Barnum’s American Museum
Event Information
Venue(s):
Barnum's American Museum [JAN 1842-JUL 1865]
Price: $.30; .15 children under ten; .60 parquet and balcony, except at morning entertainment; $5 extra, private boxes; .60 extra, single seats in private boxes
Event Type:
Variety / Vaudeville
Record Information
Status:
Published
Last Updated:
17 July 2011
Performance Date(s) and Time(s)
05 Sep 1864, All Day06 Sep 1864, All Day
07 Sep 1864, All Day
08 Sep 1864, All Day
09 Sep 1864, All Day
10 Sep 1864, All Day
Program Details
Opening of the Fall Season [MON]. Plays: 3 pm and 7:45 pm. Thumb & Co. 11 am (lecture room), 12 pm (Wax Figure Saloon stage), 3 pm (lecture room), after 3 pm play, 7:30 pm (lecture room), after 7:45 pm play.
Performers and/or Works Performed
1)
Participants: Barnum's American Museum, orchestra; Mr. A. [dancer] Goodwin; George Washington Morrison Nutt; Charles Kemble Fox; Lavinia Warren; Mlle. [dancer] Louise; Charles Sherwood (Tom Thumb) Stratton; Minnie Warren; Master L. [minstrel and dancer] Collins; Antonio Grossi; Mlle. Ernestine; [Barnum's] Anderson; Tony Denier
2)
3)
aka Jocko; or, The Brazilian ape;
Jocko, the man monkey;
Jocko, der brasilianische Affe;
Joko, the Brazilian ape
Participants: Master L. [minstrel and dancer] Collins; Antonio Grossi; [Barnum's] Anderson; Mr. A. [dancer] Goodwin; Mlle. Ernestine; Tony Denier (role: Jocko); Charles Kemble Fox; Mlle. [dancer] Louise
Citations
1)
“He has also added five cents to his price of admission, which, of course, will be cheerfully paid.”
3)
Time, prices, performers. “As the Ravel Pantomime Company will occupy most of the time in the afternoons, the performances of these little wonders [Thumb & Co.] will be MORE LENGTHY, elaborate and interesting in THE MORNING than at any other time. . . . Those who would avoid the crowds during this engagement should by all means, if convenient, visit the Museum as EARLY AS HALF-PAST TEN O’CLOCK IN THE MORNING. Those who cannot attend in the morning will find the Museum much less crowded IN THE EVENING than in the afternoon. . . . Their exhibitions will be VARIED and CHANGED, so that what they perform at one time of the day will not be repeated (to any extent) at any other time the same day. . . . Admission, (until the present high prices of everything are reduced,) 30 cents. Children under ten, 15 cents.”
7)
“At each Levee [Thumb and Co.] will perform ENTIRELY NEW AND ORIGINAL CHARACTERS, SONGS, DUETS, DANCES, &C. The laughable piece entitled NEW-YEAR CALLS, WILL BE PERFORMED EVERY AFTERNOON. . . . A. Goodwin and L. Collins, Duoterpsichoreanclodoptomists. The Grand Orchestrion will play at short intervals, Day and Evening.”