Mr. and Mrs. Barney Williams

Event Information

Venue(s):
Broadway Theatre [485 Broadway; 1864-69]

Event Type:
Play With Music

Record Information

Status:
Published

Last Updated:
15 February 2016

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

22 Mar 1867, 7:45 PM
23 Mar 1867, 7:45 PM

Program Details

Benefit of Mrs. Barney Williams on Friday.

Born to good luck includes the songs “Pat Molloy” and “Ellen Astore.”

Yankee courtship includes the songs “Polly, won’t you try me, oh” and “Arkansas traveler.”

Performers and/or Works Performed

1)
LIST OF PERFORMER(S)/ORGANIZATION(S)
Participants:  Maria [Mrs. Barney] Williams;  Barney Williams
2)
Born to good luck; or, The Irishman's fortune
aka Born to luck
Text Author: Power
3)
"Pat Malloy," [Cooke, composer]
aka Pat Molloy
Composer(s): Cooke [cond.-comp.-vocal]
Text Author: Boucicault
4)
"Ellen Astore"
Composer(s): Barker
Text Author: Crawford
5)
Yankee courtship; or, Away down east
aka Connecticut courtship
6)
"Polly, won’t you try me, oh"
7)
"Arkansas traveler"
8)
Irish lion, The
Text Author: Buckstone

Citations

1)
Advertisement: New York Herald, 22 March 1867.
2)
Review: New York Herald, 23 March 1867.

No mention of music. “[T]he house was crowded with a most fashionable and appreciative audience.”

3)
Advertisement: New York Herald, 23 March 1867.