Benefit for J. W. Lingard, Proprietor and Manager of the New Bowery Theatre

Event Information

Venue(s):
Academy of Music

Price: $1, boxes and parquet; .25 amphitheatre

Event Type:
Variety / Vaudeville

Record Information

Status:
Published

Last Updated:
14 September 2011

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

17 Nov 1864, 8:00 PM

Program Details



Performers and/or Works Performed

1)
LIST OF PERFORMER(S)/ORGANIZATION(S)
Participants:  Bryants' Minstrels;  Band, unidentified;  Mollie Williams [New Bowery];  Felix A. Vincent;  Dan Bryant;  Neil Bryant;  Nelse Seymour;  James W. Lingard
2)
Wept of the Wish-ton-wish, The
aka Wept of the Wish-ton wish, The; Wept of the Wishton wish; Naramattah, the child of the forest; Narramattah
Text Author: Bernard
3)
Sketches in India
Text Author: Morton
4)
Roadside inn, The
Text Author: Unknown playwright

Citations

1)
Advertisement: New York Herald, 13 November 1864.
Numerous distinguished artists
2)
Advertisement: New York Herald, 17 November 1864.
Full casts given.  Bryants’ Minstrels in their characteristic songs, dances.
3)
Announcement: New York Clipper, 19 November 1864, 254.
“Manager Lingard, of the New Bowery, is to be the recipient of a complimentary testimonial tendered to him by his many friends. The affair, which promises to be a brilliant one, comes off at the Academy of Music. . . .Mr. Lingard will appear in a popular character, and Mr. Felix. A. Vincent and Miss Mollie Williams will also appear. One of our minstrel bands will assist in making the testimonial a success.”