Event Information
Venue(s):
Tammany Hall
Price: $.50; $.25 children at matinee
Event Type:
Variety / Vaudeville
Record Information
Status:
Published
Last Updated:
13 June 2020
Performance Date(s) and Time(s)
25 Dec 1869, 2:00 PM
25 Dec 1869, Evening
Program Details
Allen, Pettingill, Delehanty, and Hengler performed only on Saturday evening (12/25/69), running to the Tammany that evening after their appearance at the Waverley. See event entry with start date of 12/20/69: Waverley Theatre.
Performers and/or Works Performed
4)
aka New songs;
Foreign airs by native artists
Composer(s): Unknown composer
5)
Composer(s): Delehanty
6)
aka Shoo fly don't bother me;
Shu fly don't bother me;
Shew fly don’t bother me
Composer(s): Howard
Citations
1)
Advertisement: New-York Times, 24 December 1869, 7.
2)
Advertisement: New York Herald, 24 December 1869, 3.
“EXTRA ANNOUNCEMENT. The popular Ethiopian comedians ALLEN, PETTENGILL, DELEHANTY and HENGLER will appear at this theatre for the first time CHRISTMAS NIGHT at 10:20, after their performance at the Waverley.”
3)
Announcement: New York Sun, 25 December 1869, 2.
Brief. Additional brief announcement on page 1, as well.
4)
Advertisement: New-York Daily Tribune, 25 December 1869, 9.
5)
Advertisement: New York Herald, 25 December 1869, 2.
“Eighteen new stars for Christmas. All the six theatres open Christmas… Fifty additional artists for Christmas.”
6)
Review: New York Sun, 27 December 1869, 2.
Part of announcement for following week’s performances. “…The largest audience that has been in Tammany was there on Christmas night. The house was packed to its utmost capacity, and over 800 people were turned away.”