Grand Opening of the Regular Dramatic Season
Event Information
Venue(s):
Barnum's American Museum [JAN 1842-JUL 1865]
Conductor(s):
Frank W. Peterschen
Price: $.25; .15 children under ten
Event Type:
Variety / Vaudeville
Record Information
Status:
Published
Last Updated:
10 December 2013
Performance Date(s) and Time(s)
14 Sep 1863, All Day15 Sep 1863, All Day
16 Sep 1863, All Day
17 Sep 1863, All Day
18 Sep 1863, All Day
19 Sep 1863, All Day
Program Details
E. F. Taylor, manager of dramatic company
Marriage at any price (farce) is the 1st time in U.S.
“Song of persuasion” includes Recruiting dance.
“Song of the war trail” includes War dance.
“Song of victory” includes Scalp dance.
“Song of thanksgiving” includes Corn dance.
“Song of peace and good will” includes Pipe dance.
“Song of the chase” includes Hunting dance.
Performers and/or Works Performed
Citations
“THE REGULAR DRAMATIC SEASON, under the management of E. F. Taylor, opens NEXT MONDAY, with a brilliant Company, New Scenery and Decorations, full Orchestra, &c.”
This is the opening night of the regular fall season. Barnum’s has been renovated.
The ghost will appear in the play, “Wake Not the Dead.” The new farce to be performed tonight is “Marriage at any Price.”
“The regular dramatic season having just opened, with a large and talented company, embracing many new names, in addition to numerous old favorites, WITH FULL ORCHESTRA, NEW SCENERY AND DECORATION.”
Long article on the diminishing popularity of “ghost” plays.
“[M]usical director and composer, Frank W. Peterschen.”
Barnum “introduces a parcel of half breeds in an absurd attempt at war dances, &c., which anyone not green as grass can see through. . . . He had not a very full house on Tuesday night.”