Connie Soogah

Event Information

Venue(s):
Niblo's Garden

Proprietor / Lessee:
William Wheatley

Manager / Director:
William Wheatley

Event Type:
Play With Music

Record Information

Status:
Published

Last Updated:
22 April 2011

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

25 Apr 1864, 7:30 PM
26 Apr 1864, 7:30 PM
27 Apr 1864, 7:30 PM
28 Apr 1864, 7:30 PM
29 Apr 1864, 7:30 PM
30 Apr 1864, 7:30 PM

Program Details

Charles Gayler: Connie Soogah, The, or, the Jolly Peddlar Irish drama with incidental music by Harvey Dodworth

Includes the songs Barker and Crawford, “Ellen Astore” (Mr. Williams)

Dibdin, “Irish wedding, The” (Mr. Williams)

Performers and/or Works Performed

1)
Connie Soogah, The; or, The jolly pedlar, [Irish drama]
aka Wearing of the green
Text Author: Gayler
Participants:  Maria [Mrs. Barney] Williams;  Barney Williams
2)
Connie Soogah, [incidental music]
Composer(s): Dodworth
3)
"Ellen Astore"
Composer(s): Barker
Text Author: Crawford
Participants:  Barney Williams
4)
"Irish wedding, The"
aka General election. Irish wedding
Composer(s): Dibdin
Text Author: Dibdin
Participants:  Barney Williams

Citations

1)
Announcement: New York Clipper, 16 April 1864, 4.

2)
Announcement: New-York Daily Tribune, 25 April 1864.
“[W]ith brilliant accessories of scenery, mechanism, music and so forth.”
3)
Advertisement: New-York Times, 25 April 1864, 7.
“For twelve nights only . . . Magnificent Scenery, Appointments, Effects, Music.”
4)
Announcement: New York Post, 26 April 1864, 2.
Two-week engagement.
5)
Advertisement: New York Herald, 27 April 1864.

6)
Advertisement: New York Clipper, 30 April 1864, 24.

7)
Announcement: New York Clipper, 30 April 1864, 22.
“Barney Williams and his clever wife come again to-night at Niblo’s, beginning where they left off a couple of months ago.  As this popular couple are among the most attractive stars in the profession, it is needless to predict a run of large audiences—they always have them, and well do they know how to please them after drawing them.”
8)
Review: New York Clipper, 05 May 1864, 30.
“‘The Connie Soogah’ drew largely last week. . . . [The Williams] are certainly great cards, attracting as large audiences as any star in the profession.”