White’s Athenaeum

Event Information

Venue(s):
Athenaeum

Manager / Director:
Charley White

Price: $.50 parquet; $.75 orchestra chair; $.25 gallery; $4 private box

Record Information

Status:
Published

Last Updated:
18 December 2023

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

12 Aug 1872, 8:00 PM
13 Aug 1872, 8:00 PM
14 Aug 1872, 2:30 PM
14 Aug 1872, 8:00 PM
15 Aug 1872, 8:00 PM
16 Aug 1872, 8:00 PM
17 Aug 1872, 8:00 PM

Performers and/or Works Performed

1)
LIST OF PERFORMER(S)/ORGANIZATION(S)
Participants:  Charley White Company;  Andy McKee;  Carl [minstrel] Rudolph;  Nelse Seymour;  Charles Henry [minstrel tenor];  Washington Norton [minstrel];  George H. Coes;  Stevie Rogers;  Joe [song and dance] Lang
2)
Lombardi alla prima crociata, I, chorus
Composer(s): Verdi
3)
"Merry Swiss girl, The"
Composer(s): Valentine
Text Author: Ryan
4)
"Widow Machree"
aka Widow Magee
Composer(s): Lover
Text Author: Lover
Participants:  Joe [song and dance] Lang
5)
"Mollie darling"
aka Molly darling; Molly dancing; Don't go, Mollie darling
Composer(s): Hays
Text Author: Hays
Participants:  Charles Henry [minstrel tenor]
6)
"Gathering of the clans, The"
Composer(s): Bishop
Participants:  George H. Coes
7)
"Perhaps and mishaps"
Composer(s): Unknown composer
Participants:  Nelse Seymour
8)
"Gray hairs of my mother, The"
aka Grey hairs of my mother
Composer(s): Bishop
Text Author: Cooper [comp-lyricist]
Participants:  Carl [minstrel] Rudolph
9)
"When the band begins to play"
Composer(s): Hunt
10)
Burlesque opera sketch
aka Scenes at the opera; Ten minutes at the opera; Ten minutes at the Italian opera
Participants:  Washington Norton [minstrel]
11)
"Rebecca Jane"
Composer(s): Unknown composer
Participants:  Stevie Rogers;  Andy McKee
12)
Elephant, The
aka Taming the elephant; Baby elephant; Pet elephant

Citations

1)
Advertisement: New York Herald, 04 August 1872, 2.

Thorough and extensive alterations to the theatre.

2)
Announcement: New York Clipper, 10 August 1872, 150.

Extensive alterations.

3)
Advertisement: New-York Times, 12 August 1872, 7.

Lists members of the company; inauguration and grand opening.

4)
Article: New York Clipper, 17 August 1872, 158.

Description of the hall’s transformation; names of company members.

5)
Announcement: New York Clipper, 24 August 1872, 166.