Bowery Theatre

Event Information

Venue(s):
Bowery Theatre (after 1/67)

Proprietor / Lessee:
William B. Freligh

Manager / Director:
William B. Freligh

Event Type:
Play With Music

Record Information

Status:
Published

Last Updated:
15 June 2022

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

16 May 1870, Evening
17 May 1870, Evening
18 May 1870, Evening
19 May 1870, Evening
20 May 1870, Evening

Program Details

Friday’s performance (05/20/70) to benefit Minnie Wells.

Performers and/or Works Performed

1)
LIST OF PERFORMER(S)/ORGANIZATION(S)
Participants:  Minnie [Lion enchantress] Wells
2)
Lion of Nubia
Text Author: McCloskey
Participants:  Minnie [Lion enchantress] Wells
3)
Veteran of the old guard
Text Author: Unknown playwright
4)
Good for nothing, The
aka Nan, the good for nothing; Nan the good for nothing ; Crazy Nan
Text Author: Buckstone

Citations

1)
Announcement: New York Clipper, 14 May 1870, 46.
2)
Advertisement: New-York Times, 15 May 1870, 7.
3)
Advertisement: New York Herald, 15 May 1870, 3.

Lion of Nubia is an “entirely new spectacular drama” by J. McClosky to feature Wells’s collection of African animals.

4)
Announcement: New York Herald, 16 May 1870, 5.
5)
Announcement: New York Clipper, 21 May 1870, 54.
6)
Review: New York Clipper, 28 May 1870, 62.

No mention of music.