New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1874-01-01
The Shakespeare Club.

Tine announcement that this club will Oc
cupy the st. Charles Theatre on Saturday
evening next, as recipients of testimonial
benefit for its treasury, calls up a host o.
pleasant memories of entertainments given
gratuitously, year after year, for the enjoy.
ment of many friends. The club was or
ganized in 1867, and is composed of num-
Der OF the best Of our young men, embracing
lawyers, merchants, clerks and others So
cially and dramatically inclined. The first
entertainments were given at the National
Theatre, and afterward at the old Varieties
In 1867 was performed Dead Heart"
'Hunchback," "Charles H." and Honey
mOon"
The summer season of 1865 witnessed the
performances Of "Lucretia Borgia," "Ri-
vals, Loves Sacrifice" and Money
In 1869 the club played Loan of a
Lover" Rent Day" Romeo and Juliet
and "Jack Cade."
The performance for 1870 commenced at
the Varieties Thetre, with the play of the
Wife, May 80; followed by the "Hunch-
back" June 20; "Love's Sacrifice" July
IL; "Charles H." and Robert Macaire."
August 8; the Dead Heart" September ),
ana "Everybody's Friend" and farce clos
ing the series, September 26. IN that year
occurred the burning of the theatre. and on
the thirteenth of December the club played
for the benefit of the family of Thomas j.
Fox, fireman who was killed while on
duty at the fire which destroyed the theatre.
In 1871, the entertainments commenced
at the St. Charles Theatre, with London
Assurance" followed by Macbeth" "Wild
OATS" Hamlet" and "Don Cesar de Ba-
zan," with the Lady Of Lyons" for the
sixth and last performance.
In 1872, the series was inaugurated with
the performance OF an original piece, called
the "Swan of Avon," at the new Varieties
Theatre, followed by the "Long Strike,"
Faint Heart Ne'er Won Fair Lady," and
"An That Gltters Is Not Gold," "Rchard
I'LL" and "Madeiane,' and closing .Septem-
Der with the Marble Heart
The present season commenced with the
production of Merchant of Venice" April
%, the anniversary of Shakespeare's birth,
followed May 30 with the "Wfe" June 25
the Lady OF the Lake" Vas prod uced in
splendid style. July % saw CLOUD and
Sunshine" and August q the "Hunch back"
was acted. and the series closed with
"Richelieu' on September 90.
The foregoing record of performances
does not include the benefits given to Misses
Alice Placide, Eliza O'Connor, Alice Gray,
Isabel Freeman, Blanche DeBar, Louise
frankie Mcclellan and Mrs.
G. C. Pearce, ladies who have assis ted the
club, and received, some of them, benefits
jointly rendered by the Shakespeare Club
and Orleans Dramatic Association, nor the
benefits given in the good cause of charity,
notably among which were those for the
Conclave OF Seven Wise Men, the Lee Mon
Fund, the Louisiana Relief Lodge,
F. and a. NJ, and for the Shreveport suf-
ferers.
Owing to losses by fire, the great expense
incurred in giving entertainments and
other causes, the clubs treasury needs re-
Let all friends who have been
by the Shakespeares in the
past and those who appreciate the good
and charitable deeds they have done, cheer
fully contribute their dollars on Saturday
evening and make the benefit what it de-
serves to be.
Sir Walter Scott's beautiful "Lady of the
Lake." adapted for tie stage, and the COM
edy of the "Conjugal Lesson" will be per-
formed, in which the club will have the
assistance of Miss Alice Kings
bury, Miss Minnie Doyle and other ladies
Of the theatrical profession.