Benefit of William A. Moore
Event Information
Venue(s):
Niblo's Garden
Event Type:
Variety / Vaudeville
Record Information
Status:
Published
Last Updated:
28 November 2021
Performance Date(s) and Time(s)
23 Mar 1870, 1:00 PMProgram Details
Moore, long connected with New York theatres as stage and business manager, has been overtaken by serious illness; event organized by Barney Williams. Recitations by Edmund Falconer, Shakespeare’s ballad of “Anne Hathaway;” Stephen Massett, “The Cripple Story,” and comic sketch of the meeting of the Board of Trade, Hong Kong; Young Harry Jackson, “Shamus O’Brien.”
Performers and/or Works Performed
1)
5)
aka Shoo fly don't bother me;
Shu fly don't bother me;
Shew fly don’t bother me
Composer(s): Howard
Participants: Dan Bryant; Dave [minstrel] Reed