Piccaninnies

Event Information

Venue(s):
Robinson Hall

Manager / Director:
Raphael de Solla

Price: $.50; children half price; $.25 extra reserved seat

Event Type:
Minstrel

Record Information

Status:
Published

Last Updated:
7 May 2025

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

12 Jan 1874
13 Jan 1874
14 Jan 1874
15 Jan 1874
16 Jan 1874
17 Jan 1874

Program Details

Performances at 3pm and 7:45pm daily.

Performers and/or Works Performed

1)
LIST OF PERFORMER(S)/ORGANIZATION(S)
Participants:  Piccaninnies, The

Citations

1)
Advertisement: New-York Times, 11 January 1874, 7.

“Vocal music, instrumental music, mirth, dancing, and burlesque opera, by a host of the smallest artists in the world.”

2)
Review: New York Post, 14 January 1874, 2.

Brief; no mention of music.

3)
Review: New York Clipper, 24 January 1874, 342.

“The Piccaninnies did a fair and encouraging business at Robinson Hall the past week. Noticeable improvements were made in various portions of the programme, and it now seems that their success in the future is pretty well assured. The diminutive end-men, Lew and Joe, have become favorites, and deservedly so, as they possess much genuine talent.”