Academy of Music: George Holland Testimonial

Event Information

Venue(s):
Academy of Music

Conductor(s):
Anthony, Jr. Reiff

Event Type:
Play With Music

Record Information

Status:
Published

Last Updated:
8 September 2023

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

21 Jan 1871, 8:00 PM

Program Details

For the benefit of the widow and children of the late actor. (See also separate event entry of 01/19/71: Announcement of George Holland Testimonials.)

Performers and/or Works Performed

1)
LIST OF PERFORMER(S)/ORGANIZATION(S)
Participants:  George [comedian] Holland
2)
Lend me five shillings
Text Author: Morton
3)
Latest from New York
Text Author: Coyne
4)
Box and cox
Text Author: Morton

Citations

1)
Advertisement: New-York Times, 20 January 1871, 7.
2)
Announcement: New York Post, 21 January 1871, 2.
3)
Announcement: New-York Times, 21 January 1871, 5.
4)
Announcement: New-York Daily Tribune, 21 January 1871, 5.
5)
Review: New York Herald, 22 January 1871, 10.

No mention of music.

6)
Announcement: New-York Times, 22 January 1871, 5.

“We have now the pleasure of noting a grand success for the entertainments yesterday, at the Academy of Music. Both the matinée and the evening performances were highly remunerative, and yield $5,000.”

7)
Review: New-York Daily Tribune, 23 January 1871, 8.

“The programme was exclusively dramatic.”