Dodworth’s Hall

Event Information

Venue(s):
Dodworth's Hall

Event Type:
Variety / Vaudeville

Record Information

Status:
Published

Last Updated:
3 April 2018

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

14 Sep 1868, 8:00 PM
15 Sep 1868, 8:00 PM
16 Sep 1868, 2:00 PM
16 Sep 1868, 8:00 PM
17 Sep 1868, 8:00 PM
18 Sep 1868, 8:00 PM
19 Sep 1868, 2:00 PM
19 Sep 1868, 8:00 PM

Performers and/or Works Performed

Citations

1)
Advertisement: New York Herald, 13 September 1868.
2)
Review: New York Herald, 14 September 1868, 4.

“Signor Blitz, the happiest of wizards, is nightly delighting large audiences at Dodworth Hall with his wonderful powers of ventriloquism and skillful feats of sleight of hand. The great magician, though old, has not forgotten his cunning.”

3)
Advertisement: New-York Times, 14 September 1868, 7.
4)
Review: New-York Times, 15 September 1868, 4.

“Signor Blitz’s magical soirees are gaining in favor with his new friends; and his old friends, too, are helping to warm up Dodworth Hall with crowds and heartiness.”

5)
Review: New York Post, 16 September 1868, 2.

Brief: “The veteran magician and ventriloquist, Signor Blitz, who performs every night at Dodworth Hall, is gaining a constituency of admirers altogether too large for the accommodations of that place of resort.”

6)
Announcement: New York Post, 18 September 1868, 2.
7)
Announcement: New-York Times, 18 September 1868, 5.

“Sig. Blitz has been amusing the whole world with his innocent magic for nearly fifty-two years.”