Bowery Theatre: William B. Freligh Annual Benefit

Event Information

Venue(s):
Bowery Theatre (after 1/67)

Manager / Director:
William B. Freligh

Event Type:
Variety / Vaudeville

Record Information

Status:
Published

Last Updated:
24 June 2023

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

14 Jul 1871, Evening

Performers and/or Works Performed

1)

LIST OF PERFORMER(S)/ORGANIZATION(S)

Participants: George C. Boniface; John B. Studley; Thomas W. [Dutch comic singer] Bolas

2)

Barney the baron; or, The haunted chamber

Text Author: Lover

3)

Hamlet, [play], act 3

Text Author: Shakespeare

4)

Fighting Yankee, The

aka Yankee duelist

Text Author: Unknown playwright

5)

Pomp; or, 'Way down south, act 1

Text Author: McCloskey

6)

Robert Macaire; or, The two murderers, [melodrama]

aka Auberge des adrets

Text Author: Selby

7)

Humpty Dumpty, act 2

Text Author: Fox

8)

Participants: Thomas W. [Dutch comic singer] Bolas

9)

Double song and dance

Citations

1)

Advertisement: New York Herald, 14 July 1871, 2.

Complete list of performers.

2)

Announcement: New York Clipper, 22 July 1871, 126.