Wallack’s Lyceum was located in Broadway near Broome Street. Its productions included original works by Pfaffians John Brougham, Stephen Ryder Fiske, and Fitz-James O’Brien.
Figaro discusses the current events in theater, especially the "benefit season." Figaro also briefly discusses the Octochriophonic Club and the Octochriophonic style.
Figaro notes that Booth is still very popular at the Winter Garden with Richeleau and Hamlet (2).
Figaro talks about his own failures to write in Octochirophonic style and his suspicion that Ward would also be unable to write in that style (2).
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Wallack’s Lyceum was located in Broadway near Broome Street. Its productions included original works by Pfaffians John Brougham, Stephen Ryder Fiske, and Fitz-James O’Brien.
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