Fox’s Old Bowery Theatre

Event Information

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

Proprietor / Lessee:
George Washington Lafayette Fox

Manager / Director:
George Washington Lafayette Fox

Event Type:
Play With Music, Orchestral

Record Information

Status:
Published

Last Updated:
20 July 2012

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

12 Dec 1864, 8:00 PM
13 Dec 1864, 8:00 PM
14 Dec 1864, 8:00 PM

Program Details

Performers and/or Works Performed

1)

LIST OF PERFORMER(S)/ORGANIZATION(S)

Participants: Fox's Old Bowery, orchestra; William St. Maur; George Washington Lafayette Fox; Fanny Herring; Rachel Denvil; John B. Studley; J. J. McCloskey; Harry Chapman; Mrs. Harry Chapman

2)

Seven escapes, The; or, The idiot of Dresden

Participants: George Washington Lafayette Fox; Fanny Herring; Rachel Denvil; Mrs. Harry Chapman

3)

Overture, unidentified [generic]

Participants: Fox's Old Bowery, orchestra

4)

Six degrees of crime, The; or, Wine, women, gambling, theft, murder and the scaffold

Text Author: Hill

Citations

1)

Announcement: New York Herald, 12 December 1864, 4.

Listed in “Amusements This Evening.”

2)

Advertisement: New York Herald, 12 December 1864, 7.

3)

Review: New York Herald, 14 December 1864, 5.

No mention of music.

4)

Announcement: New York Clipper, 17 December 1864, 286.

5)

Advertisement: New York Clipper, 17 December 1864, 287.

6)

Review: New York Clipper, 24 December 1864, 294.

“At the Bowery, the ‘Seven Escapes’ has succeeded in drawing very full houses. The manager himself appears as Patoohe, and is always warmly greeted by his friends and admirers. One of the chief attractions, however, and one which seldom fails to draw, is Miss Fanny Herring.”