Lydia Thompson Company

Event Information

Venue(s):
Niblo's Garden

Proprietor / Lessee:
Henry C. Jarrett
Henry Palmer

Manager / Director:
Henry C. Jarrett
Henry Palmer

Event Type:
Variety / Vaudeville

Record Information

Status:
Published

Last Updated:
9 July 2022

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

23 May 1870, Evening
24 May 1870, Evening
25 May 1870, Evening
26 May 1870, Evening
27 May 1870, Evening
28 May 1870, Evening
28 May 1870, 2:00 PM

Performers and/or Works Performed

1)
LIST OF PERFORMER(S)/ORGANIZATION(S)
Participants:  Lydia Thompson Burlesque Troupe;  Pauline [actress] Markham;  Eliza Weathersby;  William B. Cahill;  Lydia [actress] Thompson;  Harry [actor] Beckett
2)
To oblige Benson
Text Author: Taylor [dramatist]
Participants:  Harry [actor] Beckett
3)
Forty thieves, The; or, Striking oil in family jars
Text Author: Farnie
4)
Forty thieves, The; or, Striking oil in family jars, [incidental music]
Composer(s): Connolly

Citations

1)
Announcement: New York Clipper, 21 May 1870, 54.
2)
Advertisement: New York Herald, 22 May 1870, 8.

Full cast list with roles.

3)
Announcement: New York Herald, 23 May 1870, 10.
4)
Advertisement: New-York Times, 23 May 1870, 7.
5)
Announcement: New-York Daily Tribune, 23 May 1870, 5.
6)
Announcement: New York Post, 23 May 1870, 2.
7)
Announcement: New York Sun, 23 May 1870, 1.
8)
Review: New York Herald, 24 May 1870, 6.

The program “attracted a large audience last night. We have spoken at length before of the production [of The forty thieves], but there was a considerable improvement in the reconstructed form… The cast was considerably enhanced by the addition of Miss Weathersby and Mr. Cahill, who far surpassed their predecessors…” No mention of music.

9)
Review: New York Post, 24 May 1870, 2.

No mention of music.

10)
Review: New York Sun, 24 May 1870, 1.

“…The whole performance was lengthened out immoderately by the repetitions unanimously called for by the crowded house.”

11)
Review: New-York Daily Tribune, 25 May 1870, 5.

Difficult to read.

12)
Review: New-York Times, 28 May 1870, 4.

No mention of music.

13)
Review: New York Clipper, 04 June 1870, 70.

Forty thieves “has been re-written in several scenes by Mr. Ware, who has improved it considerably, having introduced many novel features…The mechanical donkey was, as before, one of the star features of the piece, and his antics kept the audience in good humor. The nursery rhymes were as popular as ever, and the singers were compelled to answer five encores.”