Oriental Entertainment, Music and Dancing
Event Information
Venue(s):
Niblo's Concert Saloon
Price: $.50
Event Type:
Variety / Vaudeville
Record Information
Status:
Published
Last Updated:
28 July 2014
Performance Date(s) and Time(s)
12 Dec 1863, 1:30 PMProgram Details
The New York Post lists the starting time as 2 pm.
Program includes Oscanyan’s lecture on the “Women of Turkey.â€
Program includes Oscanyan’s lecture on the “Women of Turkey.â€
Performers and/or Works Performed
Citations
1)
“Mr. Oscanyan will, by special request of the ladies of New-York, give a Matinee of his popular lecture on the ‘Women of Turkey’ . . . when Oriental life and habits will be delineated by the assistance of Turkish, Jewish, Druz, Eygptian and other ladies, who will appear in both indoor and outdoor costumes.”
3)
Three separate ads.
“Ladies who are curious in matters of toilet should not fail to see the display of Oriental fashions. . . . All gentlemen who long to have a peep into a Turkish Harem, or encounter the beau monde, can do so.”