Butler's Combination Troupe

Event Information

Venue(s):
Butler's American Theatre [444 Bdway--before 3/66]

Manager / Director:
Robert W. [manager] Butler

Event Type:
Variety / Vaudeville

Record Information

Status:
Published

Last Updated:
1 November 2016

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

29 Aug 1864, 7:30 PM
30 Aug 1864, 7:30 PM
31 Aug 1864, 7:30 PM
01 Sep 1864, 7:30 PM
02 Sep 1864, 7:30 PM
03 Sep 1864, 2:30 PM
03 Sep 1864, 7:30 PM

Program Details



Performers and/or Works Performed

1)
LIST OF PERFORMER(S)/ORGANIZATION(S)
Participants:  Butler's Combination Troupe;  American Theatre, corps de ballet;  William H. [pantomimist] Bartholomew;  Tony Pastor;  W. A. (Billy) Burke;  Charley White;  Unidentified [dancer, American Theatre] Schultze;  James S. Maffit;  James F. Wambold;  Tommy Gettings;  John T. Boyce [minstrel];  Johnny [American Theatre] Pierce;  George [vocal/banjo] Warren
2)
Vol au vent
aka Mistakes of a night
Participants:  James S. Maffit;  William H. [pantomimist] Bartholomew;  W. A. (Billy) Burke;  Unidentified [dancer, American Theatre] Schultze

Citations

1)
Advertisement: New York Herald, 29 August 1864.

“Tony Pastor, the greatest comic vocalist in the world, in a variety of his original songs. . . . The Magnificent Ballet Troupe . . . will appear in two brilliant ballet divertissements.”

2)
Advertisement: New York Herald, 31 August 1864.