Bowery Theatre

Event Information

Venue(s):
Bowery Theatre (after 1/67)

Manager / Director:
William B. Freligh

Event Type:
Variety / Vaudeville

Record Information

Status:
Published

Last Updated:
14 May 2025

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

08 Jun 1874, 8:00 PM
09 Jun 1874, 8:00 PM
10 Jun 1874, 8:00 PM
11 Jun 1874, 8:00 PM
12 Jun 1874, 8:00 PM
13 Jun 1874, 2:00 PM
13 Jun 1874, 8:00 PM

Performers and/or Works Performed

1)

LIST OF PERFORMER(S)/ORGANIZATION(S)

Participants: Carroll Family; Butler Pantomime and Ballet Troupe; Gormon Brothers; Robert [pantomimist] Butler; Frank [Ethiopian comedian, musician] Jones; Jennie Wolz

2)

Taking the pledge

3)

Seven dwarfs, The; or, Harlequin in the world of wonders

4)

Double song and dance

5)

"Mortar and bricks"

Composer(s): Unknown composer

6)

"Lively moke, The [song]"

Composer(s): Unknown composer

Participants: Frank [Ethiopian comedian, musician] Jones

7)

Participants: Gormon Brothers

Citations

1)

Advertisement: New-York Times, 07 June 1874, 11.

2)

Review: New York Clipper, 20 June 1874, 94.

Beginning of the summer season. “Jennie Wolz sang songs, which elicited approbation…Frank Jones in his musical act of ‘The Lively Moke’ performed upon a great variety of musical instruments ; and the Gormon Brothers did a lively jig.”