Robinson Hall

Event Information

Venue(s):
Robinson Hall

Manager / Director:
M. B. Leavitt

Event Type:
Variety / Vaudeville

Record Information

Status:
Published

Last Updated:
4 June 2025

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

31 Aug 1874, 8:00 PM
01 Sep 1874, 2:30 PM
01 Sep 1874, 8:00 PM
02 Sep 1874, 8:00 PM
03 Sep 1874, 8:00 PM
04 Sep 1874, 2:30 PM
04 Sep 1874, 8:00 PM
05 Sep 1874, 8:00 PM

Performers and/or Works Performed

1)
LIST OF PERFORMER(S)/ORGANIZATION(S)
Participants:  Schrotter Sisters;  Zig Zags;  Mme. Rentz’s Female Minstrels;  Marie Delacour’s Parisian Cancan Troupe;  Ainsleys [song and dance];  Harry [juggler] Sheldon;  Hattie [vocalist] Forrest;  John H. [banjo] Carle;  Clara Belmont
2)
Cancan
aka Can can
3)
Olio
4)
Banjo solos
Participants:  John H. [banjo] Carle
5)
Comic songs
Participants:  Clara Belmont
6)
Songs and dances
Participants:  Ainsleys [song and dance]
7)
Trapeze act
aka Terrific trapeze; Swinging trapeze
8)
Double jig

Citations

1)
Advertisement: New-York Times, 30 August 1874, 7.
2)
Review: New York Clipper, 12 September 1874, 190.

“The cancan at Robinson Hall was considerably modified during the expired week, owing, probably, to a [illegible] made by the police upon a rival establishment, where the same dance had been given with more questionable embellishments…”