Event Information
Venue(s):
Niblo's Garden
Event Type:
Play With Music
Record Information
Status:
Published
Last Updated:
23 July 2014
Performance Date(s) and Time(s)
07 Dec 1863, 7:30 PM
08 Dec 1863, 7:30 PM
09 Dec 1863, 7:30 PM
10 Dec 1863, 7:30 PM
11 Dec 1863, 7:30 PM
12 Dec 1863, 7:30 PM
Program Details
The Lakes of Killarney (fairy spectacle) includes songs: “Katty Mooneyâ€, “The Fairy Boyâ€, and an Irish jig [unidentified].
Pilgrim: Irish Assurance and Yankee Modesty (farce)includes songs: “A Yankee song†and George Jamison/Cunnington: “Trust to Luckâ€.
Performers and/or Works Performed
8)
Composer(s): Cunnington
Citations
1)
Advertisement: New York Herald, 06 December 1863.
2)
Advertisement: New-York Times, 07 December 1863, 7.
3)
Announcement: New York Post, 07 December 1863, 3.
“Mr. and Mrs. Barney Williams still play in ‘The Lakes of Killarney’ to overflowing houses at Niblo’s.”
4)
Advertisement: New-York Times, 11 December 1863, 7.
“Unparalleled success. Houses crammed from parquet to ceiling. Legitimate triumph of the great originals, Mr. and Mrs. Barney Williams, who are now playing one of the most successful engagements on theatrical record."
5)
Announcement: New York Herald, 11 December 1863.
“THE LAKES OF KILLARNEY, With all its beautiful new Scenery, superb Acting, exquisite Music, intricate Transformations, plaintive Melodies, IRISH SONG AND DANCE.”