New-York Theatre

Event Information

Venue(s):
New-York Theatre (1866-69)

Manager / Director:
Mark Smith
Lewis Baker [mgr-actor]

Event Type:
Play With Music

Record Information

Status:
Published

Last Updated:
2 February 2016

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

15 Mar 1867, Evening
16 Mar 1867, Evening

Program Details

Lady Don's farewell benefit on Friday (03/15/67). Some of the citations suggest that Aladdin was to be offered, but it seems Perseus and Andromeda was the burlesque of the evening.

The maid with the milking pail included the songs “The maid with the milking pail” and “My Johnny was a shoemaker.”

Lady Don sang multiple Scottish ballads that included tableaux.

Performers and/or Works Performed

1)
LIST OF PERFORMER(S)/ORGANIZATION(S)
Participants:  Mark Smith;  Lewis Baker [mgr-actor];  Lady Don
2)
Maid with the milking pail, The, [comic drama]
aka Millie, the maid with the milking pail; Milly, the maid with the milking pail
Text Author: Buckstone
Participants:  Lady Don (role: Milly)
3)
"Maid with the milking pail, The," [ballad]
Composer(s): Fitzwilliam
Text Author: Buckstone
Participants:  Lady Don
4)
"My Johnny was a shoemaker"
aka My Johnie was a shoemaker
Composer(s): Day
Participants:  Lady Don
5)
Scottish ballad
aka Scotch ballad
Participants:  Lady Don
6)
Perseus and Andromeda, [burlesque]
Participants:  Lady Don (role: Perseus)

Citations

1)
Advertisement: New York Herald, 12 March 1867, 1.

One large advertisement and several small advertisements. One of the smaller mentions Aladdin.

2)
Advertisement: New York Herald, 14 March 1867, 1.

One large advertisement and several small advertisements. One of the smaller mentions Perseus and Andromeda.

3)
Advertisement: New York Herald, 15 March 1867.
4)
Advertisement: New-York Times, 15 March 1867.

Lady Don will sing Scotch ballads, “beautifully illustrated by tableaux vivants.”

5)
Announcement: New York Clipper, 16 March 1867, 390.

Announces her benefit, which will include the burlesque of Aladdin.

6)
Review: New York Clipper, 23 March 1867, 398.

“For her benefit on the 15th inst., [Lady Don] played Milly in the comedy of ‘The Maid with the Milking Pail,’ in which she sang the original song by the same name and ‘Johnny was a Shoemaker.’ This was followed by a selection of Scotch ballads by Lady Don, beautifully illustrated by tableaux vivants, after which the burlesque of ‘Perseus and Andromeda’ was given.”