Kit, the Arkansas Traveler

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:
7 July 2023

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

08 May 1871, 8:00 PM
09 May 1871, 8:00 PM
10 May 1871, 8:00 PM
11 May 1871, 8:00 PM
12 May 1871, 8:00 PM
13 May 1871, Matinee
13 May 1871, 8:00 PM

Performers and/or Works Performed

1)
Kit, the Arkansas traveler
Text Author: Spencer
Participants:  Francis Chanfrau (role: Kit);  Rose Evans (role: Alice Reading)

Citations

1)
Advertisement: New-York Times, 08 May 1871, 7.
2)
Announcement: New York Post, 08 May 1871, 2.
3)
Review: New-York Daily Tribune, 09 May 1871, 4.

No mention of music.

4)
Review: New-York Times, 09 May 1871, 4.

No mention of music.

5)
Review: New York Post, 09 May 1871, 2.

Brief; no mention of music.

6)
Review: New York Sun, 10 May 1871, 3.

No mention of music.

7)
Review: New York Herald, 12 May 1871, 5.

“In the first act the songs and dances of Parsloe and ‘Little Snifflin’ were repeatedly encored.”

8)
: New York Clipper, 20 May 1871, 54.

No mention of music; complete cast.