POSTPONED EVENT: Benefit to Professor Risley

Event Information

Venue(s):
Academy of Music

Manager / Director:
Prof. [manager] Risley

Price: $1

Event Type:
Variety / Vaudeville

Record Information

Status:
Published

Last Updated:
13 September 2023

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

28 Jan 1871, 8:00 PM

Program Details

Postponed because of inclement weather.



Although we have listed him as the manager, it is unclear what, if any, participation Risley had in this event other than being its beneficiary.



Tendered by the managers and artists of New York and including numerous performers and acts.

Performers and/or Works Performed

1)
LIST OF PERFORMER(S)/ORGANIZATION(S)
Participants:  Orchestra, unidentified;  Lauri Family;  Emma Alford;  Tony Pastor;  Marietta Zanfretta;  Alfred [skater] Moe;  Hughey [minstrel] Dougherty;  E. T. [skater, dancer] Goodrich
2)
Lord Dundreary, [pantomime]
aka Adventures of Lord Dundreary
Participants:  Lauri Family
3)
Skating act
aka Skating scene
Participants:  Alfred [skater] Moe;  E. T. [skater, dancer] Goodrich
4)
Going to the races, [burlesque]
5)
Stump speech
aka Stump oration; Any other man
Participants:  Hughey [minstrel] Dougherty

Citations

1)
Announcement: New York Clipper, 28 January 1871, 342.

“…the most celebrated acrobat in the world.”

2)
Advertisement: New York Herald, 28 January 1871, 2.
3)
Announcement: New York Herald, 29 January 1871, 6.

Postponed because of inclement weather; to be rescheduled.

4)
Announcement: New-York Daily Tribune, 31 January 1871, 5.

Postponement because of violent storm.