Varieties Theatre

Event Information

Venue(s):
Varieties Theatre

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

Event Type:
Variety / Vaudeville

Record Information

Status:
Published

Last Updated:
4 June 2016

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

24 Oct 1864, 8:00 PM
25 Oct 1864, 8:00 PM
26 Oct 1864, 8:00 PM
27 Oct 1864, 8:00 PM
28 Oct 1864, 8:00 PM
29 Oct 1864, 8:00 PM

Program Details



Performers and/or Works Performed

1)
LIST OF PERFORMER(S)/ORGANIZATION(S)
Participants:  Varieties, corps de ballet;  George [vocal/banjo] Warren;  A. M. Hernandez;  Tom West;  Naomi Porter
2)
Southern refugee; or, False and true
Participants:  A. M. Hernandez
3)
Zouave drill
aka Lightening Zouave drill
4)
Ballet, unidentified

Citations

1)
Advertisement: New York Herald, 23 October 1864.
New ballets and songs.  New gymnasts and acrobats.  New minstrels and comicalities.  Nioxi (sic) Porter, Tom West, and George Warren, the immense trio.  Twenty-five ladies in the Zouave drill.
2)
Announcement: New-Yorker Staats-Zeitung und Herold, 28 October 1864.
In addition to the pantomime, there will be dancers, acrobats, gymnasts and singing comedians.
3)
Advertisement: New York Herald, 29 October 1864.
Great variety troupe of 100 artists.  Last night of Hernandez’s pantomime.  50 young ladies in a grand ballet.  Young ladies in marches and drills.