Barnum’s American Museum

Event Information

Venue(s):
Barnum's American Museum [JAN 1842-JUL 1865]

Event Type:
Play With Music, Variety / Vaudeville

Record Information

Status:
Published

Last Updated:
29 July 2011

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

23 May 1864, All Day
24 May 1864, All Day
25 May 1864, All Day
26 May 1864, All Day
27 May 1864, All Day
28 May 1864, All Day

Program Details

Harrison performs between the acts of Janet Pride.

Every day 3 p.m. and 7:30 p.m.

Performers and/or Works Performed

1)
LIST OF PERFORMER(S)/ORGANIZATION(S)
Participants:   Ned the Learned Musical Seal;  Mlle. Ernestine;  William B. [comic singer] Harrison
2)
Janet Pride
Text Author: Boucicault
Participants:  Mlle. Ernestine

Citations

1)
Advertisement: New York Herald, 24 May 1864.
Harrison performs between the acts of Janet Pride.
2)
Advertisement: New-York Times, 24 May 1864, 7.

3)
Announcement: New-York Times, 26 May 1864, 4.

4)
Announcement: New-York Daily Tribune, 26 May 1864.
Mostly about Janet Pride.  “With stirring drama, robust giants of every sex, fragmentary dwarfs, illuminated fountains, improvised minstrelsy, and sweet saltation [sic] deftly intermingled, the hours at the museum pass like the pageant of a kaleidoscope.”
5)
Review: New York Clipper, 04 June 1864, 62.
Harrison “concluded his engagement at Barnum’s Museum on the 28th inst.”