Event Information

Venue(s):
Booth's Theatre

Proprietor / Lessee:
Henry C. Jarrett
Henry Palmer

Manager / Director:
Henry C. Jarrett
Henry Palmer

Conductor(s):
Michael [conductor] Connolly

Price: $1; $.50 dress circle; $.30 gallery

Record Information

Status:
Published

Last Updated:
23 June 2025

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

12 Oct 1874, 8:00 PM
13 Oct 1874, 8:00 PM
14 Oct 1874, 8:00 PM
15 Oct 1874, 8:00 PM
16 Oct 1874, 8:00 PM
17 Oct 1874, Matinee
17 Oct 1874, 8:00 PM

Program Details

Farewell benefit of Barney Williams on Friday evening (10/16/74).

Performers and/or Works Performed

1)
LIST OF PERFORMER(S)/ORGANIZATION(S)
Participants:  Maria [Mrs. Barney] Williams;  Barney Williams
2)
Fairy circle, The; or, Con O'Carrolan's dream
Text Author: Grattan
3)
Customs of the country; or, Yankee help
Text Author: Unknown playwright

Citations

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

Barney Williams farewell benefit on Friday evening.

2)
Review: New-York Daily Tribune, 13 October 1874, 4.

Brief; no mention of music.

3)
Review: New York Post, 13 October 1874, 3.

Brief; no mention of music.

4)
Review: New York Herald, 13 October 1874, 9.

Brief; no mention of music.

5)
Review: New York Herald, 17 October 1874, 7.

Brief; No mention of music; text of Williams’s remarks at his benefit.

6)
Review: New York Clipper, 24 October 1874, 238.

Addition of the second act of The Connie Soogah on Friday and Saturday evenings.