Butler's Combination Troupe

Event Information

Venue(s):
Butler's American Theatre [444 Bdway--before 3/66]

Manager / Director:
Robert W. [manager] Butler

Event Type:
Variety / Vaudeville

Record Information

Status:
Published

Last Updated:
1 November 2016

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

04 Jul 1864, 2:00 PM
04 Jul 1864, 7:30 PM

Program Details



Performers and/or Works Performed

1)
LIST OF PERFORMER(S)/ORGANIZATION(S)
Participants:  Butler's Combination Troupe;  American Theatre, corps de ballet;  Emma [dancer] Schell;  Tony Pastor;  W. A. (Billy) Burke;  Lottie La Pointe;  Annetta La Pointe;  Jenny [American Theatre] Lorraine;  Ed. [American Theatre] Murray;  Emma [dancer] Ross;  William H. [pantomimist] Bartholomew;  Lizzy Whelpley;  Lizzie [actor] Schultze;  Johnny [American Theatre] Pierce;  Ida [dancer] Ross;  Mary [dancer] Blake;  Florence Wells;  James F. Wambold;  Millie Flora;  Julia Melville;  James S. Maffit;  Charley White
2)
Frisky cobbler, The
Text Author: Unidentified
Participants:  James S. Maffit;  Lizzie [actor] Schultze;  William H. [pantomimist] Bartholomew;  Annetta La Pointe;  W. A. (Billy) Burke
3)
Spirit of the north, The; or, The female home guard
aka Female home guard; Vivandière, La
Participants:  American Theatre, corps de ballet;  Julia Melville;  Millie Flora;  Florence Wells;  Mary [dancer] Blake;  Ida [dancer] Ross;  Lizzie [actor] Schultze;  Lizzy Whelpley;  Emma [dancer] Ross;  Jenny [American Theatre] Lorraine;  Annetta La Pointe;  Lottie La Pointe;  Emma Schnell

Citations

1)
Advertisement: New York Herald, 01 July 1864.

“Two performances on Monday, the Fourth of July.”

2)
Advertisement: New York Herald, 03 July 1864, 7.

Cast lists.  Spirit of the North.

3)
Advertisement: New York Herald, 04 July 1864.

Cast of Frisky cobbler.  “Last night of the season.”

4)
Advertisement: New York Clipper, 09 July 1864, 103.

5)
Announcement: New York Clipper, 09 July 1864.

“Attend the wind-up at 444 on the 4th of July.”

6)
Review: New York Clipper, 16 July 1864, 110.

“The American, 444 Broadway, closed after the performance given on the 4th of July.  Mr. Butler has taken his company to Boston, but expects to re-open here about the middle of August.”