Barnum’s American Museum
Event Information
Venue(s):
Barnum's American Museum [JAN 1842-JUL 1865]
Price: $.25; .15 children under 10
Event Type:
Variety / Vaudeville
Record Information
Status:
Published
Last Updated:
6 August 2011
Performance Date(s) and Time(s)
20 Jun 1864, All Day21 Jun 1864, All Day
22 Jun 1864, All Day
23 Jun 1864, All Day
24 Jun 1864, All Day
25 Jun 1864, All Day
Program Details
11 a.m., 3 p.m., 7:30 p.m.
11 a.m., 3 p.m., 7:30 p.m.
11 a.m., 3 p.m., 7:30 p.m.
Performers and/or Works Performed
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Citations
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Lists the plays. “MLLE. ERNESTEIN [sic] in new and graceful Dances.—For one week only, Mr. CHARLES E. COLLINS, the world renowned and original ‘Cure,’ and his great Jig Dance.”
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“An engagement has also been made with Mr. Charles E. Collins, the English comic vocalist.”
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The musically-educated seal is still going strong!
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Mentions Harrison and the Infant Drummer; these two do not appear in the printed ads.
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“Mr. Charles E. Collins, the English comic vocalist, has been eminently successful. . . . His rendition of ‘The Cure,’ of which he is the original interpretor [sic], provoke [sic] uproarious merriment and an unlimited number of demands for its repetition.”