Bowery Theatre

Event Information

Venue(s):
Bowery Theatre (after 1/67)

Manager / Director:
William B. Freligh

Event Type:
Play With Music

Record Information

Status:
Published

Last Updated:
5 October 2024

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

30 Sep 1872, Evening
01 Oct 1872, Evening
02 Oct 1872, Evening
03 Oct 1872, Evening

Performers and/or Works Performed

1)
LIST OF PERFORMER(S)/ORGANIZATION(S)
Participants:  J. H. [minstrel] O'Neil
2)
California diamonds
aka Bristol diamonds
Text Author: Oxenford
3)
Eph; or, Before the amendments
Text Author: Harleigh
4)
Jacques Strop
aka Jaques Strop; Two thieves of Grenoble
Text Author: Selby

Citations

1)
Advertisement: New York Herald, 29 September 1872, 4.

“The music of the piece [Eph] comprises the old airs of twenty years ago.”

2)
Review: New York Herald, 01 October 1872, 7.

“The play itself [Eph] has no plot and is merely a conglomeration of old minstrel songs and jokes, Eph being the most prominent person in it.”

3)
Review: New York Clipper, 12 October 1872, 222.

“The music, songs and dances, and choruses, were familiar to the public many years since, and it was thought that their revival would aid the success of the drama. In the first chorus, sung by some fifteen persons, it was impossible to hear the voices above the accompaniment of the band. Later in the evening, however, this defect was partially remedied.”