People's Readings

Event Information

Venue(s):
Cooper Institute

Price: $.10

Event Type:
Variety / Vaudeville

Performance Forces:
Instrumental, Vocal

Record Information

Status:
Published

Last Updated:
16 August 2017

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

19 Mar 1868, 8:00 PM

Program Details

Poetry, prose, singing, and piano solos.

Dramatic reading by Prof. Frobisher; humorous recitation by Mrs. Frobisher; humorous poetry recitation by Augustus Waters.

Performers and/or Works Performed

1)
LIST OF PERFORMER(S)/ORGANIZATION(S)
Participants:  Linda [pianist] Dietz;  Augustus Waters;  Prof. J. E. [reader] Frobisher;  Mrs. J. E. [recitationist] Frobisher;  Jennie [singer] Garrison
2)
"Now everywhere"

Citations

1)
Advertisement: New York Herald, 17 March 1868.
2)
Review: New York Herald, 20 March 1868, 7.

“Mrs. Jennie Garrison gave a taste of her quality as a singer in the ballad ‘Now Everywhere’ and was accompanied by Miss Linda Dietz on the piano. . . . The ladies one and all acquitted themselves well in their respective roles.”