Event Information

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

Manager / Director:
George Washington Lafayette Fox

Conductor(s):
Alexander Tyte

Event Type:
Play With Music

Record Information

Status:
Published

Last Updated:
3 August 2015

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

26 Apr 1865, Evening
27 Apr 1865, Evening
28 Apr 1865, Evening
29 Apr 1865, Evening

Program Details

Uncle Tom’s cabin includes Uncle Tom’s Cabin overture, “I’se so wicked," and “Eva to her papa.”


Performers and/or Works Performed

1)
Uncle Tom's cabin, [play]
aka Eva
Text Author: Unknown playwright
Participants:  George Washington Lafayette Fox (role: Phineas Fletcher and Deacon Perry);  Mrs. George C. Howard (role: Topsey)
2)
Uncle Tom's cabin, [incidental music]. Overture
Composer(s): Unknown composer
3)
"Oh! I'se so wicked"
Composer(s): Howard
Text Author: Howard
4)
"Eva to her papa"
Composer(s): Howard
Text Author: Howard

Citations

1)
Advertisement: New York Herald, 26 April 1865.

     “Owing to the length and moral importance of this ne plus ultra of American productions, no other piece will be performed with it.”