Forty Thieves

Event Information

Venue(s):
Niblo's Garden

Proprietor / Lessee:
Henry C. Jarrett
Henry Palmer

Manager / Director:
Henry C. Jarrett
Henry Palmer

Event Type:
Variety / Vaudeville

Record Information

Status:
Published

Last Updated:
24 September 2019

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

26 Apr 1869, 8:00 PM
27 Apr 1869, 8:00 PM
28 Apr 1869, 8:00 PM
29 Apr 1869, 8:00 PM
30 Apr 1869, 8:00 PM
01 May 1869, 2:00 PM
01 May 1869, 8:00 PM

Program Details

Performance terminates at 10:50 pm.

Performers and/or Works Performed

1)
Forty thieves, The; or, Striking oil in family jars
Text Author: Farnie
Participants:  Lydia Thompson Burlesque Troupe

Citations

1)
Advertisement: New York Herald, 26 April 1869, 12.
2)
Advertisement: New-York Times, 26 April 1869, 7.

“The scenery, dresses, songs, dances, marches, can-can, rhymes, break-downs, music, tableaux, witticisms, rantoone velocipede, balloon ascension, lighting rain, &c., NEW, NEW, NEW NEW.”

3)
Advertisement: New-York Daily Tribune, 26 April 1869, 7.
4)
Advertisement: New York Clipper, 01 May 1869, 30.

Extremely difficult to read.

5)
Review: New York Sun, 03 May 1869, 2.

No mention of music.