Benefit of the New York Roman Catholic Orphan Asylum

Event Information

Venue(s):
Academy of Music

Manager / Director:
Augustin Daly

Conductor(s):
Gustav Weingarten

Price: $1

Event Type:
Variety / Vaudeville

Record Information

Status:
Published

Last Updated:
3 August 2024

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

24 Oct 1872, 7:30 PM

Performers and/or Works Performed

1)
LIST OF PERFORMER(S)/ORGANIZATION(S)
Participants:  Bryants' Minstrels;  Dodworth Orchestra;  Sheridan and Mack [clog dancers];  Blanche [comedian] Selwyn;  Tony Pastor;  John Brougham;  William Jermyn Florence;  Mrs. John Wood
2)
Taming of the shrew; or, Katharine and Petruchio
aka Bezähmte Widerspänstige; Katherine and Petruchio; Catherine and Petruchio; Catharine and Petruchio
Text Author: Shakespeare
3)
Day after the wedding, The; or, A wife's first lesson
aka Wife's first lesson ; Wife's lesson
Text Author: Kemble
4)
Comic songs
Participants:  Tony Pastor
5)
Returned volunteer, The
Participants:  William Jermyn Florence
6)
Box and cox
Text Author: Morton

Citations

1)
Advertisement: New York Herald, 20 October 1872, 4.

Cast listing.

2)
Review: New York Herald, 25 October 1872, 7.

Brief; no mention of music.

3)
Review: New York Clipper, 02 November 1872, 246.

Primarily lists the performers and program.