Butler's Combination Troupe
Event Information
Venue(s):
Butler's American Theatre [444 Bdway--before 3/66]
Manager / Director:
Robert W. [manager] Butler
Conductor(s):
David Braham
Ballet Director / Choreographer:
Antonio Grossi
Event Type:
Variety / Vaudeville
Record Information
Status:
Published
Last Updated:
1 November 2016
Performance Date(s) and Time(s)
13 Jun 1864, 8:00 PM14 Jun 1864, 8:00 PM
15 Jun 1864, 8:00 PM
16 Jun 1864, 8:00 PM
17 Jun 1864, 8:00 PM
18 Jun 1864, 2:30 PM
18 Jun 1864, 8:00 PM
Program Details
Performers and/or Works Performed
1)
Participants: Knights of Ethiopia; American Theatre, corps de ballet; Lizzie [actor] Schultze; George [minstrel] Winship; J. W. [minstrel] McAndrews; Billy [Ethiopian comedian] Emmett; W. A. (Billy) Burke; Lottie La Pointe; Annetta La Pointe; Jenny [American Theatre] Lorraine; Ed. [American Theatre] Murray; Emma [dancer] Ross; Lizzy Whelpley; Tony Pastor; Johnny [American Theatre] Pierce; Ida [dancer] Ross; Mary [dancer] Blake; Florence Wells; James F. Wambold; Millie Flora; Thomas Henry [Ethiopian comedian] Ryan; Julia Melville; James S. Maffit; Charley White
3)
4)
aka Katy, the vivandiere
Citations
1)
Cast list. “The Thiepian [sic] Sketches, LIFE ON THE MISSISSIPPI, Portraying Darkey Life on board a Mississippi steamer—The Start—Loading Up—Landing at a Wood Pile—The Challenge—The Race—The Blow Up of the Steamer, &c. . . . Banjo solos, Songs, Dances, $c.”
2)
Cast of Spectre Bridegroom. Matinee time. Some works.
4)
“This is the last week but two of the present season, as the company go to Boston the first week of July.”
5)
“Johnny Pierce, comedian of Rumsey’s Minstrels, will pierce Gen. Butler’s lines, at 444 Broadway, this week. Butler and his corps will give him a warm reception.”