Athenaeum

Event Information

Venue(s):
Athenaeum

Manager / Director:
Charley White

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

Event Type:
Minstrel

Record Information

Status:
Published

Last Updated:
10 May 2024

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

02 Sep 1872, 8:00 PM
03 Sep 1872, 8:00 PM
04 Sep 1872, 2:30 PM
04 Sep 1872, 8:00 PM
05 Sep 1872, 8:00 PM
06 Sep 1872, 8:00 PM
07 Sep 1872, 8:00 PM

Performers and/or Works Performed

2)
aka What shall we have who killed the deer?
Composer(s): Unknown composer
3)
Composer(s): Persley
Text Author: Howard
4)
Composer(s): Unknown composer
Participants:  Luke Schoolcraft
5)
Text Author: Stewart
Participants:  J. C. Stewart
6)
aka Bibbs and the Bibbses
7)
Participants:  Stevie Rogers;  Andy McKee
8)
aka Gamblers of Mississippi; Scenes on the Mississippi
Participants:  Charley White

Citations

1)
Advertisement: New-York Times, 02 September 1872, 7.
2)
Review: New York Herald, 03 September 1872, 3.

“The minstrel hall opened for the season last evening, and presented to the public entertainment of very respectable merit. Mr. Henry sings a song, ‘Little Robin, Tell Kitty I’m coming,’ which is worth hearing more than once. The end men are good, and their buffoonery contains rather more than the usual percentage of new jokes, with many good old ones. ‘That Dog,’ a burlesque tragedy, in two acts, is the principal scene, and is very amusing in the broad vein of minstrel hall humor. A comic vocal quartet, by White, Schoolcraft, Campbell and Prescott, is greeted with tremendous applause. The rest of the entertainment is lively and interesting, and Charley White has doubtless begun a very successful season.”

3)
Announcement: New York Clipper, 14 September 1872, 190.