Newcomb and Arlington’s Minstrels

Event Information

Venue(s):
Newcomb and Arlington's Opera House

Event Type:
Minstrel

Record Information

Status:
Published

Last Updated:
19 August 2023

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

24 Apr 1871, 8:00 PM
25 Apr 1871, 8:00 PM
26 Apr 1871, 8:00 PM
27 Apr 1871, 8:00 PM
28 Apr 1871, 8:00 PM
29 Apr 1871, 2:00 PM
29 Apr 1871, 8:00 PM

Performers and/or Works Performed

1)
LIST OF PERFORMER(S)/ORGANIZATION(S)
Participants:  John B. Donniker;  W. W. [minstrel] Newcomb;  William Henry [minstrel] Rice;  Charles B. [comedian] Reynolds;  William Arlington;  Harry [banjo player] Stanwood;  Charles [minstrel vocalist] Walters
2)
"That girl at the matinee"
Composer(s): Hicks
Text Author: Dumont
Participants:  Charles B. [comedian] Reynolds
3)
"Hen convention"
aka Poultry show
Participants:  William Arlington
4)
Jubilee Fisk Ninth Regiment Band burlesque
5)
"Walking in the starlight"
Composer(s): Catlin
Text Author: Delehanty
6)
"Standing on the platform"
Composer(s): Miers
Text Author: Miers
Participants:  Charles [minstrel vocalist] Walters
7)
Boy of the period, The
8)
Through by daylight, [burlesque]
Participants:  Charles B. [comedian] Reynolds
9)
Nilsson concert burlesque
aka Kneelson concert; Nilsson prima donna burlesque; Neil’s son in opera; Nilsson the black nightingale
Participants:  William Henry [minstrel] Rice
10)
Philharmonic concert burlesque
aka Matchless Philharmonic Orchestra; Philharmonic rehearsal
Participants:  John B. Donniker
11)
Comic banjo solos
Participants:  Harry [banjo player] Stanwood
12)
Hindoo metamorphosis

Citations

1)
Advertisement: New York Herald, 23 April 1871, 15.
2)
Announcement: New York Clipper, 06 May 1871, 38.