Mr. and Mrs. Barney Williams

Event Information

Venue(s):
Niblo's Garden

Event Type:
Play With Music

Record Information

Status:
Published

Last Updated:
16 December 2010

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

30 Nov 1863, 7:30 PM
01 Dec 1863, 7:30 PM
02 Dec 1863, 7:30 PM
03 Dec 1863, 7:30 PM
04 Dec 1863, 7:30 PM
05 Dec 1863, 7:30 PM

Program Details



Performers and/or Works Performed

1)
Participants:  Maria [Mrs. Barney] Williams (role: Kate Kearney);  Barney Williams (role: Lanty)
3)
Text Author: Morton

Citations

1)
Advertisement: New York Herald, 19 November 1863.

2)
Advertisement: New York Herald, 28 November 1863.

3)
Advertisement: New-York Times, 28 November 1863, 9.

“The great Fairy Spectacle entitled the Lakes of Killarney, in which both Mr. and Mrs. Barney Williams will appear, produced with entire [sic] new scenery, machinery, effects, costumes, accessories, music, full chorus, and double corps de ballet. . . . Particular Notice.—In consequence of the crowded state of the houses to witness the artistic performance of Mr. and Mrs. Barney Williams, Mr. Wheatley announces that the free list is entirely suspended with the exception of the press.”

4)
Advertisement: New York Herald, 30 November 1863.

“New music, full chorus, double corps de ballet”

5)
Announcement: New York Post, 30 November 1863, 2.
“[W]ith striking spectacular effects.”
6)
Announcement: New-York Times, 30 November 1863, 4.

7)
Advertisement: New-York Times, 30 November 1863, 7.

8)
Review: New York Post, 01 December 1863, 2.

“[S]plendid scenery and good appointments. . . . Mrs. Williams, as Kate Kearney, has a great deal of music to sing and much sentiment to portray.  The part does not suit her so well as the rollicking characters which she is in the habit of playing. . . . [T]he house was crowded.”

9)
Announcement: New York Clipper, 05 December 1863, 267.

10)
Advertisement: New York Clipper, 05 December 1863, 271.

“[N]ew Music, a Full Chorus, Double Ballet Company.”

11)
Advertisement: New-York Times, 05 December 1863, 9.

12)
Review: New York Clipper, 12 December 1863, 275.

“The fairy spectacle called the ‘Lakes of Killarney’ was produced at that theatre on the 30th Nov., and has run through the week to a succession of well-filled houses.  It is beautifully placed upon the stage.”