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2 unusual facts about Laura Joyce Bell


Laura Joyce Bell

On October 6, 1884 Bell was engaged at the Casino in a revival of, The Beggar Student, from the German, Der Bettelstudent, by Carl Millöcker.

Bell made her first notable appearance in New York in the spring of 1872 at Niblo's Garden performing in the “spectacle pantomime” Azeal, possibly based on the earlier musical by Daniel Auber, and afterward made a hit in the title role of the Edward E. Rice and J. Cheever Goodwin extravaganza, Evangeline, first played at the old Boston Globe Theatre on June 7, 1875 and reprised the following season at the Boston Museum.



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