Event Information

Venue(s):
Niblo's Garden

Proprietor / Lessee:
Henry C. Jarrett
Henry Palmer

Manager / Director:
Henry C. Jarrett
Henry Palmer

Conductor(s):
Michael [conductor] Connolly

Record Information

Status:
Published

Last Updated:
21 August 2022

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

01 Jun 1870, Evening

Performers and/or Works Performed

1)
LIST OF PERFORMER(S)/ORGANIZATION(S)
Participants:  Lydia Thompson Burlesque Troupe;  Harry [actor] Beckett;  Pauline [actress] Markham;  William B. Cahill
2)
Railroad galop
Composer(s): Connolly
3)
Pretty horse-breaker, The
aka Pretty horsebreaker
Text Author: Brough, Halliday
4)
Forty thieves, The; or, Striking oil in family jars
Text Author: Farnie

Citations

1)
Advertisement: New York Herald, 30 May 1870, 12.
2)
Announcement: New-York Times, 31 May 1870, 5.

“…There are several good reasons why the fair beneficiary should see Niblo’s Garden well filled on this occasion, and as Miss Markham has hosts of admirers we doubt not that this will be the case.”

3)
Advertisement: New-York Times, 01 June 1870, 7.
4)
Review: New-York Daily Tribune, 02 June 1870, 4.

No mention of music.

5)
Review: New York Herald, 02 June 1870, 6.

“…Mr. Connolly, the clever leader of the orchestra, had a deserved encore for his ‘Railroad Galop.’”