Brown, T. Allston A history of the New York stage from the first performance in 1732 to 1901 (v.1)

(New York :  Dodd, Mead and Co.,  1903.)

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1852]                       THE  BOWERY  THEATRE                        127

4th, as Lucrezia Borgia. " My Poor Dog Tray" was seen Dec. 5th,
and "Jack Robinson and his Monkey," 17th. The pantomime
" Queen of the Coral Cave" was given here for the first time 22nd;
''Raymond and Agnes," "Cattle Stealers," and "Hide and Seek"
was the generous bill for New Year's afternoon, Jan. ist, 1852, and
for the evening " Pizarro," " The Forest of Bondy," and " Your Life 's
in Danger." " The Dumb Man of Manchester" came 19th ; "Paul
Clifford, or the Highwayman of 1770," 26th; and Wilham R.
Goodall acted Claude Melnotte Feb.  nth.

" Romeo and Juliet " was played 16, Fanny Wallack as Juliet,
E. I^ddy as Romeo; 17, "The Stranger," Fanny Wallack as Mrs.
Haller; 18, "Hamlet," Eddy as the Dane, Fanny Wallack as
Ophelia; 19, "Romeo and Juliet;" 20, "The Hunchback:" Eddy
as Master Walter, Fanny Wallack as Julia, Amelia Parker as
Helen; 21, "Hamlet" and "Lady of the Lake;" 23, "Richard
HI.,"Eddy as Gloster, Fanny Wallack as Elizabeth; and 28, Fanny
Wallack as Nancy Sykes, Maggie Mitchell as Oliver, and W. R.
Goodall as Bill Sykes. " Green Bushes " was done March 8, with
Edward Tilton, Goodall, Eddy, and Fanny Wallack in the cast;
April 18, "Masaniello," Gertrude Dawes as Fenella, and Goodall
as Alfonzo; 21, "Corsican Brothers:"

ff.^",5fp-fr.tn Twin Brothers..........Edward Eddy
 

M. dei Franchi....     Mrs. Jordan
Emihe de Lesparre   .      Mrs. Yeomans

Maria......Carrie Hiffert

Coralie.....Maggie Mitchell
 

Louis dei Franchi

Orlando .    .    .    . ' M. W. Leffingwell

Colonna.....Geo. H. Griffiths

Chateau Renaud.....Goodall

Montgiron......Hamilton

Alfred de Meynard    .     Sam W. Glenn

This was the debut at this theatre of Sam Glenn. G. V. Brooke
acted in a different version of "The Corsican Brothers" at the
Astor Place Opera House. It was announced as being the original
edition of the same play, and Mr. Brooke as the original represen¬
tative of the twin brothers. June 7 " Coriolanus " was produced,
with T. S. Hamblin in the title r61e, and Eddy as Tullus Aufid-
ius; "Julius Csesar" was given June 12:

Brutus.....T. S. Hamblin I Cassius.......E. Eddy

Marc Antony     .    .    .      Wm. Goodall | Portia......Mrs. Grattan

June 19, Susan Denin as Jack Sheppard. The theatre was closed
week of June 21, and reopened 28, with Lola Montez as the star
in the drama " Lola Montez in Bavaria."

July 7th Lola Montez published a card in the newspapers of the
day to the effect that the first real benefit given to her since she
reached the United States was to take place at this theatre July 8,
as all those so-called benefits during her engagement, and while
performing at the theatres in New York, Philadelphia, and Wash-
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