House of Commons: Billy Sargeant Benefit

Event Information

Venue(s):
House of Commons

Event Type:
Variety / Vaudeville

Record Information

Status:
Published

Last Updated:
12 August 2013

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

12 Feb 1863, Evening

Program Details



Performers and/or Works Performed

1)
LIST OF PERFORMER(S)/ORGANIZATION(S)
Participants:  Billy [Free and Easy] Sargeant;  Uncle Bill Pontin [Free and Easy];  Izzy Lazarus

Citations

1)
Advertisement: New York Herald, 12 February 1863, 7.
Sargeant will introduce “several new comic songs, and will sing all the old chef d’oeuvres. Uncle Bill Pontin in the chair, faced by Izzy Lazarus, the unapproachable Paddy Miles, and prince of good (fat) fellows. All the talent of the city will be on hand.”