Mr. and Mrs. Barney Williams: Mrs. Williams Benefit

Event Information

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

Event Type:
Variety / Vaudeville

Record Information

Status:
Published

Last Updated:
1 February 2018

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

29 May 1868, Evening
30 May 1868, Matinee

Performers and/or Works Performed

1)
LIST OF PERFORMER(S)/ORGANIZATION(S)
Participants:  Maria [Mrs. Barney] Williams;  Barney Williams
2)
Shandy Maguire; or, The bould boy of the mountain
aka Shandy McGuire; Bould boy of the mountain
Text Author: Pilgrim
3)
Hour in Seville, An
Text Author: Selby

Citations

1)
Advertisement: New York Herald, 25 May 1868, 7.
2)
Announcement: New York Herald, 29 May 1868, 9.
3)
Announcement: New-York Times, 29 May 1868, 4.
4)
Advertisement: New-York Times, 29 May 1868, 7.
5)
Review: New York Herald, 30 May 1868, 7.

Primarily remarks by Barney Williams; no mention of music.

6)
Article: New-York Times, 30 May 1868, 4.

Reprint of Barney Williams’s speech. “At the conclusion of the performance the orchestra repaired to the residence of Mr. and Mrs. Williams, on Thirty eighth street, where they serenaded them.”

7)
Announcement: New York Clipper, 06 June 1868, 70, 2d col., bottom.

“Mr. and Mrs. Barney Williams closed their performances at the Broadway Theatre on May 30.  The attendance throughout has been moderate.”