Wood’s Theatre

Event Information

Venue(s):
Wood's Theatre [beginning Jan 15, 1866]

Price: $.50

Event Type:
Play With Music

Record Information

Status:
Published

Last Updated:
14 June 2016

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

29 Jan 1866, 7:45 PM
30 Jan 1866, 7:45 PM
31 Jan 1866, 1:30 PM
31 Jan 1866, 7:45 PM
01 Feb 1866, 7:45 PM
02 Feb 1866, 7:45 PM
03 Feb 1866, 7:45 PM

Program Details

included the song "Finnegan's Wake."

Performers and/or Works Performed

1)
LIST OF PERFORMER(S)/ORGANIZATION(S)
Participants:  George C. Davenport;  Francis Chanfrau
2)
Model of a wife, A
aka Model wife
Text Author: Wigan
3)
Mose; or, A glance at New York
aka Mose; or, A glance at New York in 1843
Text Author: Baker
4)
Glance at New York in 1848, A
Text Author: Unknown playwright
5)
Irish tiger, The
Text Author: Morton
Participants:  George C. Davenport (role: Paddy Ryan)
6)
"Finnegan’s wake"
Composer(s): Pastor
Participants:  George C. Davenport

Citations

1)
Advertisement: New-York Times, 27 January 1866, 7.
2)
Announcement: New York Herald, 29 January 1866.

     “Mr. G.C. Davenport will play Paddy Ryan in the Irish Tiger, introducing the song of ‘Finnegan’s Wake.’”

3)
Review: New York Herald, 30 January 1866.

     No mention of music.  “The new theatre of Mr. George Wood . . .  was very well filled last evening.”

4)
Announcement: New-York Times, 30 January 1866, 5.