Event Information

Venue(s):
Lina Edwin's Theatre

Event Type:
Minstrel

Record Information

Status:
Published

Last Updated:
15 February 2025

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

25 Nov 1872, Evening
26 Nov 1872, Evening
27 Nov 1872, Evening
28 Nov 1872, Matinee
28 Nov 1872, Evening
29 Nov 1872, Evening
30 Nov 1872, Matinee
30 Nov 1872, Evening

Program Details

The NYT advertises a “new laughter-provoking” opera bouffe by J. J. Offenbach, entitled “Luk-Cah at home,” which is not to be found in the New Grove Dictionary of Music works list. The nearest match is M. Choufleuri restera chez lui le…

Performers and/or Works Performed

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LIST OF PERFORMER(S)/ORGANIZATION(S)
Participants:  Kelly and Leon’s Minstrels;  Delehanty and Hengler [minstrels];  J.A. Palmer;  John C. Campbell;  Dave [minstrel] Wilson;  Charles [minstrel vocalist] Nichols;  Sam [minstrel tenor] Holdsworth

Citations

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Advertisement: New York Herald, 24 November 1872, 4.
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Announcement: New-York Daily Tribune, 26 November 1872, 4.
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Review: New-York Times, 26 November 1872, 5.

“The troupe has been greatly enlarged during the season, and the entertainment given last evening, in novelty and variety, left nothing to be desired. The programme is changed, we ought to state, every night, and if amusement be sought by the visitor to this establishment, he will assuredly on no occasion be disappointed. Mr. Leon’s vivacity never deserts him, and his imitations of popular vocalists last evening literally ‘brought down’ the house.”