Barnum’s American Museum

Event Information

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

Price: $.25; .15 children under 10

Event Type:
Play With Music, Variety / Vaudeville

Record Information

Status:
Published

Last Updated:
15 December 2010

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

26 Nov 1863, All Day

Program Details

Programming runs “nearly every hour” from 10:30am until midnight.

The Forest bandit; or; the spectre of the ruin (spectral drama)includes “The ghost” (optical illusion).


Performers and/or Works Performed

1)
LIST OF PERFORMER(S)/ORGANIZATION(S)
Participants:   Ned the Learned Musical Seal;  William Gomersal;  Mrs. William Gomersal;  Dora Dawron
2)
"Nothing like it"
Participants:  William Gomersal;  Mrs. William Gomersal
3)
Forest Bandit; or, the spectre of the ruin
4)
Ghost, The, "[optical illusion]"
aka That ghost

Citations

1)
Advertisement: New York Herald, 26 November 1863.
“Splendid Dramatic Performances Nearly Every Hour.  The first commencing at 10 ½ o’clock, forenoon, and repeated till midnight.”
2)
Announcement: New York Sun, 26 November 1863, 1.

“There will be a musical ‘Duologue’ by Mr. and Mrs. Gomersal, and Miss Dora Dawron, who appears as male and female at the same time, will be heard in a duet between her and herself.”

3)
Advertisement: New-York Times, 26 November 1863.

“[M]usical duologue, nothing like it, by Mr. and Mrs. William Gomersal.  Miss Dawron, the double-voiced singer will appear in her most amusing double character, and sing a beautiful duet in the male and female voice.”