Barnum's American Museum: C. W. Clarke Benefit

Event Information

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

Price: $.25; .15 children under 10

Record Information

Status:
Published

Last Updated:
9 May 2016

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

12 Sep 1863, All Day

Program Details

11 a.m. – Spectral nun
3 and 7:30 pm – Drunkard, followed by Spectral nun
Throughout the day: The Indian Chiefs

The Spectral Nun includes spectral illusion of “The ghost”.


Clarke was manager of the Summer Dramatic Company.

Performers and/or Works Performed

1)
LIST OF PERFORMER(S)/ORGANIZATION(S)
Participants:  Sioux and Winnebago Indian Chiefs, Warriors and Squaws;   Ned the Learned Musical Seal;  Corson Walton [actor] Clarke
2)
Spectral nun, the, or the ghost of Lindenburg
aka Ghost of Lindenburg, The; Spectre Nun, The
3)
Ghost, The, "[optical illusion]"
aka That ghost
4)
Drunkard, The; or, The fallen saved
Text Author: Smith
Participants:  Corson Walton [actor] Clarke (role: the drunkard)

Citations

1)
Advertisement: New York Herald, 10 September 1863.

2)
Advertisement: New-York Times, 12 September 1863, 7.

3)
Advertisement: New York Herald, 12 September 1863.

     11 a.m. is “the time for Ladies, Children and Families.”