New-York Circus

Event Information

Venue(s):
Hippotheatron

Manager / Director:
Lewis B. Lent

Price: $75 reserved; $.50; $.25 children under ten

Event Type:
Band

Record Information

Status:
Published

Last Updated:
28 June 2020

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

27 Dec 1869, 2:30 PM
27 Dec 1869, 8:00 PM
28 Dec 1869, 2:30 PM
28 Dec 1869, 8:00 PM
29 Dec 1869, 2:30 PM
29 Dec 1869, 8:00 PM
30 Dec 1869, 2:30 PM
30 Dec 1869, 8:00 PM
31 Dec 1869, 2:30 PM
31 Dec 1869, 8:00 PM
01 Jan 1870, 2:30 PM
01 Jan 1870, 8:00 PM

Program Details

Daily performances at 2:30pm and in the evening. A “troupe of sixty little children” participate, and before each performance there is a “superb exposition of dashing horsemanship and artistic acrobatic exercises.”

Performers and/or Works Performed

1)
Cinderella; or, The little glass slipper
aka Cendrillon; Cinderella; or, The good fairy and the little glass slipper
Text Author: Kelly

Citations

1)
Advertisement: New York Herald, 26 December 1869, 2.
2)
Advertisement: New-York Times, 26 December 1869, 7.
3)
Announcement: New York Herald, 27 December 1869, 5.
4)
Advertisement: New-York Daily Tribune, 27 December 1869, 3.
5)
Announcement: New York Sun, 27 December 1869, 2.
6)
Announcement: New York Post, 30 December 1869, 2.

“During the present holiday week performances are given at the Circus every afternoon, as well as every evening. The fairy spectacle of ‘Cinderella’ continues to be the leading attraction, and is certainly produced in a superior manner.”

7)
Review: New York Clipper, 08 January 1870, 318, col. 3.

Positive review; no mention of music.