Tony Pastor’s Opera House: Jennie Benson Benefit

Event Information

Venue(s):
Tony Pastor's Opera House

Event Type:
Variety / Vaudeville

Record Information

Status:
Published

Last Updated:
25 June 2022

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

20 May 1870, Evening

Performers and/or Works Performed

1)
LIST OF PERFORMER(S)/ORGANIZATION(S)
Participants:  Tony Pastor’s Company;  Tony Pastor;  Little [minstrel] Mac;  B. Little Morrisey;  Jennie Benson;  Prof. [magician] Sylvester;  John S. [drummer] Forbes
2)
Essence of old Virginny
aka Essence of old Virginia; Essence of ol' Virginny; Essence of ole Virginia; Quint essence of Old Virginny; Quaint essence of Old Virginny; Quintessence of Old Virginny; Essence of Old Birginia
Participants:  Little [minstrel] Mac
3)
Irish songs
aka Irish melodies; Popular, national, and Irish airs; Hibernian songs
Participants:  Jennie Benson
4)
Drum solo
Participants:  John S. [drummer] Forbes

Citations

1)
Advertisement: New York Herald, 20 May 1870, 9.
2)
Review: New York Clipper, 28 May 1870, 62.

“Jenny Benson took her farewell benefit at this house on the 20th inst., and had quite a large attendance. She met with a hearty reception. In her last act of Irish songs and dances she was encored five times, and such a general outburst of applause as was given her for a farewell is seldom heard in that house. She was compelled to come to the footlights, after answering five encores, and beg to be excused as she was tired out.”