Varieties Theatre
Event Information
Venue(s):
Varieties Theatre
Proprietor / Lessee:
George [Varieties] Lea
Manager / Director:
W. J. [manager Varieties] Lentrel
Price: $.10; .20; .25; .40
Event Type:
Variety / Vaudeville
Record Information
Status:
Published
Last Updated:
20 August 2011
Performance Date(s) and Time(s)
02 Jan 1865, Matinee02 Jan 1865, Evening
03 Jan 1865, Evening
04 Jan 1865, Matinee
04 Jan 1865, Evening
05 Jan 1865, Evening
06 Jan 1865, Evening
Program Details
Corps de ballet of 25 women. W. B. Cavanagh, stage manager.
Performers include Kingcade Family (acrobats).
Performers include Kingcade Family (acrobats).
Performers and/or Works Performed
1)
Participants: Varieties, corps de ballet; William A. Wray; Jennie Engel; Johnny Thompson; Frank Kerns
Citations
1)
“MONDAY, JANUARY 2, PERFORMANCE AFTERNOON AND NIGHT. First appearance of W. A. Wray.”
2)
“COMEDY, SONG AND ETHIOPIAN MINSTRELSY. The Varieties has the best vocalists, the best Ethiopian comedians, the best dancers. . . . ATTRACTIVE OLIO OF FOUR HOURS’ DURATION. The new comic pantomime of Three Hundred Thousand More.”
3)
Lists managers. “[M]agnificent ballet troupe consisting of twenty-five beautiful young ladies.”