Jack and Jack's Brother

Export event | Export network | Feedback | Print
Event Jack and Jack's Brother
Venue Theatre Royal, Victoria Street, Auckland, New Zealand
First Date 26 September 1864
Last Date 26 September 1864
Dates Estimated No
Status Amateur
World Premiere No
Description 'Or, The Gipsey Farmer' (sic). After which Mr James Lazenby will go through his celebrated Negro entertainments.
Primary Genre Theatre - Spoken Word
Secondary Genre Drama
Contributors
Name Function Notes
T Adams Actor Hedgerow a constable
S Boden Actor Mark, a gipsy
T L Delafield Actor Joe, an orphan
Marion Dunn Actor Mary Maybush, Waiting maid
J Fryett Actor Matthew, a gipsy
Kate Grant Actor Marian, the Gipsy Queen
S Johnston Actor Abel Allnut, a gipsy farmer
H Jones Actor Fitzcable, a magistrate
E G Lawham Actor Alfred
J Lazenby Actor Jack, a seaman
W Romaine Actor Briarfield, a constable
E Royal Actor Margaret Fitzcable
T Smith Actor Luke Hatfield, his clerk
Further Information A benefit performed by the Amateur Theatricals of the Royal Artillery for the widows and orphans of the late Sergeants A. Stewart and J. Egan, under the patronage of Colonel O'Brien and the officers of the Garrison of Auckland. To conclude with the farce of The Goose with the Golden Eggs. The Circus performance staged elsewhere during the week, headed by W.H. Foley, was not presented on this night, 'in order that the charitable benefit at the Theatre Royal might be well attended.' (Daily Southern Cross, Volume XX, Issue 2242, 27 September 1864, Page 4) Reported that the performance raised £30, clear of all expenses, and that the amateur performance was a very creditable one. (Daily Southern Cross, Volume XX, Issue 2247, 3 October 1864, Page 4).
Event Status Completed
Data Set Theatre Aotearoa
Event Identifier 196484