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:
18 February 2025

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

12 May 1873, 8:00 PM
13 May 1873, 8:00 PM
14 May 1873, Matinee
14 May 1873, 8:00 PM
15 May 1873, 8:00 PM
16 May 1873, 8:00 PM
17 May 1873, Matinee
17 May 1873, 8:00 PM

Performers and/or Works Performed

1)
LIST OF PERFORMER(S)/ORGANIZATION(S)
Participants:  Zanfretta Troupe;  Worrell Sisters;  Remmelsberg Sisters;  Ida [dancer] Ross;  George Atkins;  George H. Coes;  Billy West;  Lillie [actress] Hall;  Minnie [vocalist] Jackson;  Joe [song and dance] Lang;  Luke Schoolcraft;  Sam [minstrel tenor] Holdsworth;  Louise Arnott
2)
French dancing master, The, [farce]
aka Dancing master from Paris; French dancing master, The [petite comedy]
Participants:  Zanfretta Troupe
3)
Vol au vent
aka Mistakes of a night
Participants:  Zanfretta Troupe
4)
Cinderella; or, The lover, the lackey, and the little glass slipper
aka Cinderella e la comare; Cinderella burlesque; Cinderella; or, the prince, the lackey, and the little glass slipper; Clorinda, the girl of the period
Text Author: Byron
Participants:  Worrell Sisters
5)
"Beautiful girl of Kildare, The"
aka Beautiful girls of Kildare
Composer(s): Lavallée
Participants:  Sam [minstrel tenor] Holdsworth

Citations

1)
Advertisement: New York Herald, 11 May 1873, 4.
2)
Review: New York Clipper, 24 May 1873, 62.

“…and closed the evening’s entertainment with ‘Vol-au-Vent,’ during the course of which Mons. Zanfretta performed with skill upon a number of musical instruments.”