Event Information

Venue(s):
Lina Edwin's Theatre

Conductor(s):
William Withers, Jr.

Event Type:
Variety / Vaudeville

Record Information

Status:
Published

Last Updated:
25 February 2023

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

21 Nov 1870, 8:00 PM
22 Nov 1870, 8:00 PM
23 Nov 1870, 8:00 PM
24 Nov 1870, 2:00 PM
24 Nov 1870, 8:00 PM
25 Nov 1870, 8:00 PM
26 Nov 1870, 2:00 PM
26 Nov 1870, 8:00 PM

Performers and/or Works Performed

1)
LIST OF PERFORMER(S)/ORGANIZATION(S)
Participants:  John L. Hall;  Miron Winslow Leffingwell;  Blanche Galton;  Thomas [tenor] Whiffin;  Marion Taylor;  Mrs. John L. [burlesque actress] Hall
2)
Faust, [burlesque (Unknown)]
Text Author: Unknown playwright
Participants:  John L. Hall;  Mrs. John L. [burlesque actress] Hall
3)
Love among the roses, [farce]
Text Author: Unknown playwright
Participants:  Blanche Galton;  Thomas [tenor] Whiffin;  Marion Taylor
4)
Too much for good nature
aka Too much good for nature; Romeo Jaffier Jenkins
Text Author: Falconer
Participants:  Miron Winslow Leffingwell (role: Romeo Jaffier Jenkins)

Citations

1)
Advertisement: New-York Times, 21 November 1870, 7.
2)
Announcement: New York Herald, 21 November 1870, 7.
3)
Review: New York Herald, 22 November 1870, 7.

“It is noticeable that the orchestra, under the leadership of Mr. William Withers, was a very pleasing feature in the entertainment.”

4)
Announcement: New York Clipper, 26 November 1870, 270.
5)
Review: New York Clipper, 03 December 1870, 278.

No mention of music.