Varieties Theatre

Event Information

Venue(s):
Varieties Theatre

Proprietor / Lessee:
W. V. De Wulbeke

Price: $.30; .25; .20; .10

Event Type:
Variety / Vaudeville

Record Information

Status:
Published

Last Updated:
8 August 2011

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

17 Oct 1864, 8:00 PM
18 Oct 1864, 8:00 PM
19 Oct 1864, Matinee
19 Oct 1864, 8:00 PM
20 Oct 1864, 8:00 PM
21 Oct 1864, 8:00 PM
22 Oct 1864, 8:00 PM

Program Details

W. T. Delany, acting and stage manager

Grand Zouave drill features twenty-four ladies and astonishing effects.


Performers and/or Works Performed

1)
LIST OF PERFORMER(S)/ORGANIZATION(S)
Participants:  A. M. Hernandez;  Mons. [Varieties Theatre] De Lave
2)
Southern refugee; or, False and true
Participants:  A. M. Hernandez
3)
Zouave drill
aka Lightening Zouave drill

Citations

1)
Advertisement: New York Herald, 17 October 1864.
New songs and dances.  New minstrels and new acrobats.
2)
Announcement: New York Clipper, 22 October 1864, 222.
“There are many Southern refugees in this city, but one of the most important is ‘The Southern Refugee’ now to be seen at the Varieties in the Bowery, where Hernandez, the great pantomimist, is one of the stars.”
3)
Advertisement: New York Clipper, 22 October 1864, 224.