Athenaeum

Event Information

Venue(s):
Athenaeum

Manager / Director:
Robert W. [manager] Butler

Conductor(s):
E. Cornu

Price: $.50; $1 reserved seat; $.25 gallery

Event Type:
Variety / Vaudeville

Record Information

Status:
Published

Last Updated:
19 October 2024

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

16 Dec 1872, 7:45 PM
17 Dec 1872, 7:45 PM
18 Dec 1872, Matinee
18 Dec 1872, 7:45 PM
19 Dec 1872, 7:45 PM
20 Dec 1872, 7:45 PM
21 Dec 1872, Matinee
21 Dec 1872, 7:45 PM

Performers and/or Works Performed

1)
LIST OF PERFORMER(S)/ORGANIZATION(S)
Participants:  George H. Coes;  Charles [clown, pantomimist] Abbott;  George [gymnast] Leopold;  Jennie [vocalist] Kimball;  Joe [song and dance] Lang;  Luke Schoolcraft;  E. W. [minstrel] Prescott;  James [minstrel] Mulligan;  Belle Wallace;  Lulu [gymnast]
2)
Mrs. Didimus's party
aka Mrs. Diddemus's party; Mrs. Dittemus's party
Participants:  Luke Schoolcraft
3)
Three hunchbacks
Text Author: McCloskey

Citations

1)
Advertisement: New York Herald, 15 December 1872, 4.

Announcement that Butler has assumed management; grand opening Monday evening. “An entire new company.”Announcment that Butler has assumed management; grand opening Monday evening. “An entire new company.”

2)
Review: New York Clipper, 28 December 1872, 310.