Hartz’s Temple of Mystery

Event Information

Venue(s):
Dodworth's Hall

Price: $.50; $1 reserved; children half-price on Wednesday

Event Type:
Variety / Vaudeville

Record Information

Status:
Published

Last Updated:
27 January 2016

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

11 Mar 1867, 8:00 PM
12 Mar 1867, 8:00 PM
13 Mar 1867, 8:00 PM
14 Mar 1867, 8:00 PM
15 Mar 1867, 8:00 PM
16 Mar 1867, 2:00 PM
16 Mar 1867, 8:00 PM

Performers and/or Works Performed

1)
We are here, but not here; or, Proteus, Proteus, Proteus
2)
Floating head, The
3)
Growth of flowers, The

Citations

1)
Advertisement: New York Herald, 10 March 1867.
2)
Advertisement: New-York Times, 10 March 1867.

Notes that a “Chickering Piano is used at these séances.”

3)
Review: New York Herald, 13 March 1867.

No mention of music. Gives venue as Dodworth Hall. “[L]arge audiences nightly, though last evening, owing to the condition of the streets and the general unfavorableness of the weather, the number of spectators was somewhat smaller than usual.”