Event Information

Venue(s):
Charley Shay’s Opera House

Conductor(s):
John H. Laine

Price: $.50 orchestra; $.35 parquet; $.25 upper circle; $3-5, private box

Event Type:
Variety / Vaudeville

Record Information

Status:
Published

Last Updated:
5 October 2024

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

30 Sep 1872, Evening
01 Oct 1872, Matinee
01 Oct 1872, Evening
02 Oct 1872, Evening
03 Oct 1872, Evening
04 Oct 1872, Evening
05 Oct 1872, Matinee
05 Oct 1872, Evening

Performers and/or Works Performed

1)
LIST OF PERFORMER(S)/ORGANIZATION(S)
Participants:  Goodyear and Whiting [dancers];  George Swayne Buckley;  Minnie [vocalist] Jackson;  James [Irish comic singer] Collins;  Martha Wren;  Hugh Haggerty;  George [bass] Thatcher;  Charles Gleason
2)
"Star-spangled banner, The"
aka Star spangled banned
Composer(s): Smith
Text Author: Key
Participants:  Minnie [vocalist] Jackson
3)
Banjo solos
Participants:  Charles Gleason
4)
"Old black Joe [song]"
Composer(s): Foster
Text Author: Foster
Participants:  George [bass] Thatcher
5)
"Buy a box of blacking from poor old Uncle Ben"
Composer(s): Unknown composer
Participants:  George [bass] Thatcher
6)
Double clog dance
aka Double clog reel; Double clog exercises
Participants:  Goodyear and Whiting [dancers]
7)
"I love you"
Composer(s): Unknown composer
Participants:  Goodyear and Whiting [dancers]
8)
Barney's courtship
aka Emigrants, The; or, Good-bye to ould Ireland
Participants:  James [Irish comic singer] Collins;  Martha Wren
9)
Dutch songs
Participants:  Hugh Haggerty
10)
Too much discipline
11)
Blue Beard, [burlesque]
12)
Little Fanny
13)
Old kurmudgeon
aka Old curmudgeon

Citations

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

Grand opening on Monday evening.

2)
Announcement: New York Clipper, 05 October 1872, 214.

Company members.

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

Orchestra comprised of nine performers. “Business thus far has not been particularly encouraging, but, as the company is a good one, it is to be hoped that we have the pleasure of reporting an increased attendance.”