Event Information

Venue(s):
Hippotheatron

Manager / Director:
Dan Castello

Price: $.50; children half price

Event Type:
Band

Record Information

Status:
Published

Last Updated:
23 January 2025

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

18 Nov 1872, 7:00 PM
19 Nov 1872, 2:00 PM
19 Nov 1872, 8:00 PM
20 Nov 1872, 2:00 PM
20 Nov 1872, 8:00 PM
21 Nov 1872, 2:00 PM
21 Nov 1872, 8:00 PM
22 Nov 1872, 2:00 PM
22 Nov 1872, 8:00 PM
23 Nov 1872, 2:00 PM
23 Nov 1872, 8:00 PM

Program Details

Open Monday 7 pm, Tues.-Sat., 11 am-10 pm.

Performers and/or Works Performed

1)
LIST OF PERFORMER(S)/ORGANIZATION(S)
Participants:  Barnum's Museum, Menagerie and Circus;  James [equestrian] Melville;  Frank [equestrian] Melville;  Signor Monteverde;  George Donald [equestrian, age 14] Melville

Citations

1)
Advertisement: New York Herald, 07 September 1872, 2.

For Nov. 11.

2)
Announcement: New York Clipper, 14 September 1872, 190.

Barnum’s alterations to Lent’s circus building.

3)
Announcement: New York Clipper, 28 September 1872, 206.

Escape of recently-purchased polar bear, who was shot because his handlers were unable to recapture him.

4)
Announcement: New-York Daily Tribune, 25 October 1872, 8.

For Nov. 11

5)
Advertisement: New-York Times, 03 November 1872, 7.

For Nov. 11.

6)
Announcement: New York Post, 05 November 1872, 2.
7)
Announcement: New York Clipper, 09 November 1872, 254.

Recent alterations to the building. Daily performances and 2 and 8 pm; admission prices. For Nov. 11.

8)
Review: New York Herald, 09 November 1872, 3.

No mention of music.

9)
Advertisement: New-York Times, 10 November 1872, 7.

Postponed until Nov. 18, “in consequence of the continued sickness of many of the most valuable ring horses.”

10)
Review: New York Post, 19 November 1872, 2.

Brief; no mention of music.

11)
Review: New York Sun, 22 November 1872, 2.

No mention of music.

12)
Review: New York Clipper, 30 November 1872, 278.

Brief; no mention of music.