New Idea

Event Information

Venue(s):
New Idea, The

Manager / Director:
J. C. Curran

Event Type:
Variety / Vaudeville

Record Information

Status:
Published

Last Updated:
30 July 2010

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

27 May 1863, Evening
28 May 1863, Evening

Program Details

Benefit of Marietta Zanfretta [WED]. Benefit of A.M. Hernandez [THU].

Performers and/or Works Performed

1)
LIST OF PERFORMER(S)/ORGANIZATION(S)
Participants:  Gustavus Geary;  A. M. Hernandez;  George Rainar;  Marietta Zanfretta;  Hugh Clarke [minstrel/variety];  Mons. [dancer] Baptistia;  Pauline Grossi;  Leslie Chase (Lew) [minstrel] Brimmer;  W. [New Idea] Franklin;  François Siegrist
2)
Hunchback, The, [pantomime]
Participants:  François Siegrist
3)
Southern refugee; or, False and true
Participants:  A. M. Hernandez (role: Country boy);  Marietta Zanfretta (role: Daughter of the Regiment)
4)
Spanish dance on the tight rope
Participants:  Marietta Zanfretta
5)
"Good bye at the door, The"
aka Of all the mem'ries of the past; Of all the memories of the past
Composer(s): Glover
Text Author: Carpenter [dramatist-lyricist]
Participants:  Gustavus Geary
6)
"When this cruel war is over"
aka Weeping, sad and lonely; When the cruel war is over; This cruel war
Composer(s): Tucker [comp.-cond.-voc.]
Text Author: Sawyer
Participants:  Gustavus Geary

Citations

1)
Advertisement: New York Herald, 27 May 1863, 8.
Several small ads for Zanfretta Benefit.
2)
Advertisement: New York Herald, 28 May 1863, 7.
Says season will now end on SAT.
3)
Advertisement: New York Clipper, 30 May 1863, 56.

4)
Review: New York Clipper, 06 June 1863, 59.
“Hernandez had a benefit at the New Idea on the 28th ult., which was well attended.  It was his intention to have departed for Havana on the 30th, but a liberal offer on the part of the management of the New Idea has induced him to remain in New York.”