Forty Thieves

Event Information

Venue(s):
Niblo's Garden

Proprietor / Lessee:
Henry C. Jarrett
Henry Palmer

Manager / Director:
Henry C. Jarrett
Henry Palmer

Conductor(s):
Michael [conductor] Connolly

Event Type:
Play With Music

Record Information

Status:
Published

Last Updated:
1 March 2019

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

08 Feb 1869, 8:00 PM
09 Feb 1869, 8:00 PM
10 Feb 1869, 8:00 PM
11 Feb 1869, 8:00 PM
12 Feb 1869, 8:00 PM
13 Feb 1869, 2:00 PM
13 Feb 1869, 8:00 PM

Program Details

Burlesque.

Performers and/or Works Performed

1)
Forty thieves, The; or, Striking oil in family jars
Text Author: Farnie
Participants:  Niblo's Garden, corps de ballet;  Lydia Thompson Burlesque Troupe;  Lydia [actress] Thompson (role: Ganem);  Harry [actor] Beckett (role: Hassarah);  J. W. [actor] Hill (role: Ali Baba);  Emma [actress] Grattan (role: Morgiana);  Belle [actress] Land (role: The Fairy Queen);  Lizzie Kelsey (role: Amber);  George F. [actor] Ketchum (role: Cassim);  J. [actor] Brutcke (role: Cogla);  Edith [actress] Challis (role: Abdallah)

Citations

1)
Announcement: New-York Times, 09 February 1869, 4.
2)
Advertisement: New York Clipper, 13 February 1869, 359.
3)
Announcement: New York Clipper, 13 February 1869, 358, 2d col., top.

Lawsuit against Alex. Henderson, manager of the Lydia Thompson Troupe, by John A. Mack, for literary services rendered in the burlesques of ‘Ixion’ and ‘Ernani.’

4)
Announcement: New-York Times, 14 February 1869, 5.

Illness of Pauline Markham; Edith Challis as substitute.

5)
Review: New York Clipper, 20 February 1869, 366, 2nd col., bottom.

“This establishment did the best business in the city.”