Niblo’s Garden: W. H. Bowditch Benefit

Event Information

Venue(s):
Niblo's Garden

Event Type:
Variety / Vaudeville

Record Information

Status:
Published

Last Updated:
22 May 2022

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

11 May 1870, 2:00 PM

Program Details

Program also included an “olio bill.”

Performers and/or Works Performed

1)
LIST OF PERFORMER(S)/ORGANIZATION(S)
Participants:  San Francisco Minstrels;  William Davidge, unidentifiable;  Billy West;  Livingstone Robert Shewell;  John [Ethiopian comedian] Mulligan;  Charles [actor] Fisher;  Kate Newton;  George H. [actor] Clarke;  Fanny [actress] Morant
2)
Still water runs deep
aka Still waters run deep
Text Author: Taylor [dramatist]
3)
Shamus O’Brien; or, The bould boy of Glencall, [Irish drama]
aka Shamus O'Brien; or, The bould boy of Glengall
Text Author: McDonough, Maeder
4)
Conjugal lesson, The
Text Author: Danvers
5)
Olio
Participants:  San Francisco Minstrels

Citations

1)
Announcement: New York Clipper, 07 May 1870, 38.
2)
Announcement: New York Herald, 09 May 1870, 7.
3)
Advertisement: New York Herald, 11 May 1870, 9.

Full cast list.

4)
Advertisement: New-York Times, 11 May 1870, 7.
5)
Announcement: New-York Daily Tribune, 11 May 1870, 3.

Full cast list.