flowers, and each holder of a secured seat with a photograph of Miss Western.”

3)
Advertisement: New York Herald, 05 August 1864.

Benefit for Western. Acts II and V of The Lady of Lyons.

4)
Advertisement: New-York Times, 06 August 1864.

Last day.

5)
Advertisement: New York Herald, 06 August 1864.

Last day. Two acts of The Lady of Lyons followed by The French Spy