Tammany Hall

Event Information

Venue(s):
Tammany Hall

Price: $.50 all parts of the house

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
23 Sep 1869, Evening
24 Sep 1869, Evening
25 Sep 1869, Evening
25 Sep 1869, 2:00 PM

Program Details

American debut of Jem Mace. Friday evening performance (09/24/69) to benefit Pauline Markham.

Performers and/or Works Performed

1)
LIST OF PERFORMER(S)/ORGANIZATION(S)
Participants:  Sheridan and Mack [clog dancers];  Pauline [actress] Markham;  Lizzie Kelsey;  Maggie [actress] Desmond;  A. W. [actor] Sheldon;  James [pugilist] Mace;  Mr. [actor], unidentified Curran;  Alice M. Harrison [vocal-actor];  Harry [swimmer] Gurr
2)
Queen of hearts; or, The old woman who lived in a shoe
3)
Girls of the period, The
4)
Shells of the ocean, The, [ballet]
5)
Living statues
Participants:  James [pugilist] Mace

Citations

1)
Advertisement: New York Herald, 19 September 1869, 12.
2)
Announcement: New-York Times, 19 September 1869, 5.

 “Mr. James Mace is the hero of the hour. Monday he was fèted by Hon. John Morrissey, and Friday he was one of a party entertained by Cornelius Vanderbilt, Esq. His visit to the United States is likely to be a pleasant as well as a profitable one.”

3)
Advertisement: New-York Times, 19 September 1869, 7.
4)
Announcement: New York Herald, 20 September 1869, 7.

– “FAMILIES, TAKE NOTICE.—The iron balcony chairs in the grand tier, superior in location and equal in all respects to the two dollar seats at the academies and theatres, can be secured at the Tammany Box Office at FIFTY CENTS EACH.”

5)
Review: New York Herald, 21 September 1869, 3.

No mention of music.

6)
Announcement: New York Post, 21 September 1869, 4.

Notes the program features “a variety of vocalists and dancers.”

7)
Review: New-York Times, 22 September 1869, 5.

“…Mr. Mace appears in the middle of the evening. A few minutes before the curtain rises the lights are turned down and several bars of music, in agitato time, are heard. The drop rolled up discloses a series of screens covered with maroon cloth… Recumbent on the platform is a tall figure of superb lines and white in every part as if hewn from Parian marble… as the musicians strike up it becomes instinct with life, freezing every now and then into sculptural significance. First we behold Hercules struggling with the lion and overcoming him. The club disappears, the active strength subsides, and a stalwart Roman stoops to fasten his sandal…” Continues description of different “stautes;” positive but no further mention of music.

8)
Announcement: New York Herald, 24 September 1869, 7.

States that Markham will appear as “Ixion” at her benefit, but advertisement of same day makes no mention of this.

9)
Announcement: New York Clipper, 25 September 1869, 198.

Two separate announcements. The first notes the Markham benefit and states she will next join the Lydia Thompson troupe. The second announces the debut of James Mace.

10)
Review: New York Clipper, 02 October 1869, 206.

“Tammany was in a blaze of glory on Saturday evening last, when various colored brilliant lights illuminated Fourteenth street, and fireworks and music gave a sort of 4th of July aspect to the surruondings…” No further mention of music. Two separate paragraphs on the same page review James Mace’s performance and the Markham benefit; neither with mention of music.“Tammany was in a blaze of glory on Saturday evening last, when various colored brilliant lights illuminated Fourteenth street, and fireworks and music gave a sort of 4th of July aspect to the surruondings…” No further mention of music. Two separate paragraphs on the same page review James Mace’s performance and the Markham benefit; neither with mention of music.