Little Nell and the Marchioness

Event Information

Venue(s):
Niblo's Garden

Proprietor / Lessee:
Henry C. Jarrett
Henry Palmer

Manager / Director:
Henry C. Jarrett
Henry Palmer

Event Type:
Play With Music

Record Information

Status:
Published

Last Updated:
30 May 2023

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

10 Oct 1870, Evening
11 Oct 1870, Evening
12 Oct 1870, Evening
13 Oct 1870, Evening
14 Oct 1870, Evening
15 Oct 1870, Matinee
15 Oct 1870, Evening

Performers and/or Works Performed

2)
aka Old curiosity shop
Text Author: Brougham
3)
Composer(s): Unknown composer
Participants:  Lotta Crabtree

Citations

1)
Advertisement: New-York Times, 09 October 1870, 7.

“Introducing new banjo solos, new duet, clog dances.”

2)
Announcement: New York Post, 10 October 1870, 2.
3)
Review: New York Post, 11 October 1870, 2.

“Miss Lotta as usual was very lively, and her banjo solos, clog dances and duets elicited the customary applause.”

4)
Review: New York Herald, 12 October 1870, 7.

No mention of music.

5)
Review: New-York Times, 12 October 1870, 4.

“Miss Lotta, by the way, has added to her repertory of songs a composition which Theresa made popular in Paris previous to the late transformation of that city, and ‘The Tyrolean Duck’ is likely now to become as well known here as it is abroad. After noting the really cheerful impression Miss Lotta’s acting, singing and dancing make upon the audience, the impersonation…”

6)
Review: New-York Daily Tribune, 14 October 1870, 8.

“It is in this [the Fair Scene] that Lotta sings the pretty dialect-ballad, and dances with so much inspiring vivacity. She aroused lively applause, and she deserved it.”

7)
Announcement: New York Clipper, 15 October 1870, 222.
8)
Review: New York Clipper, 22 October 1870, 230.

“Her [Lotta’s] Tyrolean duck song has made an immense hit.”