Barnum’s American Museum

Event Information

Venue(s):
Barnum's American Museum [JAN 1842-JUL 1865]

Conductor(s):
William T. Peterschen

Price: $.25; .15 children under 10

Event Type:
Play With Music, Variety / Vaudeville

Record Information

Status:
Published

Last Updated:
22 September 2010

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

27 Oct 1862, All Day
28 Oct 1862, All Day
29 Oct 1862, All Day
30 Oct 1862, All Day
31 Oct 1862, All Day
01 Nov 1862, All Day

Program Details

Pauvrette; or, under the snow (drama) includes songs: Peterschen: “Song of the echoes”
Peterschen: “Pauvrette’s prayer”


Every afternoon (3 pm) and evening (7:30 pm)

Performers and/or Works Performed

1)
LIST OF PERFORMER(S)/ORGANIZATION(S)
Participants:  Miss Frank Nixon
2)
Pauvrette; or, Under the snow
aka Pauvrette
Text Author: Boucicault
3)
"Song of the echoes"
Composer(s): Peterschen
4)
"Pauvrette's prayer"
Composer(s): Peterschen

Citations

1)
Advertisement: New York Herald, 27 October 1862, 7.
2)
Advertisement: New-York Times, 27 October 1862, 7.
3)
Advertisement: New-York Times, 01 November 1862, 7.
Last Day of Boucicault’s Great Drama, Pauvrette; or Under The Snow.”
4)
Review: New York Clipper, 08 November 1862, 238.
“’Pauvrette’ has done very well at the Museum, especially on Wednesday and Saturday afternoons, when the audiences are very large. Night business is not so good.”