Black Crook

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:
13 September 2023

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

30 Jan 1871, 8:00 PM
31 Jan 1871, 8:00 PM
01 Feb 1871, 8:00 PM
02 Feb 1871, 8:00 PM
03 Feb 1871, 8:00 PM
04 Feb 1871, 1:30 PM
04 Feb 1871, 8:00 PM

Performers and/or Works Performed

1)
Black crook, The, [play]
Participants:  Siegrist Family;  Rizarelli Brothers;  Alfred [skater] Moe;  E. T. [skater, dancer] Goodrich

Citations

1)
Announcement: New-York Times, 30 January 1871, 5.

Notes new ballet and polka to be introduced.

2)
Advertisement: New-York Times, 30 January 1871, 7.
3)
Announcement: New-York Daily Tribune, 31 January 1871, 5.

Notes new innovations.

4)
Review: New-York Times, 31 January 1871, 5.

Mentions two new dances.

5)
Review: New York Sun, 31 January 1871, 2.

Notes improvements introduced in the remodeling of the spectacle; new ballet by Signor Costa, dresses, and properties, and a polka on stilts.

6)
Review: New York Post, 31 January 1871, 2.

Brief; no mention of music.

7)
Review: New York Clipper, 04 February 1871, 358.

Notes increased patronage owing to new features introduced; acrobatic feats of the Rizarelli Brothers.

8)
Announcement: New York Clipper, 04 February 1871, 350.

Notes that novel features to be introduced.