Table of Contents

Contents Acknowledgments Series Introduction: Sic transit gloria spectaculi : Some Famous but Forgotten Figures of the Musical Theater, Kurt Gänzl 1. Overture: My Bother's Violin 2. Act One: Leader of the Orchestra 3. Olio: W.H. Lingard 4. Act Two: Variety Virtuosos 5. Act Three: Josh Hart and the Theatre Comique 6. Intermezzo: Olios at the Eagle 7. Act Four: Harrigan, Hart, and Braham 8. Entr'Acte: The New Comique 9. Act Five: Triumphs at the Park 10. Act Six: Harrigan's Theatre 11. Grand Finale: I have had my share of it Appendix A: Songs by David Braham Appendix B: Songs by the Braham Family Appendix C: Braham's Career at the Grand Opera House Appendix D: Braham's Career at Wallack's Theatre Index

About the Author

John Franceschina is a noted authority on 19th-century theater. He has edited a number of anthologies for Garland, including Women and the Profession of Theater, 1810-1860 and Sisters of Gore: Seven Gothic Melodramas by British Women, 1790-1843.