Bowery Theatre: Officer, Doorkeeper, and Usher Benefit

Event Information

Venue(s):
Bowery Theatre (after 1/67)

Event Type:
Play With Music

Record Information

Status:
Published

Last Updated:
25 January 2020

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

09 Jul 1869, Evening

Program Details

“Annual benefit of the officers, doorkeepers and ushers.”

Performers and/or Works Performed

1)
LIST OF PERFORMER(S)/ORGANIZATION(S)
Participants:  Rollin Howard;  William H. Whalley;  Joseph [song and dance man] Banks
2)
Hebrew’s curse, The; or, A thirst for gold
3)
Captain Spruce, the highwayman of Kennyngton
aka Jack Spruce, the highwayman
Text Author: Unknown playwright

Citations

1)
Advertisement: New-York Times, 07 July 1869, 12.
2)
Advertisement: New-York Times, 09 July 1869, 7.
3)
Advertisement: New York Herald, 09 July 1869, 3.
4)
Review: New York Clipper, 24 July 1869, 126.

“Joe Banks, song and dance artist, appeared at the Bowery on the 9th inst., for the benefit of the doorkeepers and ushers, as Adolphus Blue Jay, and received the honor of four encores.”