New Bowery Theatre: Benefit to J. W. Lingard

Event Information

Venue(s):
New Bowery Theatre

Event Type:
Minstrel, Variety / Vaudeville

Record Information

Status:
Published

Last Updated:
8 July 2012

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

27 Jun 1865, Evening

Program Details



Performers and/or Works Performed

1)
LIST OF PERFORMER(S)/ORGANIZATION(S)
Participants:  Bryants' Minstrels;  Wood's Minstrels;  Nelse Seymour;  Charles Henry [minstrel tenor];  Dave [minstrel] Reed;  George C. Boniface;  Mickey [variety/minstrel dancer] Warren;  Edward [actor] Eddy;  Sam S. [Ethiopian comedian] Purdy;  Frank Brower;  George Lingard [actor and tenor];  Cool White [minstrel]
2)
Black-eyed Susan; or, All in the downs
aka Black eyed Susan
Text Author: Jerrold
Participants:  Edward [actor] Eddy
3)
Lingard Worried by Boniface
Participants:  George C. Boniface (role: Impudent Intruder);  George Lingard [actor and tenor]
4)
Stranger, The, [minstrel parody]
aka Strangers
Participants:  Nelse Seymour;  Dave [minstrel] Reed
5)
Virginia breakdown
aka Virginny breakdown
Participants:  Mickey [variety/minstrel dancer] Warren
6)
Comic duet, banjo
Participants:  Nelse Seymour;  Dave [minstrel] Reed
7)
Hamlet, [burlesque (Unknown author)]
Text Author: Unknown playwright
Participants:  Frank Brower;  Cool White [minstrel]
8)
Ballad, unidentified
Composer(s): Unknown composer
9)
"Dear Mother, I've come home to eat"
Composer(s): Tucker [comp.-cond.-voc.]
Text Author: Cross
Participants:  Sam S. [Ethiopian comedian] Purdy
10)
Robert Macaire; or, The two murderers, [melodrama]
aka Auberge des adrets
Text Author: Selby

Citations

1)
Advertisement: New York Herald, 27 June 1865, 7.

      Includes program.