Uncle Tom’s Cabin: Barnum’s Museum Sufferers Benefit

Event Information

Venue(s):
Academy of Music

Event Type:
Play With Music

Record Information

Status:
Published

Last Updated:
9 August 2017

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

11 Mar 1868, Afternoon

Program Details

Address by Mr. Barnum; benefit for sufferers of the recent burning of his museum.

This performance appears to be in conflict with the performances of the same play at Banvard's Opera House, where Mrs. Howard is listed as playing Topsy. See event titled "Uncle Tom's Cabin" beginning 03/09/68 at Banvard's Opera House.

Performers and/or Works Performed

1)
Uncle Tom’s cabin; or, Life among the lowly
Text Author: Aiken
Participants:  Mrs. George C. Howard (role: Topsy)

Citations

1)
Announcement: New-York Daily Tribune, 11 March 1868, 4.
2)
Announcement: New York Clipper, 14 March 1868, 390.
3)
Announcement: New York Clipper, 21 March 1868.

Brief. “One Thousand Dollars was realized at the benefit for the sufferers by the burning of Barnum’s Museum.”