New-York Circus

Event Information

Venue(s):
New-York Circus

Manager / Director:
Lewis B. Lent

Price: $.50; $.25 children under 10

Record Information

Status:
Published

Last Updated:
17 August 2017

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

23 Mar 1868, Evening
24 Mar 1868, Evening
25 Mar 1868, Evening
25 Mar 1868, 2:30 PM
26 Mar 1868, Evening
27 Mar 1868, Evening
28 Mar 1868, Evening
28 Mar 1868, 2:30 PM

Performers and/or Works Performed

1)
LIST OF PERFORMER(S)/ORGANIZATION(S)
Participants:  Lucille [equestrian] Watson;  Herbert B. [jester] Williams;  [babboon] Cynocephalus

Citations

1)
Announcement: New-York Times, 21 March 1868, 5.
2)
Advertisement: New-York Times, 23 March 1868, 7.
3)
Announcement: New-York Times, 23 March 1868, 4.
4)
Advertisement: New York Herald, 23 March 1868.
5)
Announcement: New York Herald, 23 March 1868, 6.
6)
Review: New York Herald, 24 March 1868, 10.

No mention of music.

7)
Review: New-York Times, 25 March 1868, 4.

“The creature [a baboon] rides a large, well-cushioned horse, and gives, in the course of 10 minutes, to the usual music, a clever and ludicrous imitation of the conventional circus rider.”

8)
Review: New-York Times, 29 March 1868, 5.

No mention of music.