New Idea

Event Information

Venue(s):
New Idea, The

Manager / Director:
J. C. Curran

Event Type:
Variety / Vaudeville

Record Information

Status:
Published

Last Updated:
3 August 2010

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

29 May 1863, Evening
30 May 1863, Evening
30 May 1863, 2:30 PM

Program Details

Ads in NYH MON-FRI say Hernandez’s last night is FRI, but he is re-engaged and also performs on SAT.

Performers and/or Works Performed

1)

LIST OF PERFORMER(S)/ORGANIZATION(S)

Participants: Leslie Chase (Lew) [minstrel] Brimmer; W. [New Idea] Franklin; François Siegrist; Gustavus Geary; A. M. Hernandez; George Rainar; Marietta Zanfretta; Hugh Clarke [minstrel/variety]; Mons. [dancer] Baptistia; Pauline Grossi

2)

Spanish dance on the tight rope

Participants: Marietta Zanfretta

3)

"Good bye at the door, The"

aka Of all the mem'ries of the past; Of all the memories of the past

Composer(s): Glover

Text Author: Carpenter [dramatist-lyricist]

Participants: Gustavus Geary

4)

"When this cruel war is over"

aka Weeping, sad and lonely; When the cruel war is over; This cruel war

Composer(s): Tucker [comp.-cond.-voc.]

Text Author: Sawyer

Participants: Gustavus Geary

Citations

1)

Advertisement: New York Clipper, 30 May 1863, 56.

2)

Advertisement: New York Herald, 30 May 1863, 9.

Hernandez re-engaged. Performs this night.

3)

Review: New York Clipper, 06 June 1863, 59.

“Hernandez had a benefit at the New Idea on the 28^th ult., which was well attended. It was his intention to have departed for Havana on the 30^th, but a liberal offer on the part of the management of the New Idea has induced him to remain in New York.”