Butler’s Combination Troupe
Event Information
Venue(s):
Butler's American Theatre [444 Bdway--before 3/66]
Manager / Director:
Robert W. [manager] Butler
Ballet Director / Choreographer:
Paul Brilliant
Event Type:
Variety / Vaudeville
Record Information
Status:
Published
Last Updated:
1 November 2016
Performance Date(s) and Time(s)
25 Apr 1864, Evening26 Apr 1864, Evening
27 Apr 1864, Evening
28 Apr 1864, Evening
29 Apr 1864, Evening
30 Apr 1864, Evening
30 Apr 1864, 2:30 PM
Program Details
Performers and/or Works Performed
1)
Participants: American Theatre, corps de ballet; Millie Flora; Lottie La Pointe; James F. Wambold; Miss Unidentified [American Theatre] Lorraine; Mary [dancer] Blake; W. A. (Billy) Burke; Adelaide Nixon; Frank Nixon; Dick Ralph; Ida [dancer] Ross; J. [American Theatre] Lewis; George N. Christy; Johnny Allen [minstrel/variety]; Tony Pastor; Charley White; Lizzie [actor] Schultze; James S. Maffit; Emma [dancer] Ross; Julia Melville; Jenny [American Theatre] Lorraine; J. [actor] Myers; Annetta La Pointe
2)
Participants: David S. Wambold (role: Lysander); Charley White (role: Flora, Johnson's Wife); Julia Melville (role: Jane, her daughter); J. [actor] Myers (role: Mr. Black); W. A. (Billy) Burke (role: Jack Johnson); Dick Ralph (role: Johnny); George N. Christy (role: Peago, the monkey)
3)
aka Don Juan; or, The spectre on horseback
Participants: Adelaide Nixon (role: Donna Anna); Johnny Allen [minstrel/variety] (role: Ben Bowline); Lizzie [actor] Schultze (role: Don Juan, the libertine); Jenny [American Theatre] Lorraine (role: Attendant); Dick Ralph (role: Old Woman); W. A. (Billy) Burke (role: Don Guzman, the spectre); James S. Maffit (role: Scaramouche, his valet); J. [American Theatre] Lewis (role: Pedro); Julia Melville (role: Don Ferdinand); J. [actor] Myers (role: Jaques); Millie Flora (role: Lobsteretta); James F. Wambold (role: Harry Helm); Mary [dancer] Blake (role: Shrimperina)
Citations
3)
“George Christy became so Mortimerised, at 444 Broadway, one evening last week, that the proprietor applied the Wood remedy, and George don’t play at 444 any more.”
COMMENT: An actor named Mr. Mortimer was recently fired from the Olympic by Mrs. John Wood for being drunk during a performance.
COMMENT: An actor named Mr. Mortimer was recently fired from the Olympic by Mrs. John Wood for being drunk during a performance.