New Bowery Theatre - Benefit for W. C. Whelan

Event Information

Venue(s):
New Bowery Theatre

Proprietor / Lessee:
James W. Lingard

Event Type:
Variety / Vaudeville

Record Information

Status:
Published

Last Updated:
24 May 2016

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

16 Jun 1863, Evening

Program Details



Performers and/or Works Performed

1)
LIST OF PERFORMER(S)/ORGANIZATION(S)
Participants:  Mickey [variety/minstrel dancer] Warren;  George [actor] Brooks;  A. H. (Dolly) Davenport;  Professor R. K. [flutina] Clarke;  D. L. Morris;  Fanny [actor] Brown;  L. Nelson;  Edward E. Lamb;  Kate Newton;  Little [minstrel] Mac;  George Dougherty;  George C. Boniface;  George Lingard [actor and tenor];  Thomas L. Donnelly

Citations

1)
Advertisement: New York Herald, 15 June 1863, 7.
 
2)
Advertisement: New York Herald, 16 June 1863, 12.
 
3)
Advertisement: New York Clipper, 20 June 1863, 78.
 
4)
Review: New York Clipper, 04 July 1863, 91.
Whelan’s benefit “was a great success, the house being very crowded—the receipts amounting to over $700.”