Waverley Theatre

Event Information

Venue(s):
Waverley Theatre

Event Type:
Play With Music

Record Information

Status:
Published

Last Updated:
9 August 2019

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

10 May 1869, Evening
11 May 1869, Evening
12 May 1869, Evening

Performers and/or Works Performed

1)
LIST OF PERFORMER(S)/ORGANIZATION(S)
Participants:  Rigl Sisters;  Lizzie [actress] Willmore;  Felix [comedian] Rogers;  Jenny [actress] Willmore
2)
Miriam's crime
Text Author: Craven
3)
Middy ashore, The
Text Author: Bernard
4)
Ici on parle français
aka Ici on parle francais
Text Author: Williams
5)
Dances, unidentified
aka Brilliant dances
Participants:  Rigl Sisters

Citations

1)
Advertisement: New-York Times, 10 May 1869, 7.
2)
Announcement: New York Sun, 10 May 1869.
3)
Announcement: New York Post, 10 May 1869.
4)
Advertisement: New York Herald, 10 May 1869, 9.
5)
Review: New-York Times, 11 May 1869, 5.

No mention of music.

6)
Review: New York Sun, 11 May 1869, 2.

No mention of music.

7)
Review: New-York Times, 14 May 1869, 5.

No mention of music.

8)
Announcement: New York Clipper, 15 May 1869, 46.
9)
Review: New York Clipper, 22 May 1869, 54.

“Mr. Rogers is a clever, low comedian, although he appears to depend on his facial contortionisms for success. He sings fairly and seems to have about as good an idea of what burlesque ought to be as any comedian we have yet seen from the other side of the Atlantic.”