Waverley Theatre

Event Information

Venue(s):
Waverley Theatre

Price: $.50

Event Type:
Variety / Vaudeville

Record Information

Status:
Published

Last Updated:
17 August 2019

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

19 Apr 1869, Evening
20 Apr 1869, Evening
21 Apr 1869, Evening
22 Apr 1869, Evening
23 Apr 1869, Evening
24 Apr 1869, Evening
24 Apr 1869, 2:00 PM

Program Details

None of the citations indicate frequency of performance. Music in Gotham assumes Monday through Saturday evenings and Saturday matinee based on the precedent of the previous two weeks at the Waverley Theatre.

Performers and/or Works Performed

1)
LIST OF PERFORMER(S)/ORGANIZATION(S)
Participants:  Elise Holt Burlesque Troupe;  Elise [vocalist] Holt;  James [actor, dancer] Lewis
2)
Lucretia Borgia, M. D.; or, La grande doctoresse, [burlesque opera]
aka Lucrezia Borgia
Text Author: Byron
Participants:  James [actor, dancer] Lewis (role: Lucrezia);  Elise [vocalist] Holt (role: Gennaro)

Citations

1)
Advertisement: New York Herald, 19 April 1869.
2)
Announcement: New-York Times, 19 April 1869, 5.
3)
Advertisement: New-York Times, 19 April 1869, 7.
4)
Announcement: New York Clipper, 24 April 1869, 22.

Brief. “‘Lucrezia Borgia, M.D.’ is revived this evening by the Elise Hold Troupe at the Waverly [sic] Theatre.”

5)
Advertisement: New York Clipper, 24 April 1869, 23.