Black Crook

Event Information

Venue(s):
Niblo's Garden

Event Type:
Play With Music

Record Information

Status:
Published

Last Updated:
23 March 2025

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

29 Sep 1873, Evening
30 Sep 1873, Evening
01 Oct 1873, Matinee
01 Oct 1873, Evening
02 Oct 1873, Evening
03 Oct 1873, Evening
04 Oct 1873, Matinee
04 Oct 1873, Evening

Performers and/or Works Performed

1)
Black crook, The, [play]
Participants:  Niblo's Garden, corps de ballet;  Kiralfy Ballet and Pantomime Troupe;  Valdis Sisters;  London Madrigal Boys;  E. D. [ventriloquist] Davies;  Felix [caricaturist] Regamey

Citations

1)
Advertisement: New-York Times, 28 September 1873, 7.
2)
Advertisement: New York Herald, 28 September 1873, 11.
3)
Announcement: New York Herald, 28 September 1873, 6.

“The sublime potentialities of tinsel continue to be indicated at the ‘Black Crook’ performance at Niblo’s. Nothing is small about the entertainment—not even the audiences.”

4)
Review: New York Clipper, 11 October 1873, 222.

No mention of music.