Fox’s Old Bowery Theatre

Event Information

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

Event Type:
Play With Music

Record Information

Status:
Published

Last Updated:
9 August 2011

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

24 Oct 1864, 8:00 PM
25 Oct 1864, 8:00 PM
26 Oct 1864, 8:00 PM
27 Oct 1864, 8:00 PM

Program Details



Performers and/or Works Performed

1)
LIST OF PERFORMER(S)/ORGANIZATION(S)
Participants:  Fanny Herring;  John B. Studley
2)
Deborah
aka Lysiah, the abandoned; or, The Jewish maiden; Leah the forsaken; Deborah; or, The deserted Jewess
Text Author: Mosenthal
Participants:  John B. Studley (role: Nathan, the Apostate Jew)
3)
Soldiers for love
aka Soldier's love, The
4)
Farce, unidentified

Citations

1)
Advertisement: New York Herald, 23 October 1864.
Third week. “Being called before the curtain at the termination of each act, by a select and discriminating audience.” “The theatre will close on Fri. night, Oct. 28 because the company will perform this program at The Academy of Music, Brooklyn.”
2)
Review: Courrier des États-Unis, 24 October 1864, 2.
The dramas at the two theaters on the Bowery (the old and the new) are simply “execrable.”