Kelly and Leon’s Minstrels

Event Information

Venue(s):
Kelly and Leon's Minstrels Hall (720 Broadway)

Event Type:
Variety / Vaudeville

Record Information

Status:
Published

Last Updated:
22 January 2016

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

06 May 1867, Evening
07 May 1867, Evening
08 May 1867, Evening
09 May 1867, Evening
10 May 1867, Evening
11 May 1867, Evening

Performers and/or Works Performed

1)
LIST OF PERFORMER(S)/ORGANIZATION(S)
Participants:  Kelly and Leon’s Minstrels;  Eph Horn;  Nelse Seymour;  Francis Leon;  Edwin Kelly;  Sam Price [minstrel]
2)
"Farewell song of Enoch Arden"
aka Enoch Arden; Enoch Arden's farewell song
Composer(s): Winner
3)
Peter Piper, the man about town
aka Peter Pipes
Text Author: Bowers
4)
Othello, [burlesque]
aka Dar’s de money
5)
Triple clog dance
6)
Black crook, The, [burlesque]
7)
Saucy Sal
8)
Cinderleon
aka Cinder-le-on
9)
"Estasi, L'"
aka Ecstasy; Extase
Composer(s): Arditi
10)
Trovatore, [burlesque opera]
aka Ill Trovatore well-treated—by the M
11)
"Naughty, naughty girls, The"
aka Naughty girls

Citations

1)
Advertisement: New York Herald, 06 May 1867, 7.
2)
Advertisement: New-York Times, 06 May 1867, 7.
3)
Advertisement: New York Herald, 10 May 1867, 12.

“The only LEON’S wonderful imitations of Mad. Parepa Rosa, of Mad. Johannsen, of Mrs. Howard Paul, of Sig. Brignoli."

4)
Review: New York Herald, 10 May 1867, 7.

“No. 720 Broadway is nightly turned into a temple of laughter, to which hundreds go to deposit their tribute at the altar of Momus. Kelley and Leon’s troupe is, undoubtedly, one of the best in the city, and their entertainment certainly meets with its share of appreciation. . . . Last night the house was full, and the performance received with evident marks of favor.”

5)
Advertisement: New York Clipper, 11 May 1867, 39.