Mr. and Mrs. Barney Williams

Event Information

Venue(s):
Niblo's Garden

Proprietor / Lessee:
William Wheatley

Manager / Director:
William Wheatley

Price: $.50 dress circle and parquet; $.75 dress circle reserved; $.25 family circle; $1 orchestra stalls; $7 private boxes

Event Type:
Variety / Vaudeville

Record Information

Status:
Published

Last Updated:
9 August 2014

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

28 Dec 1863, 7:30 PM

Program Details

"Shandy Maguire" includes the songs: “My heart’s no liar” and "The Irish Girl."

Performers and/or Works Performed

1)
LIST OF PERFORMER(S)/ORGANIZATION(S)
Participants:  Maria [Mrs. Barney] Williams;  Barney Williams;  Charles Melton, Jr. Walcot;  Mrs. Mark Smith;  Mary Wells
2)
Shandy Maguire; or, The bould boy of the mountain
aka Shandy McGuire; Bould boy of the mountain
Text Author: Pilgrim
Participants:  Barney Williams (role: Shandy Maguire)
3)
"My heart's no liar"
Participants:  Barney Williams
4)
"Irish girl, The"
Participants:  Barney Williams
5)
In and out of place
Text Author: Johnson
Participants:  Maria [Mrs. Barney] Williams (role: Letty and six others)
6)
Happy man, The
Text Author: Lover
Participants:  Barney Williams (role: Paddy Murphy)

Citations

1)
Advertisement: New York Herald, 27 December 1863.

2)
Announcement: New York Post, 28 December 1863, 2.

3)
Advertisement: New-York Times, 28 December 1863, 7.
“Characteristic Songs and Dances of Irish and Yankee Life.”
4)
Advertisement: New-York Times, 30 December 1863, 7.
“[W]ith the songs, ‘My heart’s no Liar’ and ‘The Irish Girl.’”
5)
Advertisement: New-York Times, 01 January 1864, 7.
 “[W]it, humor, songs and dances.”
6)
Advertisement: New York Clipper, 02 January 1864, 303.
Sixth week of the Willams.  “Drama, Comedy, Farce, Popular Irish Song, Laughable Yankee Song, National Dance.”