Waverley Theatre

Event Information

Venue(s):
Waverley Theatre

Proprietor / Lessee:
Gilbert T. [proprietor] Reeder

Manager / Director:
Sam Erwin [actor] Ryan

Price: $.75; $.50; $.25

Event Type:
Variety / Vaudeville

Record Information

Status:
Published

Last Updated:
22 August 2020

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

20 Sep 1869, Evening
21 Sep 1869, Evening
22 Sep 1869, Evening
22 Sep 1869, 2:30 PM
23 Sep 1869, Evening
24 Sep 1869, Evening
25 Sep 1869, Evening
25 Sep 1869, 2:30 PM

Program Details

Monday’s performance (09/20/69) billed as the “Grand Inaugural Jubilee Entertainment,” owing to a change in management.

Performers and/or Works Performed

1)
LIST OF PERFORMER(S)/ORGANIZATION(S)
Participants:  Rollin Howard;  Eph Horn;  Ida DeVere;  Mrs. R. A. [serio-comic] Brennan;  R. A. [baritone] Brennan;  Gus [comic singer] Williams;  Billy [banjo comedian] Carter;  Polly [singer] Daly
2)
Imitation of Euphrosyne Parepa
aka Parepa-Rosa impersonation
Participants:  Rollin Howard

Citations

1)
Advertisement: New-York Times, 19 September 1869, 7.
2)
Advertisement: New York Herald, 19 September 1869, 12.
3)
Announcement: New York Herald, 20 September 1869, 7.

“The Waverley theatre [sic] also reopens to-night under new management; but no change is made in its style of entertainments. It is still to be run as a varieties theatre, and as a good programme is offered for the present week it will doubtless be well patronized.”

4)
Advertisement: New York Herald, 21 September 1869, 9.

“Opera Bouffe… Beautiful Ballets. New Burlesques. Comic and Sentimental Songs.”

5)
Announcement: New York Clipper, 25 September 1869, 198.

Notes the new management team of Reeder and Ryan, who have taken over from Clinton Eddy.

6)
Review: New York Clipper, 02 October 1869, 206.

Brief; lists cast and again notes change of management.